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Our media is shrugging off its duty to hold governments and their agencies to account

8 September 2021

5:39 PM

8 September 2021

5:39 PM

The pandemic has revealed many cracks in our society, not least of all in our media. One reality that can be illuminated from the last 18 months is that the duty of our journalists in holding our governments and its agencies accountable is diminishing.

“A critical, independent and investigative press is the lifeblood of any modern liberal democracy.”

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