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If you want reliable reporting on the corona crisis, don’t bother with the(ir) ABC

22 April 2020

7:11 PM

22 April 2020

7:11 PM

The(ir) ABC likes to portray itself as the all-knowing, all-seeing receptacle of truth. It spends vast amounts of energy (and other peoples’ money) pushing the agenda that ‘fake news’ is something other, especially conservative, media outlets partake in while it remains above the fold. In relation to the coronavirus pandemic, its go to sage of all things medical has been long time non-practising physician (although he never mentions that) and journalist Dr Norman Swan. Before I cut to the main focus of this article I will spend a paragraph on Swan as it is illustrative of the culture of a complete lack of self-reflection at...

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