#thisisnotjournalism — Public Fediverse posts

@jhaue
Typical of news media these days… “Is it too late?” Why do we need more bad news? How about emphasising the *Upside* every now an then. I don’t mean that news media ought to be all bubbly or tragically optimistic, but there’s no necessity to render all news as bad events, too late, too soon, not enough of this, not enough of that, etc..

I’m not having a good day by the looks of things… I apologise.

#ThisIsNotJournalism #ParrotingReporter #HarbingersOfBadNews #SelfFulfillingNews #H5N1

@jhaue
Typical of news media these days… “Is it too late?” Why do we need more bad news? How about emphasising the *Upside* every now an then. I don’t mean that news media ought to be all bubbly or tragically optimistic, but there’s no necessity to render all news as bad events, too late, too soon, not enough of this, not enough of that, etc..

I’m not having a good day by the looks of things… I apologise.

#ThisIsNotJournalism #ParrotingReporter #HarbingersOfBadNews #SelfFulfillingNews #H5N1

By all means read it. You’ll learn about #Japanese #GunLaws and even get a statistic out of it… about #Japan. What you wil not get is how #Australian gun laws work (whatever their merits). Nor will you learn a lot about the facts purportedly supporting statements made by the author of the article (I am assuming the author can back up all his claims here - innocent until proven … well you know the rest).

From my perspective, the more we talk/read/hear about gun laws in Australia the better informed we’ll all be. And that makes all the difference when it comes to deciding what our polies ought to do about it and where our votes should go. But, it must be *informed* discussions, not dubious opinions. Facts. Facts matter here because gun ownership is a most serious issue for society. False comparisons, cherry picking, innuendo(s), appeals to emotions, hidden agendas, and unsubstantiated statements simply won’t do if one intends to inform the reader.

TBH, I am surprised the Australian Insitute allowed this poorly written piece get published, lacking bio info about the author — where does his writing come from, what are the biases we should be made aware of? Etc. Come on *The Point* editor(s), lift your game up, please. I would’ve left a comment had this been enabled. Instead, I’m tooting it. You’re welcome.

#AustralianInstitute #ThePoint #Journalism #OpinionArticle #GoodWritingThisIsNot #ThisIsNotJournalism #AusPol #ThePoint

https://thepoint.com.au/opinions/260811-australia-should-follow-japans-gun-laws

By all means read it. You’ll learn about #Japanese #GunLaws and even get a statistic out of it… about #Japan. What you wil not get is how #Australian gun laws work (whatever their merits). Nor will you learn a lot about the facts purportedly supporting statements made by the author of the article (I am assuming the author can back up all his claims here - innocent until proven … well you know the rest).

From my perspective, the more we talk/read/hear about gun laws in Australia the better informed we’ll all be. And that makes all the difference when it comes to deciding what our polies ought to do about it and where our votes should go. But, it must be *informed* discussions, not dubious opinions. Facts. Facts matter here because gun ownership is a most serious issue for society. False comparisons, cherry picking, innuendo(s), appeals to emotions, hidden agendas, and unsubstantiated statements simply won’t do if one intends to inform the reader.

TBH, I am surprised the Australian Insitute allowed this poorly written piece get published, lacking bio info about the author — where does his writing come from, what are the biases we should be made aware of? Etc. Come on *The Point* editor(s), lift your game up, please. I would’ve left a comment had this been enabled. Instead, I’m tooting it. You’re welcome.

#AustralianInstitute #ThePoint #Journalism #OpinionArticle #GoodWritingThisIsNot #ThisIsNotJournalism #AusPol #ThePoint

https://thepoint.com.au/opinions/260811-australia-should-follow-japans-gun-laws

RE: https://mas.to/@aljazeera_gotgrip/117074834373920624

Here is another example of *Dumb arse* reporting… latching on to previous reports that the US military is running out of ‘ammunition’ which is not the case. Closer to the truth, it is running out of specific missile types, in this case *Patriot* missiles (Pac3 for the Patriot ABM systems). That much we know and we know it is true because #Ukraine has run out and is being pummelled by Russian baliistic missiles. The US is not running out of bullets (5.56) or rockets (rolling airframe 90mm ammo for airborne pods and naval batteries) or even 155mm artillery shells, etc… And there is a very good reason for that. It’s not about money but about *What* and *How much* to stockpile for *How long*.

