In Australia: Politics, the media, and distortion

By Andrys Onsman. The Australian newspaper has trumpeted that the Premier of South Australia’s call for that state’s three public universities to consider merging had been ‘rebuffed’. Before considering the merit or otherwise of such a merger, it would be wise to find out what the Premier actually said, and the context in which it was said. And, in which media outlet the issue was reported. Read more...