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Ever noticed how terms like ‘misinformation’ and ‘misinformation’ are used to dismiss dissent?
Claire Lehmann, founding editor of Quillette, outlines how the term ‘misinformation’ is used to label contrary points of view, and provides the following examples:
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On 4 June 2019, the Australian Federal Police raided the home of News Corp Australia journalist Annika Smethurst after she revealed in April last year that the Defence and Home Affairs departments had been discussing monitoring Australian citizens for the first time.
The following day, the Australian Federal Police raided the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Sydney offices as well after a number of stories known as the Afghan Files revealed allegations of unlawful killings and misconduct by Australian special forces in Afghanistan and were based on hundreds of pages of secret Defence documents leaked to the ABC. Continue reading “The Australian Federal Police’s raids on press freedom”
