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Chris Mitchell began his career in late 1973 in Brisbane on the afternoon daily, The Telegraph. He worked on the Townsville Daily Bulletin, the Daily Telegraph Sydney and the Australian Financial Review before joining The Australian in 1984. He was appointed editor of The Australian in 1992 and editor in chief of Queensland Newspapers in 1995. He returned to Sydney as editor in chief of The Australian in 2002 and held that position until his retirement in December 2015.

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News more nuanced than its critics admit

In the mad world of social media’s keyboard warriors, the News Corp media run ubiquitous interference to support Coalition politicians.

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Hysteria clouds vaccine risk debate

It’s fair the media criticise Morrison’s ham-fisted vaccine rollout. Yet too much pandemic coverage is hysterical.

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Twitter drives reef, Barnaby reporting

As reporters increasingly judge themselves on the approval of social media, the costs of being wrong are being ignored at many media operations.

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ABC off the pace with conspiracy theories

The Australian media is so polarised that many journalists cannot even see what kind of politician the nation’s prime minister is.

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Memo ABC: Lab virus leak is a real story

Newspaper editors and electronic current affairs producers need to look harder at the Wuhan Covid-19 laboratory leak story.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA- NewsWire Photos 2 JUNE 2021 : Aged care and disability care workers line up for their vaccine at the Melbourne Showgrounds as Melbourne endures a 4th lockdown due to a Covid-19 South Australian hotel quarantine leak. Picture : NCA NewsWire / Ian Currie

Pollies asleep at wheel on Covid challenges

Politicians should focus more on public policy and less on public relations.

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Failed ex-PMs on wrong side on climate change

Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull have failed to engage with the facts on climate action.

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GAZA CITY, GAZA - MAY 22: Fighters of Ezz al-Din Al-Qassam brigades, the military wing of Hamas, march in greeting to the Al Qassam commanders in Gaza Basim Issa in Gaza City on May 22, 2021 in Gaza City, Gaza. The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas appeared to be holding, despite fresh clashes at Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem. The ceasefire brings to an end eleven days of fighting which killed more than 250 Palestinians, many of them women and children, and 13 Israelis. The conflict began on May 10th after rising tensions in East Jerusalem and clashes at the Al Aqsa Mosque compound. (Photo by Fatima Shbair/Getty Images)

Australian media’s Middle East blind spot

The Australian media have largely swallowed a false narrative about the origins of the latest conflict in Gaza.

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Former US national security adviser to President Donald Trump, John Bolton, talks to ABC's Leigh Sales

ABC missing the point on budget, COVID

The ABC’s Leigh Sales was right to ask the PM tough budget questions. Asking the right questions would have been better though.

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Truth the first casualty in Indigenous reporting

Much Indigenous reporting is part of a new wave of journalism driven by the emotions of social media.

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