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Daily Discussion Thread: 🌸Tue 16 Apr 2024 (aussie.zone)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

The weird jingoism in the media reporting around the Sydney stabbing is extremely cringe. "Warrior" cops and "god tier legends". Really? You know it's possible to report the news without being all tabloid about it.

Also "thoughts and prayers" from insert various people. Cool thanks for letting us know. Completely meaningless and predictable "sentiment".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

This makes me glad I don't consume much aussie news media

it seems that I'm not missing out on information and have missed all the nastiness

Why don't I watch or read much news? because of decades of experience with the shitshow of aussie media I don't even expect it be news worth watching

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I think the Age has become so trashy and tabloid recently, always chasing "clicks"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Yes, surprised the word Cobber didn’t come out at this end of April. Especially since so many were yelling to instant grant citizenship/residency without any knowledge of the chaps in question wanting that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Maybe they were brave, or maybe they did it for their own egos. We don't know so the media needs to eat a piece of bread and calm down.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I doubt ego played into the instant. Maybe later, for which the media needs to eat something much less pleasant than bread.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

The bread reference was a RHOB reference.