Consider advances in technology that will make a missile obsolete overnight because the adversary has developed a *Counter*, or because the manufacturer has developed a cheaper, better, more lethal successor to a particular missile (Pac1, —> Pac2 —> Pac3 Patriot missiles). How many potentially obsolete missiles do you want to stockpile? This is also why production runs are limited in numbers, and why there is a concerted effort to produce *upgradable* missiles. Low production runs are expensive and the manufacturer will not expand its production capacity beyond near term contracts certainties.

And I’m only scratching the surface here. This is why this AJ report (Vid of some supposed expert in defence matters) is shallow, inaccurate, and lazy journalism which misleads (running out of ammo) and misdirects (it’s a budget mismanagement issue). AJ, once you’ve taken into account its biases, is a trusted news source. But even AJ makes monumental reporting errors at times.

Keep your wits about you dear readers and *question everything* you read from news outlets.

#ThisIsNotJournalism #AlJazeera #USMilitary #PAtriotMissiles #AmmunitionInventory #Ukraine #USIsraelIranWar #MIssileStockpiles #LazyJournalism #ExpertsCommentary #BSanalysis #BSNews #ClickBait

RE: https://mas.to/@aljazeera_gotgrip/117074834373920624

Here is another example of *Dumb arse* reporting… latching on to previous reports that the US military is running out of ‘ammunition’ which is not the case. Closer to the truth, it is running out of specific missile types, in this case *Patriot* missiles (Pac3 for the Patriot ABM systems). That much we know and we know it is true because #Ukraine has run out and is being pummelled by Russian baliistic missiles. The US is not running out of bullets (5.56) or rockets (rolling airframe 90mm ammo for airborne pods and naval batteries) or even 155mm artillery shells, etc… And there is a very good reason for that. It’s not about money but about *What* and *How much* to stockpile for *How long*.

Consider advances in technology that will make a missile obsolete overnight because the adversary has developed a *Counter*, or because the manufacturer has developed a cheaper, better, more lethal successor to a particular missile (Pac1, —> Pac2 —> Pac3 Patriot missiles). How many potentially obsolete missiles do you want to stockpile? This is also why production runs are limited in numbers, and why there is a concerted effort to produce *upgradable* missiles. Low production runs are expensive and the manufacturer will not expand its production capacity beyond near term contracts certainties.

And I’m only scratching the surface here. This is why this AJ report (Vid of some supposed expert in defence matters) is shallow, inaccurate, and lazy journalism which misleads (running out of ammo) and misdirects (it’s a budget mismanagement issue). AJ, once you’ve taken into account its biases, is a trusted news source. But even AJ makes monumental reporting errors at times.

Keep your wits about you dear readers and *question everything* you read from news outlets.

#ThisIsNotJournalism #AlJazeera #USMilitary #PAtriotMissiles #AmmunitionInventory #Ukraine #USIsraelIranWar #MIssileStockpiles #LazyJournalism #ExpertsCommentary #BSanalysis #BSNews #ClickBait

@John
TBF, #tRump has an impact on the rest of the world and that makes him newsworthy no matter one’s personal opinion of #POSUS or his administration. But newsworthy doesn’t mean ‘parroting’ what he said and ought to be footnoted with some kind of ‘fact checking’, I agree. I don’t expect the ABC to pull up it’s socks anytime soon. It needs a non-neoliberal journalist at the helm for that.

#GiveMeBackMyABC #USPol #ThisIsNotJournalism #Antifa #AntiNeoLiberalism #TaxTheRich #NoMoreBillionaires #LimitMillionaires
#InUnity and #JoinYourBloodyUnion you…

@John
TBF, #tRump has an impact on the rest of the world and that makes him newsworthy no matter one’s personal opinion of #POSUS or his administration. But newsworthy doesn’t mean ‘parroting’ what he said and ought to be footnoted with some kind of ‘fact checking’, I agree. I don’t expect the ABC to pull up it’s socks anytime soon. It needs a non-neoliberal journalist at the helm for that.

