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Is the Canberra Press Gallery scared of “Independent Australia” ?

Way way down this page, an article about how the Canberra Press Gallery is  a closed shop

I found this article particularly interesting, because of the reasons given by  David Speers  Press Gallery Committee, for shutting out Independent Australia.  In brief – because  IA’s journalist  Callum Davidson is “not established”, and because IA is “opinion-based rather than a news site”

This raised several questions in my mind.  Davidson is a freelance journalist, has an Advanced Diploma in Journalism, (and lives near Parliament House).     Well, in this climate of journalists being retrenched all over the place – pretty hard to get “established” .  Do we, the public, have to wait until all the old Established journalists die off, or something?

Which brings me to an even more important question.  Despite IA having broken some really big stories,  Speers considers that it is not a news site. It’s an opinion-based site.

As if all the Murdoch media, and even the Fairfax are NOT opinion -based.  This pretense of impartiality is one of the big weaknesses of the weak Australian mainstream media.

My guess is that they are scared of Independent Australia, crikey.com, New Matilda, Inymedia, Green Left and even little websites like this one.   This one is called Antinuclear – no pretense of impartiality here.  And if the mainstream media had any guts, its business sites would be headed “Pro Corporations” – and particularly “Pro-Nuclear” – Christina Macpherson

May 6, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, media