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
Stop Misusing Dietrich Bonhoeffer to Support Political Violence and Christian Nationalism Bonhoeffer Society article and petition
Israel’s goal: less defence, more domination by George Browning
UN Palestine Vote: Australia shows that it lacks a backbone by Greg Barnes and Paul Heywood-Smith
The AUKUS project is being submerged in twaddle by Patrick Gourley
Antisemitism and our universities by Henry Reynolds
I see the worst of social media. I still think it’s a tool for Justice. Lexi Schnaser
NACC boss ‘misled Dreyfus’ over Robodebt by Michelle Fahy and Elizabeth Minter
As a former IDF soldier and historian of genocide, I was deeply disturbed by my recent visit to Israel by Omer Bartov
Students count cost of epic fail by Ross Gittins
Desperate in our search for security from Asia we are becoming a US protectorate. Paul Keating
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/
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
@lynette_dobson
@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