I am offended by the front page of The Daily Telegraph today. That they are using their newspaper to run a commercially interested political agenda with little regard for facts is bad enough but to suggest Stephen Conroy is the same as Robert Mugabe, Stalin and others is offensive. It is evidence of the lengths to which News will go to get its own way. News can’t be objective on this issue so they have tossed out even trying to look objective.
The sad thing is that so many people rely on The Daily Telegraph for their news … and they vote. The role of a newspaper is to report news, not seek to influence public opinion based on mistruths.
The kind of bias demonstrated by The Daily Telegraph reminds me of media coverage I have seen in government controlled media in China and Vietnam in the last year.
For a more balanced perspective on the issue, check out an excellent piece at The Conversation by Martin Hurst from Deakin University.
I’m glad i’m not the only one that this cover infuriated! The urge to pull it from the shelf was almost overwhelming. Utter trash.
I believe the Sale of this sort Material debases my shop and the whole newspaper industry. Free Speech yes I agree whoever it does not give one the right to be belittle, lie or defame.
Nationwide has a convict Andrew Bolt writing opinion pieces. This is a fact so it is ok to say it. He was convicted under Criminal Law (beyond reasonable doubt) rather than tort which has a much lesser threshold of proof, I think along the lines of Balance of Probabilities).
As with most things in life, if you do not like the product then do not read it or buy it. I find a lot of things on the front pages ofensive but I am not the customers so I do not pretend to pass judgement. Careful Mark, over the past few days your political side is showing.
Luke, don’t mistake having an opinion about what is ethical or socially responsible as being an indicator of voting intentions. When it comes to politics, the world, as I see it, is not black and white.
The Tele sold out before lunch yesterday. 1st time it has done that in more than a year
Your view doesn’t surprise me Jarryd. Anything critical of the government seems to attract your ire. Having said that, I couldn’t agree more about this front page. It’s staggering that the Telegraph thinks so little of its readers that they believe this sort of front page appeals to them or that readers even care enough to be demanding that their government back off. I notice that other News mastheads I’ve seen have not been anywhere near as strident or offensive.
Mark…I think those who should be most offended by this front page are those who have suffered in any way from the actions of these despots.
I agree that they are the ones who should be most offended.
I think on any given day, 70% of what is reported as “news” in this paper is offensive, with the other 30% just plain moronic.
It’s laughable how NewsLtd tries to take the moral high ground on this issue. A morally bankrupt company.
Its not heathly for any country’s media industry to be dominated by one corporation like in Australia.
Our “local” paper carried the headline yesterday of “Cut off his penis”…….quality journalism for sure.
Ted, I’m critical of the government when I don’t agree a policy and supportive of it when I do. I’m happy to defend my position on something if questioned and willing to change it if my logic is faulty or new evidence is brought forward.
Ironically this front page in itself helps make the case for greater media regulation. I’m not sure why News would, in trying to convince people that they don’t need to be regulated, print such an absurd front page. Their case would have been supported better by a critical analysis of the policy … but then again I suspect that such an analysis would not come to the conclusion that they want.