When this vile creature has the audacity to accuse Labor of lying, of hypocrisy, of treating the Australian people with disrespect, and went on to claim that Labor was responsible for Robodebt, any credible journalists should have burst out laughing. They should have kept laughing until this fraud of a PM realised that he is the Emperor with no clothes, and exited the room like the gutless wonder he has always been.
Or worse still, if they are intelligent enough to know the truth, but cynical enough to know what will curry favour with management and their corrupt mates.
Too true and too depressing...like yelling into a void...I'm not sure how all these so called journalists will be able to live with themselves if this government is reelected and the fires and floods and homelessness and general struggle to survive, let along thrive, worsen. How did it come to this?
We dont have "Press" in Oz, just propaganda. Bring on the Murdoch RC, then we may see these snivelling cowards charged with sedition and foreign interference!
The heading Bogan Intelligentsia is most appropriate. If the polically uneducated and Bogans do buy a newspaper in Sydney it is The Daily Telegraph. It and Radio 2GB tell that lot how to think and they will vote accordingly. Recently I spoke to two different people about media bias and they admitted to me that they weren't aware the Telegraph and 2GB were biased. One buys the paper every day but was not aware Murdoch owned it or worse still was not aware he is now a US citizen and he likes to determine who the government of Australia is to be. Just sickening.
Thank you for this article. I feel like we've entered the political Twilight Zone where the ridiculous outweighs the sublime, and the nodding clown heads bob ever and ever faster, and fail the public at every lost opportunity. Our only hope is that the voting public can see through the charade and act accordingly.
Thank you Joel for your excellent article. The main stream press has no intention of engaging in objectivity. They are the problem. They have unequivocally failed their own charter and thus the community by becoming part of and engaging in a corrupted political system. So many of these so called Journalists have sold their soul to the devil for a few filthy dollars. Newscorp as usual lead the pack in the the race to the bottom. They have no journalistic standards or ethic as they have proved time and again. For me the main stream media is dead. The problem that I now face is where do I get objective information without descending down a conspiratorial rabbit hole or existing in an echo chamber.
Labor don't claim to be perfect. They don't have to, particularly with the abysmal job the LNP are doing at running this country into the ground. LNP have had a long time to do something positive with this country and have failed miserably.
Fair enough. It's not like any of our politicians are inspiring. The only real question to be settled on election day is, are the LNP bad enough to get voted out? Also, are we just going to hand the future of the country to minority parties or independents and see what kind of s**t show follows after that? Part of me want's to see Labor get in just to see what flows from a federal ICAC... I'm sure all sides will get stung on that to greater and lesser degrees.
When this vile creature has the audacity to accuse Labor of lying, of hypocrisy, of treating the Australian people with disrespect, and went on to claim that Labor was responsible for Robodebt, any credible journalists should have burst out laughing. They should have kept laughing until this fraud of a PM realised that he is the Emperor with no clothes, and exited the room like the gutless wonder he has always been.
Thanks for the response, Adrian. it is a real shame that they lack the capacity to work with that logic.
Or worse still, if they are intelligent enough to know the truth, but cynical enough to know what will curry favour with management and their corrupt mates.
I had pretended this is not so, no longer tough. I am a big fan of your work, Adrian, its surreal to have you leaving a comment. Thanks :)
PS still unsure which work you mean? Wang Jazz Fest?
I wasn't expecting any feedback along those lines! But thank you.
Excellent article, intelligently written. Thank you.
Thank you for reading, Maureen
Objectivity is refreshing.
They really should try it some day!
Absolutely!
Too true and too depressing...like yelling into a void...I'm not sure how all these so called journalists will be able to live with themselves if this government is reelected and the fires and floods and homelessness and general struggle to survive, let along thrive, worsen. How did it come to this?
This said what I wanted to say - but so beautifully
We dont have "Press" in Oz, just propaganda. Bring on the Murdoch RC, then we may see these snivelling cowards charged with sedition and foreign interference!
The heading Bogan Intelligentsia is most appropriate. If the polically uneducated and Bogans do buy a newspaper in Sydney it is The Daily Telegraph. It and Radio 2GB tell that lot how to think and they will vote accordingly. Recently I spoke to two different people about media bias and they admitted to me that they weren't aware the Telegraph and 2GB were biased. One buys the paper every day but was not aware Murdoch owned it or worse still was not aware he is now a US citizen and he likes to determine who the government of Australia is to be. Just sickening.
Thank you for this article. I feel like we've entered the political Twilight Zone where the ridiculous outweighs the sublime, and the nodding clown heads bob ever and ever faster, and fail the public at every lost opportunity. Our only hope is that the voting public can see through the charade and act accordingly.
Thank you, Estelle. This nodding clown head is making us all sick. This election will be a big one for many of us!
Thank you Joel for your excellent article. The main stream press has no intention of engaging in objectivity. They are the problem. They have unequivocally failed their own charter and thus the community by becoming part of and engaging in a corrupted political system. So many of these so called Journalists have sold their soul to the devil for a few filthy dollars. Newscorp as usual lead the pack in the the race to the bottom. They have no journalistic standards or ethic as they have proved time and again. For me the main stream media is dead. The problem that I now face is where do I get objective information without descending down a conspiratorial rabbit hole or existing in an echo chamber.
I prefer to call them Ruperteers now.
The writing is on the wall
So accurate that it's scary.
so true
The Labour Party is perfect? Not. Let he without sin cast the first stone...
Labor don't claim to be perfect. They don't have to, particularly with the abysmal job the LNP are doing at running this country into the ground. LNP have had a long time to do something positive with this country and have failed miserably.
Hey James if the LNP are doing an "abysmal job .... running this country into the ground" does that mean they're doing a good job?
Funny. To clarify - the LNP are doing an abysmal job and running this country into the ground. You might want to correct your spelling of Labor?
Labor or Labour doesn't matter to me because I won't be voting for them.
And to clarify - I rekon Labor will do an excellent job running the country into the ground.
Yes, last time they were in office, Australia's economy was rated the best-performing in the world. Disgraceful, eh?
Rated by who?
When?
Their credentials to make such a determination?
Please educate me.
Fair enough. It's not like any of our politicians are inspiring. The only real question to be settled on election day is, are the LNP bad enough to get voted out? Also, are we just going to hand the future of the country to minority parties or independents and see what kind of s**t show follows after that? Part of me want's to see Labor get in just to see what flows from a federal ICAC... I'm sure all sides will get stung on that to greater and lesser degrees.
We agree on two things. The LNP getting voted out and fear of the minority parties having too much say. Let's hope we're wrong on both counts :)
You didn't just chuck a stone now did you? ;-)
Thank you always good to read a true account of the way things are !