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[Link] When confronted by his inaction on the Brereton reforms, Peter Dutton attempts to shoot the messenger

Read: 6/5/2022 www.theguardian.com

Peter Dutton attempted to shoot the messenger on Thursday, branding the Guardian a trashy publication and denying he had ever hung the chief of defence out to dry on the Brereton inquiry reforms.

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[Link] Sky News claims Alan Jones’s misleading commentary balanced by covering daily Covid press conferences

Read: 19/1/2022 www.theguardian.com

Sky News sought to justify misleading Covid commentary then-host Alan Jones put to air, saying it was balanced by coverage of the daily Covid press conferences, according to a letter sent to the broadcasting regulator.

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[Link] Court blocks bid to release secret Ben Roberts-Smith report

Read: 23/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

Mr Roberts-Smith is suing The Age, Federal Capital Press and Fairfax Media, which reported serious allegations against him, including multiple unlawful killings in Afghanistan, which he denies.

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[Link] ABC chair Ita Buttrose accuses Coalition of ‘political interference’ and ‘intimidation’

Read: 15/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

The ABC chair, Ita Buttrose, has accused the Morrison government of political interference and attempting to intimidate the public broadcaster after the Senate established an inquiry into the ABC’s complaints handling process.

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[Link] Call of Duty marketing finds a new level of tastelessness

Read: 26/10/2021 www.pcgamer.com

The latest marketing push for Call of Duty: Vanguard wants you to believe its graphics are so realistic that conflict photographers can't tell the difference between the videogame and reality.

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[Link] Marvel Enthusiasts Angered by Non-Spoiler

Read: 20/10/2021 www.vice.com

Marvel fans are apoplectic that a journalist who attended a preview screening of the upcoming Eternals had spoiled the movie. It’s unclear what, exactly, was spoiled.

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[Link] Trump demands Pulitzer board rescind awards for Russia interference reporting

Read: 5/10/2021 www.theguardian.com

Donald Trump has again demanded the Pulitzer prize board rescind the prize for national reporting awarded to the New York Times and Washington Post in 2018, for exposing Russian election interference and links between Trump and Moscow.

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[Link] Neo-Nazi Leader Gets Prison for Disturbing Threats Against Journalists

Read: 25/8/2021 www.vice.com

Thanks in part to Santa Claus stamps, a leader of the neo-Nazi terror group Atomwaffen Division, or AWD, has been sentenced to three years in prison for threatening journalists and activists. Cameron Shea, 25, was first arrested in February 2020.

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[Link] As Taliban Forces Close In, Women Journalists Fear For Their Lives

Read: 15/8/2021 www.vice.com

Her voice cracked during the call every so often, but Zahra Joya carried on. “Sorry about the connection. The war, it seems, has impacted our phone connections and internet,” the 28-year-old journalist said over a call from Kabul. 

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[Link] ABC journalist agrees to pay MP $79,000 in defamation settlement over tweets

Read: 11/8/2021 www.abc.net.au

ABC journalist Louise Milligan has agreed to pay federal Liberal MP Andrew Laming $79,000 in a defamation case over a series of tweets she sent. Dr Laming launched the case in May, alleging Milligan defamed him in four tweets sent on March 28, 2021.

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