First a Morrison government whitewash, next disappearing advice from former Attorney-General Christian Porter. On the trail of government rorts, Transparency Warrior Rex Patrick finds obfuscation at every turn and a broken Freedom of Information regime which attacks the heart of democracy and responsible government.
Source: The dog ate my Cabinet document: Christian Porter’s vanishing rorts advice – Michael West
Remember when Miranda put Bolt back in the box and he fled 2GB
Media personalities like Steve Price and Andrew Bolt have long joined the chorus of victimised men with grievances about being silenced and cancelled, sentiments to which they return in their national newspaper columns, radio spots and television appearances. Bolt suffered a humiliating loss that “silenced” him in a celebrated 2011 court case centred on his defaming of nine white-skinned Aborigines and Price just recently had his 2GB show axed following a fall in ratings, rebuffing a lesser offer from the station.
The common theme among these victims is their maleness, their whiteness and their entitlement to protection from censure of any sort. A logical extension of that expectation is immunity from the negative judgement of courts, tribunals and employers.
Source: Entitled White males are not heroic role models
Caitlan Johnstone argues about the "disinformation" and "misinformation" in the Western Press. She is by the way part of the Western press and is free to criticize the American government and the Western media. Yet she seems ungrateful to be so lucky. If she were Russian and in Russia would she feel as free?
Tucker Carlson feels as free as she does and is backed by Fox News to be a critic it seems of everything Biden and is regarded a media hero in Russia. Johnstone also it seems would be yet she and Carlson certainly don't sing from the same hymn book. If they were Russian journalists in Russia would be and not as critical of the Putin regime as they are of America?
Would they be critical of today's report put out about 600 Ukranians killed in Russia's "justified"self- defense of the motherland? Provoked or not Russia invaded Crimea in 2014 and Ukraine in 2022. It supported and armed Russian separatists. We know because they shot down a commercial aircraft and spent an inordinate time denying it. Guess Johnstone would argue if they did they were provoked.
If Finland chooses to join NATO will that be sufficient provocation for Russia to attack America may not have a proud post WW2 history but then neither does Russia which regime would Johnstone prefer to live and operate under?
In the mass media you’re not allowed to talk about the U.S.-NATO actions that diplomats, politicians, academics — even the head of the C.I.A. — have long warned would lead to war in Ukraine.
Caitlin Johnstone: Unprovoked!
Russia claims revenge attack killed 600 soldiers, but Kyiv denies casualties
The Russian military claims to have carried out deadly missile strikes on barracks used by Ukrainian troops.
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