Re: "Australian newspapers have blacked out their front pages" Archived Message
Posted by margo on October 21, 2019, 2:12 pm, in reply to ""Australian newspapers have blacked out their front pages""
An observer tweets: "It is my belief that all of this noise about Free Press at the moment in the West - whilst ignoring the Assange case - is occurring with intention to bring in more laws (saying they are to protect the press). Be wary of anyone saying more laws + free press in the same breath." And Australian whistle-blower David McBride says (to paraphrase from a video I'm unable to upload):
Previous Message "It's wheels within wheels with this "Press Freedom" gimmick, at the moment. They're not really for press freedom, they're for their own propaganda. "[Australian] spouting off about "Defend media freedom" actually means "freedom" for pro-government stories. If the story comes from leaked documents but is positive for the government, they won't prosecute you. The flip side of that is that if you criticise the government, you go to jail." This rings true. Think of Jeremy Hunt and Amal Clooney and their flashy "Defend Media Freedom" campaign which also didn't breathe the name of the journalist in UK indefinite detention.
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