[Linux-aus] FYI: Campaign of Mis-Information

Craige McWhirter craige at mcwhirter.com.au
Wed Feb 16 07:54:01 UTC 2005


and watering down has commenced again in earnest in regards to the
looming FTA agreement and changes that will be brought before parliament
when the new Howard controlled senate sits in July. This time it is News
Corp who've started by planting some fuzzy feel-good pieces in the
Sydney Morning Herald (and possibly other locations) and they even go so
far as to paint the bungling Phil Ruddock as the peoples champion.

Have a read yourself here:

http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Copyright-laws-under-review/2005/02/14/1108229936338.html?oneclick=true
http://www.smh.com.au/news/TV--Radio/Brave-new-world-for-a-couch-potato/2005/02/14/1108229927903.html

Two in one day. There's a PR officer in News who's working their little
heart out to make us feel better about our loss of freedoms. 

-- 

Cheers,
      Craige.




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