It is not inevitable that China’s economy will outstrip America’s any time soon. Nor is war inevitable, or in China’s interest. Trump, Pelosi, Turnbull, Morrison and Wong have all highlighted the dangers of appeasing communist China.
Self-appointed health advocates have co-opted the left, including the ABC and the Guardian, to the idea of a health-economy divide. It’s a false dichotomy.
Activist journalists from the left and right should read the formal proposal before the discussion really heats up.
The ABC has a long history of unwillingness to take responsibility for its editorial failings.
Media businesses in today’s polarised journalism environment can grow audiences by failing to report what is really happening.
What sometimes look like deliberate bias from the national broadcaster can often just be a mixture of lazy unprofessionalism – and even lazier group think.
Few journalists have challenged Labor’s claim that free childcare will reduce inflation and lift economic activity.
Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers will have a tough job re-educating the media class about the benefits of economic growth and the dangers of unfettered spending and unchecked inflation.
Reporters need to be mature enough to see through the posturing of those who claim the high moral ground on climate.
Editors who judge their output by the approval of social media are measuring their product against a cohort way to the left of the mainstream.
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