Questioning the Media
Disclaimer: This page is coordinated by Against the Wind and does not purport to reflect an official position of Woden Valley Uniting Church, or the Uniting Church of Australia either locally or more broadly.
Important articles not in the Mainstream Media
How Australian Education was captured by arms dealers by Paul Laris
Displaced Communities, Forgotten People: Israel’s Forcible Transfer of Palestinians in the West Bank Physicians for Human Rights Israel and Yesh Din
Where is the ‘mature debate’ about the health impacts of nuclear power? Informed consent matters by Margaret Beavis, Peter Tait and Kate Wylie
Trump Orders Nearly 1 Million Migrants Who Entered US Legally to Leave Now by Brett Wilkins
Questions to ask political candidates about peace by Christopher Walker
New Report highlights torture of detained healthcare workers in Palestine by Sue Baglow
Unlawfully Detained, Tortured, and Starved: The Plight of Gaza’s Medical Workers in Israeli Custody by Physicians for Human Rights Israel
What can one now say about Israel without being smeared as an antisemite? by Sawsan Madina
AUKUS ‘impact assessment’ report ignores nuclear sub risks in SA by David Noonan
The fruits of American bishops’ failure by William Grimm
Why is my t-shirt more offensive to our prime minister than a 50-year assault on democracy? By Grace Tam
United Nations concerns about Palestine and Israel
More than one million children in Gaza deprived of aid for over a month: UNICEF 7 April 2025
Israel ramps up settlement and annexation in West Bank with dire human rights consequences – UN report 18 March 2025
Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem International Court of Justice 19 July 2024
The Need for this site
Getting reliable information from the main-stream media is difficult. Important stories are ignored or trivialized.
The purpose of this page is to act as a guide to some more reliable sources of information and analysis that have been found useful by members of Against the Wind.
Of course, even the best reporting can have its biases or blind spots. As always it is important to retain one’s critical thinking in relation to any media report.
If you have a suggestion for inclusion, send us an email at againstthewind.wvuc@gmail.com
This is a new page and we are still growing it.
Television
The standard of television is universally poor when it comes to communicating important complex stories.
We commend NITV and SBS for highlighting stories that you are unlikely to see elsewhere.
Unfortunately, the ABC has been underfunded and undermined for many years and its quality has suffered. It is hoped that over time, its quality will improve. Laura Tingle is reliable.
Print media
The Saturday Paper
Ross Gittins at the Sydney Morning Herald
Electronic media
The Guardian Australia https://www.theguardian.com/au
Al Jazeera (except when reporting on Qatar) https://www.aljazeera.com/news/
SBS https://www.sbs.com.au/news
Haaretz https://www.haaretz.com/
Democracy Now https://www.democracynow.org/
The Shot Home - The Shot
truthout https://truthout.org/
Websites and Blogs
Pearls and Irritations https://johnenadue.com/
Declassified Australia https://declassifiedaus.org
Declassified UK https://declassifieduk.org
Michelle Fahy substack https://substack.com/profile/29333281-michelle-fahy
Tim Dunlop substack https://tdunlop.substack.com/
Kelly Hayes substack https://mskellymhayes.substack.com/
TrueNorth News substack https://truenorthnews.substack.com/ a relatively new daily (Monday to Friday) guide to independent and quality journalism.
The Klaxon https://theklaxon.com.au/
Common Dreams https://www.commondreams.org/news
Threads
Threads is a new and emerging site. Threads tends to suppress what they regard as political content. This means that one has to more actively seek out political content. Some useful accounts to follow that provide more reliable news and analysis include.
@antonioguterres
@timdunlopwriter
@the.Klaxon.news
@barbarapocock
@doctorswithoutborders
@vikki_k88
@democracynow
@aljazeeraenglish
@lenbaglow
Twitter has become so toxic that we no longer recommend it, even with caution.
We aim to update this section once a fortnight.
If you have any suggestions for this webpage send us an email on againstthewind.wvuc@gmail.com