Australia
Some journalist do not understand the meaning of independent. Do not understand the meaning of journalist.
Australian media is possibly the most corrupt in the world. Reading scripts and plagiarising Murdoch's media is about as good as it gets.
US and Australia have elections but the people with the power don't change. Democrats support the worst of Republicans actions, in Australia the main parties support the worst of each other. It is like a lethal tag team to the end.
Australia
Governments have passed a lot of laws, implemented a lot of regulations, and appointed many commissioners. All to control what people can do, say and know.
Maybe we should have a law that makes it a criminal offence for politicians to lie. That might be the starting point. If politicians are not liars they have nothing to fear.
Today in Labor History May 16, 1918: Congress passed the Sedition Act against radicals and pacifists, leading to the arrest, imprisonment, execution and deportation of dozens of unionists, anarchists and communists. The law forbade the use of “disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive” language about the U.S. government, its flag, or it military. The mainstream press supported the act, despite the significant limitations it imposed on free speech and of press freedom. In June, 1918, the government arrested Eugene Debs for violating the act by undermining the government’s conscription efforts. He served 18 months in prison. Congress repealed the act in 1920, since world War I had ended. However, Attorney General, A. Mitchell Palmer, lobbied for a peacetime version of it. Additionally, he continued to round up labor activists, communists and anarchist for seditious behavior, particularly Wobblies, or members of the IWW. For example, they convicted Marie Equi for giving a speech at the IWW hall in Portland, Oregon after WWI had ended. Today, President Trump is attempting to bring it back with decrees forbidding criticism of the U.S. government, capitalism, traditional marriage, Israel, and even fascism, while also forbidding speech in support of transgender rights and safety.
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@IndyMediaAus/116582312357466712
@IndyMediaAus Not independent, not journalists. Simply a sub branch of the Epstein media class. Using the same techniques Murdoch perfected decades ago.
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