Originally posted on UPROOTED PALESTINIANS: SALAM ALQUDS ALAYKUM:
? July 31, 2016 (The New Atlas) – Political developments are often emotionally charged, and even journalists who are expected to maintain an objective approach to reporting can find themselves swept away by sensational headlines and the temptation to wade into controversy without fully analysing background information that…
Originally posted on The Wall Will Fall:
24th June 2016 Vanessa Beeley 21st Century Wire Who are the White Helmets? This is a question that everyone should be asking themselves. A hideous murder of a rising star in UK politics, Jo Cox MP, has just sent shock waves across the world. Within hours of her…
For anyone who believes Australia’s cherished national broadcaster, the ABC, is an impartial and objective reporter of what is happening across the globe, it’s time for a rethink. Any pretence of the ABC’s journalistic objectivity and integrity have all but evaporated in the heat of the Syrian conflict of the past five years. ABC Middle…
Australian Foreign Minister, Julie Bishop, speaking on national radio all the way from Vienna this morning, called for the ouster of a sovereign nation’s leader … while at the same time cranking up the campaigning for her own government’s re-election in the upcoming federal elections on 2 July. Democracy’s fine for some, but not for…
You just know it’s going to be a long, boring, uninspiring election campaign when the major issues setting each side of the great political divide apart thus far are … wait for it … negative gearing, bracket creep and a crackdown on superannuation contributions for the rich.
