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There is no Fairfax since 2018, and even then Gina Reinhart owned 20% then. Now, it's channel 9, and having Peter Costello at the helm. So... Yeah, we don't rea
by neumann 6y ago
There is no Fairfax since 2018, and even then Gina Reinhart owned 20% then. Now, it's channel 9, and having Peter Costello at the helm. So... Yeah, we don't really have a balanced or neutral media landscape. The ABC, The Guardian and a small selection of boutique papers and websites are alone in putting journalism before explicit political narratives now. And well, even the first two in that list heavily rely on clickbait and lazy opinion pieces to pad of the content.
- BLKNSLVR 6y agoI feel obliged to mention Crikey here, mainly because it's quite low-key but deserving of wider readership.
- stirlo 6y agoFairfax still produces daily newspapers with a large readership in Australia's 2 largest cities. To say they don't exist just because their ownership changed is a misnomer.
- spacehunt 6y agoThere's been a very noticeable drop in quality in The Age's reporting though. And then there was this back in June: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/jun/14/journalists-at-the-age-express-alarm-over-increasing-politicisation-and-loss-of-independence https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/jun/14/journalists-at... https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/jun/18/age-editor-alex-lavelle-departs-staff-questioned-direction https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/jun/18/age-editor-ale...