Australian media pulls political strings
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An excellent current example for the qn below on regulation of the media....certain media companies are known to have certain political leanings or sympathy, and this has an impact on the kind of news they report to the masses, and how they report it....
Here, we have a case of how the media conspired to erode trust in the PM, cast doubts on his judgement and policies and then instigated a revolt within the party....political instability is the result, causing the nation to witness the 'revolving door' or 'musical chair' phenomenon as its leader keeps changing every few months, resulting in nothing substantial ever gets done in the country....
To a certain extent, the media must support the govt to lend the nation stability and help to build trust between the pple and the govt by explaining the govts policies to the pple and conveying the pples sentiments to the govt...the facilities that operation of democracy, enabling the pple to ensure they put the right pple up there, and that these pple they have put up there are doing their job as per the mandate given to them by the pple...the media thus acts as a two-way conduit btw the pple and the govt.
But a line needs to be drawn when the govt is corrupt cos that is when the watchdog role of the media must kick in and sound the alarm bell to let the pple know about the nefarious dealings and shenanigans the govt is involved in that is detrimental to the nation.....
growing questions about the state of the media and whether it has fuelled the nation's recent political instability. In the past eight years, four prime ministers have been toppled by their own parties.
"We are seeing journalists playing behind the scenes in a way that is not transparent. That is a new role the media is playing - and it should not be its role."
"They're among the biggest bullies in the land and it's about time people called them out for what they are. It's the Australian country that's at stake here."
Some analysts have warned that Australia's media is at risk of a US-style "Foxification", a reference to the Murdoch-owned Fox News in the United States, which is unashamedly partisan.
partisan media had made Australian politics more "vicious, toxic and unstable".
"They (pundits) created or amplified a sense of crisis and made a small group of rebels believe that their champion Peter Dutton (a right-wing MP who lost in a leadership battle against Mr Morrison) - who had so little popular support - could be the party's saviour."
Qn: Is regulation of the press desirable? (Cam. 2017)
If can't access above link, click HERE
An excellent current example for the qn below on regulation of the media....certain media companies are known to have certain political leanings or sympathy, and this has an impact on the kind of news they report to the masses, and how they report it....
Here, we have a case of how the media conspired to erode trust in the PM, cast doubts on his judgement and policies and then instigated a revolt within the party....political instability is the result, causing the nation to witness the 'revolving door' or 'musical chair' phenomenon as its leader keeps changing every few months, resulting in nothing substantial ever gets done in the country....
To a certain extent, the media must support the govt to lend the nation stability and help to build trust between the pple and the govt by explaining the govts policies to the pple and conveying the pples sentiments to the govt...the facilities that operation of democracy, enabling the pple to ensure they put the right pple up there, and that these pple they have put up there are doing their job as per the mandate given to them by the pple...the media thus acts as a two-way conduit btw the pple and the govt.
But a line needs to be drawn when the govt is corrupt cos that is when the watchdog role of the media must kick in and sound the alarm bell to let the pple know about the nefarious dealings and shenanigans the govt is involved in that is detrimental to the nation.....
growing questions about the state of the media and whether it has fuelled the nation's recent political instability. In the past eight years, four prime ministers have been toppled by their own parties.
"We are seeing journalists playing behind the scenes in a way that is not transparent. That is a new role the media is playing - and it should not be its role."
"They're among the biggest bullies in the land and it's about time people called them out for what they are. It's the Australian country that's at stake here."
Some analysts have warned that Australia's media is at risk of a US-style "Foxification", a reference to the Murdoch-owned Fox News in the United States, which is unashamedly partisan.
partisan media had made Australian politics more "vicious, toxic and unstable".
"They (pundits) created or amplified a sense of crisis and made a small group of rebels believe that their champion Peter Dutton (a right-wing MP who lost in a leadership battle against Mr Morrison) - who had so little popular support - could be the party's saviour."
Qn: Is regulation of the press desirable? (Cam. 2017)
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