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abrazame | 4 years ago

It's worth noting how little debate there was (or is) on any of this here in Australia, by the by. The government decides this is happening, and the media cheer them on. Any critical voice is instantly branded anti-science, told they don't care about lives, etc. The opposition parties, if anything, want more of it (irrespective of whether they're left or right in a given state). We're a reasonably small country, so often the media and the politicians know one another rather well (revolving doors, small social circles, etc), but it honestly doesn't feel like we have a free and critical media or opposition at all right now.

PS: Watch this short clip for an idea of what news looks like in Australia at the moment: https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1429786126815010820

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josephcsible|4 years ago

> the media cheer them on

These four points seem to be in contradiction with each other:

1. Most of Australia's media supports the lockdowns

2. Most of Australia's media is owned by Rupert Murdoch

3. Rupert Murdoch's media is right-wing

4. The right wing opposes the lockdowns

Yet I hear combinations of those points all the time. What's happening here?

austhrow743|4 years ago

Where did you get 4 from? They specifically point out that our institutions being unanimously pro strict lockdown is irrespective of the party being left or right.

nl|4 years ago

The Murdoch press is mostly opposed to anything progressive governments (eg Victoria) do.

Once the conservative government in NSW implemented lock downs they were (mostly) suddenly on board.

This of course is more of an indictment than them just being opposed to lockdowns. They aren't opposed for ideological reasons, just for political convenience.

president|4 years ago

> Any critical voice is instantly branded anti-science

This has been the fishiest thing for me during the entire pandemic. It seems the slightest questioning of the mainstream narrative results in censorship. Even pointing this out can result in censorship or people lashing out.

morpheos137|4 years ago

People prefer safety to abstract concepts like democracy or free speech.