National Observer - Australia and World Affairs, January 1st, 2003
It has become trite that the quality of Australian journalism is very poor. A conspectus of The Australian and The Age confirms a superficiality in the assessment of news and a lack of independent and thoughtful analysis.
A major part of these difficulties arises through the common support by all but a very small minority of journalists for the Labor Party. It has been said that there is no member of the Canberra Press Gallery who is not either an open or a covert supporter of the Labor Party, and although there may possibly be a very small number of exceptions to this generalisation, it is...
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