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Sort of relevant. An Australian Press Council adjudication against "The Australian" newspaper: https://www.presscouncil.org.au/document-search/adj-1783/ https:
by emmelaich 6y ago
Sort of relevant. An Australian Press Council adjudication against "The Australian" newspaper:
https://www.presscouncil.org.au/document-search/adj-1783/ https://www.presscouncil.org.au/document-search/adj-1783/
> The publication said the word “epidemic” is appropriate when reporting the exponential increases in those attending gender clinics and the term “social contagion” is an accepted term in social science and was taken from areas such as anorexia and suicide attempts, and where its relevance to adolescents, attitudes and behaviors is widely documented
Adjudication:
> However, the Council considers there is public interest in vigorous public debate particularly when it concerns submissions made to a parliamentary inquiry. The Council considers that to the extent there was offence and distress it was justified in the public interest.