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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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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, NCA NewsWIRE, Friday, 14 July 2023.**PORTRAITS ARE NEWSCORP ONLY EXCLUSIVE - NOT FOR NEWSWIRE SUBSCRIBERS****GENERAL COURT PICS CAN BE FILED AS NEWSWIRE** Portraits of Steve Barrett outside Supreme Court Sydney Picture: NCA NewsWIRE, Monique Harmer

Newshound’s stitch-up a shameful tale

Politicians should reflect on the importance of a free media. Steve Barrett’s journalism was never driven by political activism but by a search for truth.

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ABC fill-in presenter Antoinette Lattouf who has been presenting ABC Sydney's mornings show. Picture: Instagram

ABC journos turn blind eye to October 7

Neither Antoinette Lattouf nor Nour Haydar have criticised Hamas’s October 7 massacre. Yet both are advocates for female victims of violence.

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TOPSHOT - Syrians run for cover following Syrian government air strikes on the Eastern Ghouta rebel-held enclave of Douma, on the outskirts of the capital Damascus on March 20, 2018. Syrian regime and allied forces battled to suppress the last pockets of resistance in and around Damascus while the beleaguered Kurds in the north braced for further Turkish advances. Assad has in recent months brought swathes of territory back under his control thanks to heavy Russian involvement, as well as support from other forces such as the Iran-backed Lebanese Hezbollah militia. Eastern Ghouta's main town of Douma remains under rebel control but even as a trickle of emergency medical evacuations was scheduled to continue, the regime continued to pound the enclave. / AFP PHOTO / HAMZA AL-AJWEH

Home truths for journos about the Middle East

Blaming Jews for the Middle East’s problems lets the region’s governments off the hook for what they don’t do for their people and ignores violence committed by Muslims against Muslims.

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COP28 president Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber speaks during a press conference at the United Nations climate summit in Dubai on December 4, 2023. The Emirati president of the UN's COP28 talks said on December 4 he respects climate science, after a leaked video showed him declaring that no science says a fossil fuel phaseout will help achieve climate goals. (Photo by KARIM SAHIB / AFP)

Media cannot ignore facts on fossil fuels

The failure of some journalists to report what is really happening globally in fossil fuel consumption and renewable energy generation is a scandal.

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epa10925085 The scene at Al Ahli hospital in Gaza 18 October 2023 following Tuesday's blast after the building was hit by an air strike. According to Palestinian authorities in Gaza hundreds of people have been killed in an airstrike to the hospital in Gaza on 17 October. Israel has denied responsibility and said a Hamas rocket misfire caused the blast. More than 3,000 Palestinians and 1,400 Israelis have been killed according to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the Palestinian Health authority since Hamas militants launched an attack against Israel from the Gaza Strip on 07 October. Israel has warned all citizens of the Gaza Strip to move to the south ahead of an expected invasion. EPA/MOHAMMED SABER Picture: Mohamed Saber/EPA/AAP

Journos need to read up and grow up

Much TV and radio reporting here is informed by a clear view all Palestinians – but no Jews – are victims in the war in Gaza.

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EMBARGO FOR TWAM 04 MARCH 2023. FEE MAY APPLY. LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 19: Bari Weiss poses for a portrait for The Times on January 19, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Leigh Keily/Contour RA by Getty Images)

Social media fuels rise in anti-Semitism

Social media has been corrupting journalism for more than a decade so it’s no surprise the Australian media is affected by it in reporting the war in Gaza.

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RE'IM, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 12: Israeli soldiers continue to search for ID and belongings among the cars and tents at the Supernova Music Festival site on October 12, 2023 in Kibbutz Re'im , Israel. Israel has sealed off Gaza and launched sustained retaliatory air strikes, which have killed at least 1,200 people with more than 300, 000 displaced, after a large-scale attack by Hamas. On October 7, the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel from Gaza by land, sea, and air, killing over 1,200 people and wounding around 2800. Israeli soldiers and civilians have also been taken hostage by Hamas and moved into Gaza. The attack prompted a declaration of war by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the announcement of an emergency wartime government. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***

ABC shows its ignorance of the Middle East

Israeli Arab journalists grieve for Gaza but understand the need for military action over the October 7 massacre of civilian Jews.

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HOBART, AUSTRALIA, NewsWire Photos, OCTOBER 3rd, 2023. Federal Treasurer Dr Jim Chalmers was in Hobart today at Victoria Dock. Picture: NCA NewsWire/ Linda Higginson

Polls reflect ALP’s trouble with inflation

No federal government has received more warnings from media and public policy experts about the inflationary dangers of its core policies and been so determined to ignore them.

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Statement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the Foreign Media on October 31 2023 .,

Many journos misunderstand what Hamas is

Some journalists struggle with the idea that radical Islamism is more than a fight for the displaced people of the Middle East.

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War coverage is dreadfully out of balance

Laura Tingle has kicked off a debate about traditional techniques requiring balance in news reporting.

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