#GiveMeBackMyABC #USPol #ThisIsNotJournalism #Antifa #AntiNeoLiberalism #TaxTheRich #NoMoreBillionaires #LimitMillionaires
#InUnity and #JoinYourBloodyUnion you…

A bullshit headline and bullshit excuse from OpenAI.

The company is avoiding responsibility by minimising its poorly implemented software, systems and risk management.

The Guardian is uncritically swallowing and amplifying the propaganda.

#ai #llm #openai #Thisisnotjournalism #TheGuardian

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/22/openai-says-its-models-went-rogue-and-hacked-startup-in-unprecedented-incident

A bullshit headline and bullshit excuse from OpenAI.

The company is avoiding responsibility by minimising its poorly implemented software, systems and risk management.

The Guardian is uncritically swallowing and amplifying the propaganda.

#ai #llm #openai #Thisisnotjournalism #TheGuardian

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/22/openai-says-its-models-went-rogue-and-hacked-startup-in-unprecedented-incident

@jeffjarvis

FFS, here was me thinking The Guardian editors knew we’ve had a gut full of this kind of BS…

Is it just me, or has The Guardian slowly slid down to the level of your average bad reporting of other news outlets?

Not renewing my subs is all I can say.

#ThisIsNotJournalism

@jeffjarvis

FFS, here was me thinking The Guardian editors knew we’ve had a gut full of this kind of BS…

Is it just me, or has The Guardian slowly slid down to the level of your average bad reporting of other news outlets?

Not renewing my subs is all I can say.

#ThisIsNotJournalism

#RachelWithers expressed my sentiments and frustration with many TV hosts in her article:

"... 7.30’s Sarah Ferguson opening by asking the Liberal leader to “categorically rule out” forming government with One Nation, based on his recent criticism. In classic politician speak, Taylor said there was “no plan” to do so, arguing the Coalition wanted to govern in its own right. Ferguson spent three minutes and four questions trying to pin him down, becoming increasingly explicit in her “rule out” framing, noting this is what she was “looking for”.

“There is a slight difference between ‘There is no plan’ and ‘I, Angus Taylor as the leader of the Liberal Party, am ruling out forming government with One Nation’,” Ferguson finished, to which Taylor responded there was “no plan”. In total, I counted six “no plan” responses and one “I’m ruling it out” from the Liberal leader, though that didn’t stop the ABC running the headline “Angus Taylor rules out One Nation coalition once and for all”.

The semantics were tiresome, not least because we are no closer to knowing what the Liberals would do in the event of a hung parliament (Ferguson’s questions improved after this, for the record, grilling Taylor on his criticism of care economy wage rises). Did we gain anything of value, other than a “gotcha”, if a Taylor-led party somehow wins enough seats to contemplate governing with One Nation, which it’d likely choose over most crossbench options?

The question itself needs to be “ruled out” for our increasingly fractured electorate, in which it is becoming less likely that any one party will win a majority of seats. It’s an ask regularly made of Labor about the Greens, with Anthony Albanese all too eager to rule that one out — nevermind that, if Labor’s “wide but shallow” majority gets any shallower, he might soon find himself having to work with minor parties or independents to form government."

#AusPol #ThisIsNotJournalism #GiveMeBackMyABC #abc730report #SarahFurgusen #CrickeyNews

#RachelWithers expressed my sentiments and frustration with many TV hosts in her article:

"... 7.30’s Sarah Ferguson opening by asking the Liberal leader to “categorically rule out” forming government with One Nation, based on his recent criticism. In classic politician speak, Taylor said there was “no plan” to do so, arguing the Coalition wanted to govern in its own right. Ferguson spent three minutes and four questions trying to pin him down, becoming increasingly explicit in her “rule out” framing, noting this is what she was “looking for”.

