Yes, Tim, that would explain a lot. It happened very suddenly so I think
that John Howard is probably the biggest part of it.
It is a disgusting situation when one man can demand of supposedly
'free' media his own view of the world. It is more often found in
dictatorships. Still, that is one direction that Howard has been
diligently taking us - bit by bit, and with such stealth that most
people haven't even noticed it.
Trudy
tdunlop wrote:
> Trudy wrote: "The biggest change I've seen is in the Fairfax press.
> They used to carry a lot of indigenous news
> but now do so hardly at all. When they do, it is not posted online and
> not available to the wider audience.
> They have not carried one item about the Stolen Generations case. I
> can't pinpoint exactly when the change
> in policy happened but it was less than a year ago, I think." Hi
> Trudy and all, May be a hint to the situation you mention in Margo
> Kingston's book about H....n. She says in that quite explicitly:
> "...John Howard personally lobbied my editor-in-chief and editor,
> alleging pro-black bias by myself in particular and the paper in
> general." Maybe this explains it in part. Tim
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