Australia needs a media freedom act
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For several centuries the press has been known as the ‘fourth estate’ a guardian that watches over government and powerful groups. Yet over the last decade we have seen increased partisanship in political behaviour leading to the media being increasingly targeted by politicians and their political supporters. This has amplified since the election of Donald Trump, with the US president decrying the media as ‘the enemy of the people’ and last week prevented three media organisations from accessing the White House. Stephen Hill asked former political correspondent and Macquarie University Journalism Professor Peter Greste how concerning it is to democracy that the Trump administration is determined to exclude reporters from the White House?
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