{"id":6479,"date":"2013-07-19T11:37:33","date_gmt":"2013-07-19T01:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/?p=6479"},"modified":"2022-05-02T00:26:45","modified_gmt":"2022-05-01T14:26:45","slug":"lets-turn-back-the-tide-of-media-nastiness-infecting-our-national-psyche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/lets-turn-back-the-tide-of-media-nastiness-infecting-our-national-psyche\/","title":{"rendered":"Let’s turn back the tide of media nastiness infecting our national psyche"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Australian Newspaper Front Pages for 19 July 2013 – Just an example of the top three, all featuring the Asylum Seeker problem – not the only ones. More Front Pages<\/a> for a snapshot around the country<\/p><\/div>\n

By Noely Neate
\n<\/a>Source: Yathink.com.au
\n<\/a>19 July 2013<\/p>\n

What has happened to this country?\u00a0 It’s the chicken and the egg scenario – are we drawn to sensationalism because it is handed to us by the media or do the media mete out the ridiculous hyperbole because the public demand it? \u00a0From the outside looking in, it feels like hysterical coverage cements both the media and the Australian public as part of a nasty, self-obsessed nation.<\/p>\n

Today alone we are told the biggest issue affecting our political landscape is the dreaded \u2018illegal\u2019 asylum seekers and that Kevin Rudd has to address this.\u00a0 Really?\u00a0 That is the biggest problem in this country that needs to be put on the front page of the papers?\u00a0 How many people have actually even met an asylum seeker?\u00a0 Beverley O’Connor on ABC breakfast this morning stated that this \u201cAsylum seeker issue resonates in the public<\/em>\u201d?<\/p>\n

Yeah, umm, why?\u00a0 Because the media have constantly flogged it as being a problem regardless of FACTS.\u00a0 I have to admit I love trolling the die-hard conservative with one simple question \u201cReally, OMG! You must be so scared of the harm those Asylum Seekers will do here in Nambour<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

Yes Nambour<\/a>, FFS!\u00a0 How many who raise this \u2018problem\u2019 have any bloody idea, ever met one of these poor buggers fleeing poverty or persecution? How many in this country actually will have their lives affected by an asylum seeker?<\/p>\n

The asylum seeker issue is extremely complicated and has perplexed many far more knowledgeable than me.\u00a0 IF Australian\u2019s were actually the caring compassionate people we like to think we are, we would not be tolerating this persistent demonisation. But we are!<\/p>\n

Same with the FBT changes.\u00a0 Really?\u00a0 PM Agenda had to focus on the \u201cOMG one company is already sacking people\u201d. Seriously? Twenty four hours after a perfectly reasonable request that people actually prove they deserve the tax break a company announces sackings.<\/p>\n

Sorry, I smell bullshit.\u00a0 This company obviously already had a problem.<\/p>\n

Again this morning they are still carrying on about the FBT and getting finance experts on TV to tell us how scary this all is.\u00a0 Basically, we want a surplus, we have to cut costs and the Government picked out an area that is being rorted.\u00a0 Yes being rorted, and \u00a0the finance people and other talking heads they get on TV from the Novated Lease companies that say that it is not being rorted are bald faced liars.\u00a0 We all know a few people who have taken advantage of that loophole.\u00a0 That is not a problem, hell, good on you, if you could take advantage and legally reduce your tax, fair call.\u00a0 Sorry, it is over, you have to actually \u2018prove\u2019 it now, big bloody deal!<\/p>\n

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Wonder what people who have to wait at Centrelink think of the outrage at thought of having to fill out your log book every five years?<\/p>\n

— Nareen Young (@nareenyoung) July 18, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n