Garland....

[Captain Jack]

Mods Seal of Approval for those posts from lose and Demons2012. Off-topic chat is not a huge issue, but this has gone way off the track.

 

[Ando727]

Certainly not having a crack at anyone here, but the thread is entitled Garland..., we are here to talk footy. If you want to discuss other issues find another thread.

Hey, I wasn't even part of the conversation. You are just as off-topic as I am with your post. Don't go issuing orders to me. I'll be watching to see if you ever step off the thread subject in future.

 

[Wonaeamirri33]

In any case, I figure the fundamental point I was making is relevant enough - clearly the Australian media is in a dreadful state, and the way supposedly professional journalists so often "report" blue-sky fabrications and patently false assertions as fact, unrepentantly so, only highlights the depth of the problem in sharper relief.

The concentration of ownership, combined with a paucity of regulation that would ensure any sort of proper conduct by journalists, means there's very little accountability, and therefore, falsehoods and fictions easily find their way to print on a regular basis. And the same goes for radio and television, of course.

So unfortunately, all signs point to an unbroken continuation of such "reportage" from hacks like Jon Anderson, Caroline Wilson and others on into the future.