“There is a slight difference between ‘There is no plan’ and ‘I, Angus Taylor as the leader of the Liberal Party, am ruling out forming government with One Nation’,” Ferguson finished, to which Taylor responded there was “no plan”. In total, I counted six “no plan” responses and one “I’m ruling it out” from the Liberal leader, though that didn’t stop the ABC running the headline “Angus Taylor rules out One Nation coalition once and for all”.

The semantics were tiresome, not least because we are no closer to knowing what the Liberals would do in the event of a hung parliament (Ferguson’s questions improved after this, for the record, grilling Taylor on his criticism of care economy wage rises). Did we gain anything of value, other than a “gotcha”, if a Taylor-led party somehow wins enough seats to contemplate governing with One Nation, which it’d likely choose over most crossbench options?

The question itself needs to be “ruled out” for our increasingly fractured electorate, in which it is becoming less likely that any one party will win a majority of seats. It’s an ask regularly made of Labor about the Greens, with Anthony Albanese all too eager to rule that one out — nevermind that, if Labor’s “wide but shallow” majority gets any shallower, he might soon find himself having to work with minor parties or independents to form government."

#AusPol #ThisIsNotJournalism #GiveMeBackMyABC #abc730report #SarahFurgusen #CrickeyNews

An #ABCNews piece by #JacobGreber (posted 8 hrs ago) dregs out the old #NeoLiberal #TrickleDownPonzieScheme idea that if you point detractors to some #CheeryPicking you might stop them from focusing on the abundance piled up in the mansion’s pantry. The headline says it all: “Curbing well-off taxpayers' access to key programs could save billions.” Which double talk for : Here are the crumbs we been promissing for the last 40 years, but don’t look at the dinner table. Of course, the author of the article quotes the #IPA (an old conservative mouthpiece) to bolser the argument, there’s at least ‘$20 billion” to be saved from the budget here.

Let’s be clear. This is an #Opinion piece, not an #Analysis.

1) All Australian citizens and permanent residents ought to be entitled to appropriate social services regardless of their wealth or standing in the community.
2) If you tax the #Rich and #SuperProfits to redistribute weatlh for the greater benefit of society as a whole there would be more than $20B on offer to build a fairer and more equitable Australia.

#AusPol #GiveMeBackMyABC #ThisIsNotJournalism #TheMSMPropagandaMachine

An #ABCNews piece by #JacobGreber (posted 8 hrs ago) dregs out the old #NeoLiberal #TrickleDownPonzieScheme idea that if you point detractors to some #CheeryPicking you might stop them from focusing on the abundance piled up in the mansion’s pantry. The headline says it all: “Curbing well-off taxpayers' access to key programs could save billions.” Which double talk for : Here are the crumbs we been promissing for the last 40 years, but don’t look at the dinner table. Of course, the author of the article quotes the #IPA (an old conservative mouthpiece) to bolser the argument, there’s at least ‘$20 billion” to be saved from the budget here.

Let’s be clear. This is an #Opinion piece, not an #Analysis.

1) All Australian citizens and permanent residents ought to be entitled to appropriate social services regardless of their wealth or standing in the community.
2) If you tax the #Rich and #SuperProfits to redistribute weatlh for the greater benefit of society as a whole there would be more than $20B on offer to build a fairer and more equitable Australia.

#AusPol #GiveMeBackMyABC #ThisIsNotJournalism #TheMSMPropagandaMachine

Another superficial #ABCNews piece which barely tells us anything beyond local councils vetoing town water use for renewable projects. There is no investigation, no analysis and no tangible information beyond reporting the ban and that water is required for concrete (and “building transformers” ? That’s a new one to me). Adds nothing to the well known scarcity of potable water sources on the world’s driest continent. Well done ABC… NOT.

