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Thursday, June 01, 2006

The Australian Newspaper and that conference

The most galling quote of the week must surely go to Denis Shanahan writing in The Australian on Saturday when he said:

“…the country has become a world leader in combating climate change…”

Yep, he was actually talking about Australia and he wasn’t laughing.

I cant find it on-line but he really did say it in the second sentence of an article entitled “PM in charge of the nuclear debate”. It was one of the most sycophantic, Howard-worshiping pieces I have seen in a long time, and was riddled with distortions and inaccuracies. Combine that with the hysterically pro-nuclear editorial of the same day and you will want to vomit.

But did you also notice on the same page an article (or was it an advertisement - it wasn’t clear) for a pro-nuclear power conference coming up in October? Given the list of names that seem to have signed on, it looks like it’s been in the planning for some time. And guess what? The Australian newspaper is a ‘media partner’ in the conference. Given the paper’s pro nuclear posturing and closeness to the Howard Government it is hardly surprising, but one would imagine it sure isn’t going to make for good journalism.

 

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