I bought the Daily Telegraph today for the first time in decades. My oh my!

[i-need-a-martini]

Pretty much every page in the first half of the paper is filled with an anti Rudd hysteria.

From the major journalistic pieces, opinions pieces, editorial pieces, letters and even down to the smallest details like the quote section. And all of it is based on pretty much nothing - rubbish articles like "Rudd has a bulter to carry around a cushion for him to use when he needs to sit down" or pointing out the increase in asylum seekers in the last couple of weeks since he was returned to PM as if he has personally set down the welcome mat only in the past fortnight

Aside from sport and comics the paper is riddled with propaganda and fear. I didn't realise it was quite as bad as this. It's not just a little bit of bias but out and out slaughter.

No wonder the masses are being fooled.

[cherry*135]

The NBN will survive the federal election

It is easy to forget that the national broadband network is basically a bipartisan project that's going pretty well, considering it was more or less impossible.

Like issues such as whether black is a dark colour, or whether the sun rises in the east, the NBN has become the subject of hot debate these past three years of political madness, but both major parties are now in favour of it and it's only running about three months behind.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-07-17/kohler-nbn-debate/4824756

[the_great_she_elephant]

Interesting article. thanks Am.

The whole NBN debate reminds me so much of the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme saga - though hopefully it won't result in the same kind of tragedy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldfields_Water_Supply_Scheme

The scheme was devised by C. Y. O’Connor, who oversaw its design and most of the construction project. Although supported by Premier Forrest, O'Connor had to deal with widespread criticism and derision from members of the Western Australian Parliament as well as the local press based on a belief that scope of the engineering task was too great and that it would never work. There was also a concern that the gold discoveries would soon dry up and the state would be left with a significant debt to repay but little or no commerce to support it.

Sunday Times editor Frederick Vosper – who was also a politician, ran a personal attack on O'Connor's integrity and ability through the paper. Timing was critical, Forrest, as a supporter had moved into Federal and the new Premier George Leake had long been an opponent of the scheme. O'Connor committed suicide in March 1902 less than 12 months before the final commissioning of  the Pipeline. Lady Forrest officially started the pumping machinery at Pumping Station Number One (Mundaring) on 22 Januaary and on 24 January 1903 water flowed into the Mount charlotte Reservoir at Kalgoorlie.  

O'Connor’s engineer-in-chief, C. S. R. Palmer took over the project after his death, seeing it through to its successful completion.

The government conducted an inquiry into the scheme and found no basis for the press accusations of corruption or misdemeanours on the part of O'Connor.

[monman12]

INAM: "I have to say I was really taken aback by it this morning. I didn't realise the propaganda was so unashamedly biased."

"of course they are going to think it is the truth and that this the state of the country and politics. So yes they are being fooled.'

So you are not "fooled",  and "they"  are, which makes "them" ????s

"I didn't realise the propaganda was so unashamedly biased." As I said before, CS is a microcosm, which proves your point INAM.

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[*mrgrizz*]

were you looking for pictures?

[freakiness]

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@am*3 wrote:

The NBN will survive the federal election

It is easy to forget that the national broadband network is basically a bipartisan project that's going pretty well, considering it was more or less impossible.

Like issues such as whether black is a dark colour, or whether the sun rises in the east, the NBN has become the subject of hot debate these past three years of political madness, but both major parties are now in favour of it and it's only running about three months behind.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-07-17/kohler-nbn-debate/4824756

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Just because the opposition have hijacked the name deos not mean they plan to deliver the same service.

Fraudband is an appropriate name. Their plan will is a con job.

[spotweldersfriend]

Not true freakiness.They intend to employ the latest in bakelite technology.

[donnashuggy]

One of my friends writes for the tele but as an arts journalist, she does however agree that they write a bunch of crap about the political scene.