The author’s only saving grace, besides making readers aware that water is a scarce commodity, is to confirm that Data Centres are water guzzlers — you can find a reference to the latter in a throwaway sentence at the very end of the article.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-25/councils-deny-energyco-water-new-england-renewable-energy-zone/106685330

#WaterScarcity #RenewableProjects #RenewableEnergyZones #REZs #CouncilBans #PotableWaterSupply #AusPol #NSW #NewEngland #Walcha #Tamworth #DataCentres #ThisIsNotJournalism #ReportingIsNotJournalism

Another superficial #ABCNews piece which barely tells us anything beyond local councils vetoing town water use for renewable projects. There is no investigation, no analysis and no tangible information beyond reporting the ban and that water is required for concrete (and “building transformers” ? That’s a new one to me). Adds nothing to the well known scarcity of potable water sources on the world’s driest continent. Well done ABC… NOT.

The author’s only saving grace, besides making readers aware that water is a scarce commodity, is to confirm that Data Centres are water guzzlers — you can find a reference to the latter in a throwaway sentence at the very end of the article.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-25/councils-deny-energyco-water-new-england-renewable-energy-zone/106685330

#WaterScarcity #RenewableProjects #RenewableEnergyZones #REZs #CouncilBans #PotableWaterSupply #AusPol #NSW #NewEngland #Walcha #Tamworth #DataCentres #ThisIsNotJournalism #ReportingIsNotJournalism

@John
“Budget flops” … shows you how little attention this rag pays to public opinion and the mood of the electorate. The fin review ought to change their masthead to Propaganda Ministry.
#ThisIsNotJournalism
#AusPol

@John
“Budget flops” … shows you how little attention this rag pays to public opinion and the mood of the electorate. The fin review ought to change their masthead to Propaganda Ministry.
#ThisIsNotJournalism
#AusPol

“Warracknabeal Energy Park gets Victorian approval as community worries about impact.’ (Source ABC News)

I’m not going to link to the article, it’s easy enough to find if required. I just wanted to point out that the #ABC reporting on the Victorian Govt approval for a very large windfarm project is absolutely disgraceful. For a public broadcaster with a remit to report and inform to report opposition opinions without providing the facts on the matter, is tantamount to #Lobbying on behalf of #NIMBYs and #ClimateDeniers.

The fact that this *local* *opposition* to the #WindFarm project invokes environmental concerns is especially galling given the environmental impact of their farming practices (past and present).

I don’t even want to talk about their BS concerns with “impacts on human health, on noise, on visual amenity loss”. I mean, visual amenity loss, really? It’s farmland morons. Why is the ABC platforming these nutters?

#GiveMeBAckMyABC #ThisIsNotJournalism

“Warracknabeal Energy Park gets Victorian approval as community worries about impact.’ (Source ABC News)

I’m not going to link to the article, it’s easy enough to find if required. I just wanted to point out that the #ABC reporting on the Victorian Govt approval for a very large windfarm project is absolutely disgraceful. For a public broadcaster with a remit to report and inform to report opposition opinions without providing the facts on the matter, is tantamount to #Lobbying on behalf of #NIMBYs and #ClimateDeniers.

The fact that this *local* *opposition* to the #WindFarm project invokes environmental concerns is especially galling given the environmental impact of their farming practices (past and present).

I don’t even want to talk about their BS concerns with “impacts on human health, on noise, on visual amenity loss”. I mean, visual amenity loss, really? It’s farmland morons. Why is the ABC platforming these nutters?

#GiveMeBAckMyABC #ThisIsNotJournalism

#abc730

Banging on about ‘broken promises’ reminds me of a petulant child rubbing their eyes with balled fists and blubbering. “B-but y-you p-p-promised.”

Australians and Australian politics deserve a better media and standard of journalism.

#Auspol #Thisisnotjournalism #ABC

#abc730

Banging on about ‘broken promises’ reminds me of a petulant child rubbing their eyes with balled fists and blubbering. “B-but y-you p-p-promised.”

Australians and Australian politics deserve a better media and standard of journalism.

#Auspol #Thisisnotjournalism #ABC

The grubs at the Courier Mail trying a sneaky attack on QLD teacbers. #ThisIsNotJournalism #auspol

The grubs at the Courier Mail trying a sneaky attack on QLD teacbers. #ThisIsNotJournalism #auspol

Usually, I am loath to quote News Corp articles because I loathe their bias, but I'm sharing this screenshot for the fabulous typo.

