A thread on why @ABarrMLA has called the @canberratimes "a joke": questionable land deals, violent youth detention, failures in the health system. His tantrum only vindicates my colleagues hard work.
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/i-hate-journalists-and-im-over-the-mainstream-media-act-chief-minister-andrew-barr-20180309-h0x9xk.html …
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You lost me when you endorsed the opposition at the last state election. Published their press releases as journalism and didn’t hold them to account with their dud policies, eg ditching safe schools. Holding to account is fine, just has to be consistent.
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We obviously haven’t been running their PR for them, considering his comments and the articles listed in this thread as a tiny example. We’ve also written extensively about safe schools in the ACT, including this editorial: http://www.canberratimes.com.au/comment/ct-editorial/safe-schools-not-so-scary-20170825-gy42dg.html …
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He is not challenging the media, he wants to bypass mainstream media because it holds governments to account. Calling for the downfall of your city's independent media is not progressive, it's dangerously authoritarian
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I already do. Keep it up.
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