Shoe1 said:
Hamster Huey said:
Bearfax said:
If SMH is 'leftie' then Bronwyn Bishop is a communist. Its just that the Telegraph is so right wing, its hard to see where the centre is.
SMH is left-leaning; Age is well to the left. DT will bag anybody, left or right, for a headline.
For much of its history the smh has been centre right. It's laughable to call it a lefty paper. The tele is a classic reactionary tabloid.
And the ABC used to be a great source for unbiased political news and current affairs.
Once you get a clique in place in such organisations, then without a true independent element to keep it in check, they will end up running the asylum.
Fairfax suffers from it currently in their attempt to get 'progressive' on such issues as climate, immigration, pc politics and environment; all issues that
never sit front and centre in the minds for any length of time of any but the tiny minority they appear to be trying to please. They're like the dodgy uncle that hangs around the kids at the family gathering, trying to be cool but failing to connect to any by the most impressionable.
For at least the last 10 years the SMH has most definitely gone left, but I still respect their sportswriters efforts ahead of the DT in most cases.