#NewsCorpse #ThisIsNotJournalism

Usually, I am loath to quote News Corp articles because I loathe their bias, but I'm sharing this screenshot for the fabulous typo.

#NewsCorpse #ThisIsNotJournalism

News.com.au serving up Cold War leftovers again. Now we’ve got a “cyber expert” warning that China could make EVs explode. Next they’ll tell us Beijing controls your toaster. Laughable fearmongering dressed as journalism.

#mediabias #fearmongering #evs #australia #MurdochRoyalCommission #Thisisnotjournalism

https://www.news.com.au/technology/motoring/on-the-road/china-could-make-evs-explode-cyber-expert-warns/news-story/2d29b6e3474d85dc64e8bdcb0995fbec

News.com.au serving up Cold War leftovers again. Now we’ve got a “cyber expert” warning that China could make EVs explode. Next they’ll tell us Beijing controls your toaster. Laughable fearmongering dressed as journalism.

#mediabias #fearmongering #evs #australia #MurdochRoyalCommission #Thisisnotjournalism

https://www.news.com.au/technology/motoring/on-the-road/china-could-make-evs-explode-cyber-expert-warns/news-story/2d29b6e3474d85dc64e8bdcb0995fbec

Hey, #abcnewsau

It is not a ‘Hunger Crisis’

It is the deliberate and calculated starvation of civilians. It is a war crime.

It is a moral failing that news agencies and governments are downplaying the atrocities Israel is committing.

#auspol #Thisisnotjournalism #IsraelTerroristState #genocide

@treleanor
Bloody typical isn’t? Journalism is dead. This article is content to ‘quote’ everyone without so much as questioning what they hear. This type of journalism is a gross disservice to the community. It does not inform nor contribute to productive public debate. It merely gives oxygen to anyone wishing for a public platfrom. So disappointing to see this lazy reporting in the Capital.

#ThisIsNotJournalism #AusPol #ACT

@volts.wtf
It’s not that journalism ‘cannot’ say NO, it is that it WILL not say no. Self-serving journalism isn’t journalism, it’s propaganda.

#ThisIsNotJournalism

Survey finds Australians think Welcome to Country ceremonies are divisive

[No link to Daily Telegraph article]

That's what you get for surveying Daily Telegraph readers after poisoning their minds for years with racist propaganda from RWNJ media.

Seriously, those racist fools at News Corp are so bitter about showing the slightest bit of respect to Indigenous people. Talk of Welcome to Country makes them clutch their pearls in fear and recite Peter Dutton's words.

#AusPol #PeterDutton #Racism #DailyTelegraph #NewsCorp #ThisIsNotJournalism #WelcomeToCountry

Survey finds Australians think Welcome to Country ceremonies are divisive

[No link to Daily Telegraph article]

That's what you get for surveying Daily Telegraph readers after poisoning their minds for years with racist propaganda from RWNJ media.

Seriously, those racist fools at News Corp are so bitter about showing the slightest bit of respect to Indigenous people. Talk of Welcome to Country makes them clutch their pearls in fear and recite Peter Dutton's words.

#AusPol #PeterDutton #Racism #DailyTelegraph #NewsCorp #ThisIsNotJournalism #WelcomeToCountry

ABC news Australia going heavy on the pro Israel propaganda this morning.

#auspol #IsraelTerroristState #Thisisnotjournalism #propaganda #abcaustralia

All you need to know about the #Murdochcracy and why it needs to be buried.

A reminders: The boss himself admitted that his #newsMachine wasn’t about News but #Entertainment (can’t find the evidence buried in one of the court cases Murdoch fought in the UK)

#MSM #Grifters #ThisIsNotJournalism

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jun/19/news-corp-boss-earns-42m-as-highest-paid-ceo-of-australian-listed-company?

The Guardian used to be reasonably reliable.

No longer.

Confusing ‘captain’s call’ with ‘ministerial responsibility’ to act in the best interests of Australia.

