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Politically correct jeopardise our freedom of speech

06 Mar 06:00am

Filed under: Australian Press Council, Finkelstein Review, Media, Media Inquiry, Political Correctness

There’s a kind of political kismet to the fact that the Orwellian Finkelstein media review is released while international crusader for free speech Mark Steyn is in this country on a speaking tour.

“I have an undream?”

If Finkelstein’s recommendations are implemented they would create an oppressive regime of essentially government-controlled media and overturn our cherished principle of freedom of the press.

They would in essence create a “licensing” of every media agency and even, more disturbingly, most website and blogs. Well, those that are actually remotely popular - those with more than 41 hits per day.

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Cathy Cheeseman says:

10:21am | 11/03/12

I read this article in the Weekend newspaper. I think that the example used is very poor - not really an example of threatening free speech and political correctness; just using the correct terminology. An asylum seeker is not necessarily an illegal immigrant. An asylum seeker has to be out… Read more »
rev says:

01:58pm | 08/03/12

It is simple readers just practice myob (mind your own business) especially miss effie and mr rack off generation x By the way did you realize sophie is a scorpio monkey….mmh.. a rather secretive commando type, a country cocky lassie slaving away in her electorate on the mason dixon line… Read more »

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