Liberal countries in the world have successfully damaged the very life force of journalism. They saw it as a threat to their control of the people, of democracy. Julian Assange was the figure that threatened liberal control as corrupt and is paying the price. Since then journalism has had the lifeblood sucked dry and most news reporting has a bias. Governments destroyed Assange, a true journalist and truthteller and plunged the field into disarray and have successfully borrowed the devices that journalism used, like public relations and the web, and these devices have been harnessed for political gain and means.
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Richard Flanagan - Toxic / Christos Tsiolkas - Damascus
Massive figures in Australian literature.
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I am just into the first few chapters of this book and it's already evident how detailed Magnusson's understanding of Scottish h...
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One of the very great myths of Culloden and the Scottish plight was the fact they were outgunned. This is not the case, as they had mor...
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What is clearly evident and comprehensible in Flanagan's work is this ability to capture real larrikin Australian-isms and the over...
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