#auspol #Thisisnotjournalism #santos #statecapture

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jun/17/jim-chalmers-faces-captains-call-over-abu-dhabi-bid-for-australian-oil-and-gas-giant-santos

This is moronic, on many levels

#ThisIsNotJournalism #AusPol

This is moronic, on many levels

#ThisIsNotJournalism #AusPol

@MsDropbear42

The ABC attempting to try and read between the lines and coming out looking like conspiracy theorists.

Also, how come the #LNP and #labor can have big donors but not independents. (Rhetorical)

#auspol #abcaustralia #Thisisnotjournalism

@abcfeeds

Ok.

But where is the bit about holding bullies to account, the lack of school, community and political support for bullying and the need for more mental health services.

#auspol #bullying #mentalhealth #Thisisnotjournalism

@abcfeeds

Except he didn’t, did he?

#ABCNewsAustralia #Thisisnotjournalism

How Australia’s uninspiring media ruins election coverage and do a disservice to it’s remit, readers and democracy.

https://thepolitics.com.au/gotchas-and-grumbles-just-another-ho-hum-poll/

#auspol #Thisisnotjournalism #Election2025 #alp #lnp

How Australia’s uninspiring media ruins election coverage and do a disservice to it’s remit, readers and democracy.

https://thepolitics.com.au/gotchas-and-grumbles-just-another-ho-hum-poll/

#auspol #Thisisnotjournalism #Election2025 #alp #lnp

#ABCNewsAustralia Spreading the myth that Australia’s national budget is like a household’s budget.

The Australian government prints its own (fiat) currency. It can’t run out of money, like a household.

#auspol #mmt #Thisisnotjournalism

https://infinite8horizon.wordpress.com/2025/03/19/political-reporters-normalising-the-grotesque/

#auspol #journalism #ThisIsNotJournalism #ABC

I would say the New York Times has its euphemism circuitry stuck in maximum position. An airstrike does not “imperil“ a cease fire, it violates it. The core idea of a cease fire, is to cease firing…

#newyorktimes #euphemism #thisisnotjournalism

More evidence of bias in reporting by the #abc.

It goes hard when Israelis are ‘mistreated’ but takes a softer approach when it is Palestinians.

(See previous report linked in attached article)

Israel is a modern ‘democracy’ with virtually unlimited resources, yet its prisoners are malnourished, infested and infected.

The Gaza Strip is impoverished and under siege (by Israeli) is it any wonder its hostages are malnourished? We know its people are.

#genocide #auspol #gaza #israel #Thisisnotjournalism

From: @abcfeeds
https://rssfeed.media/@abcfeeds/113970276078034713

Tipping taking off in Australia despite cost-of-living crisis

That's the headline.

I'm not going to link to the article because it's garbage planted there by "research" from a company that makes money from taking a percentage from EFTPOS transactions. The "journalist" who wrote the article did no research to verify the claims. Heck, it could be a paid ad, but there's no acknowledgement of this conflict of interest.

As the meme says, "Stop trying to make fetch happen". Stop trying to make Australian customers do more tipping.
Australia does not have a tipping culture, and America only does it due to entrenched racism and power disparities between workers, bosses, and customers.

#ThisIsNotJournalism #Tipping

Look... I know this sounds terribly boring... but...

Can we please go back to when James Dibble was the ABC news reader.

I just want someone to read me the news...

I don't want opinions and I don't want journalebrities...

#ThisIsNotJournalism

#AlboPM is campaigning early so #ABC gives Jane Hume a soft interview to push the #LNP rhetoric...

Hume sits there blabbing like an infomercial and all that's coming out is blah, blah, blah... all claims and no substance.

The fill-in journalebrity makes only the most feeble attempt to challenge Hume's baseless blather...

#ThisIsNotJournalism
#Auspol

@abcfeeds

What's the actual point of reporting based on speculation that has little or no statistical basis???
Why not wait until the end of the Boxing Day sales and report the actual recorded and provable facts about how much was spent...

#ThisIsNotJournalism #ABC

How desperate and pathetic do you have to be to want be a reporter or photographer chasing court attendees down the street asking inane questions that never get answered and aren't worth asking in the first place?!?

#ThisIsNotJournalism