Exposed: a second-rate country unwilling to defend press freedom
What an irony. As the free world celebrates D-day and the heroes who kept it free from the Gestapo’s “knock on the door”, the international news on the BBC leads with the spectacle of the police raid on the ABC offices.This could not happen in other advanced democracies, which all have constitutional protections for journalists and their sources of information, although of course it does go on in Istanbul and Rangoon – and now in Sydney. How did we become so out of sync on press freedom, invasions of which are the sign of a second-rate country?Half of Americans see fake news as bigger threat than terrorism, study finds | US news | The Guardian
Australia doesn't care about Fake News it cares about Real News getting out (ODT)
Almost 70% of Americans feel fake news has greatly affected their confidence in government institutions, a new study says
Data Dumped: it's all bad news for the Australian economy - Michael West
If Prime Minister Scott Morrison went to the election in May to beat potentially bad economic news, it was an extremely well-judged decision. Alan Austin reports.
THE LATEST data dumps confirm the current administration is not only the worst economic manager in Australia’s post-war history, if not all its history, but one of the two or three worst in the developed world. If Prime Minister Scott Morrison went to the election in May to beat potentially bad economic news, it was an extremely well-judged decision.Virtually all critical indicators of economic health have deteriorated substantially since the 2013 election. That decline appears to have accelerated since the 2016 election. Few, if any, of these outcomes, have been reported accurately by mainstream economics reporters.
Economic growth ranking plummets
Interest rates indictment
Housing at an all-time low
Gross debt second worst in the OECD
Unemployment lagging
Retail sales slide worsens
Fact check: Employment in Australia is worse than you think
AFL and all 18 clubs issue apology to Adam Goodes - Sen
years later, the AFL industry faces up to its role in Sydney champion's departure from the game
Andrew Bolt will never apologise to reverse racism that doesn't exist. His was Fake News Corp News. The AFL has apologised "unreservedly" because a documentary has shifted its blind and racist opinions. (ODT)
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