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
Revealed: The Pentagon’s infiltration of Australian Universities. By Stephanie Tran and Eve Cogan
Secrets of the Weapons Trade. By Michelle Fahy
AUKUS: Red Flag for Arms Industry Corruption. By Michelle Fahy
Health Professions urged to speak up on AUKUS and its threat to health and safety. By Sue Wareham
Thinking Democratically: We need to use more of our social brain. By Tim Dunlop
11,500 children have been killed in Gaza. Horror of this scale has no explanation. By Gideon Levy
We can’t rely on developers to fix the housing crisis. by Michael Pascoe
Australia’s role in further collective punishment on Gazan by Helen McCue
The Empire is in free fall by Cameron Leckie
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.
Caution needs to be used when accessing information from twitter. However, it is a source of information on important topics not covered by the main-stream media. The experience of twitter depends much on who one follows. Below is a list of accounts that we think are useful to follow:
@WarPowersReform Australian War Powers Reform
@whobekindto Michael Klapdor of the Parliamentary Library
@kristin8X Kristin from the Antipoverty centre
@antipovertycent The Antipoverty Centre
@janafavero Jana Favero on refugees and asylum policy
@KellieTranter Kellie Tranter Lawyer researcher and human rights activist
@RDNS_TAI Richard Denniss of the The Australia Institute
@MrRexPatrick Rex Patrick, especially on issues of transparency
@antloewenstein Anthony Loewenstein, journalist
@johnmenadue John Menadue, founder of Pearls and Irritations
Threads
Threads is a new and emerging site. Below is an interesting report on research that appeared there.
Research Findings Social Identity in Two Rural Communities by Saleena Ham
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