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I Heard The News Today, Oh Boy!
APB12-Oct-24
The EU has decided to place a 47% tax on all Chinese electric cars (that is just not true) Crude oil prices are rocketing/crude oil prices are at the lowest they have been in 2 years... Iran fired 100/180/200 missiles...same news from different countries...and these are fairly normal I watch 3 foreign news channels and then sometimes cross-check with SBS...just to try and work out what is happening on the planet...so many half-truths and unchecked reporting going on..... I've got a great idea for a new news service..."ingredients: process free high in moral fibre...no sugar, colour or flavourings, laxness free"... Aside from perhaps SBS, I don't trust ANY Australian new source anymore...we deserve better, don't we?
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  • Won't ever happen. News sells truth is stretched enough to make things interesting enough to grab your interest. Breaking news war death mayhem destruction desperation the things that sell ... ads. If you want an ethical news supplier.. there isn't one.
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      • News outlets don’t exist because they want to deliver the truth and let us make informed decisions. They exist like many other companies, to appeal to their market/customers and then get advertising revenue from showing their market share and market base. They exist to make money and survive. Being neutral and unbiased is hard because that doesn’t appeal to the majority, you bound to upset everyone every now and then. I certainly walked away from the Murdoch group,FB and X for news. And get news across others to get a better view of issues I’m interested. These days every click is important as it’s data collection. I don’t waste my time and clicks on outlets that fans hatred and tolerates / encourages unethical practices.
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        • Stick to the BBC News and CNN and ya can't be fooled!
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          • Read the Bible for up to date news and prophecy being fulfilled. Read Ezekiel 38 this weekend.
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            • it has to be about as current as some of Rewardia's news pages...I'd be embarrassed to leave them up there.... do you have any idea how nutty that sounds?
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          • I think we need to all compare the news reports and current affairs. I do not trust the news these days. My boss taught me that paper lays still and you can write anything on it, he was from the old school.
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            • I also like to compare News Reports and Current Affairs.
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              • What about the Guardian?
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                • Yes the Guardian is good...I used them during the massive bush fires in NSW AND the massive floods in Queensland because the Government websites were useless... and I was travelling in both cases....
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              • Your laxness free, should be laxative free, because after watching most news I do not need a laxative.
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                • All I can see is the people on here are as misinformed as the news which is controlled by big enterprise or, in the case of the ABC by leftist woketards!
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                  • We need to clean out all government employees and vote new people that have never run before
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                    • We certainly do, but who would be game to deliver it. Certainly not our current prime minister standing up for our rights.
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                      • Turn off the news. You don’t need to see it, hear it or know about it. All news is just toxic and emotionally damaging. Who cares what is going on in the other side of the world! So much drama and evil. We need to live life.
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                        • 7 is good
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                          • i don't watch the news anymore.
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                            • You are so right! I saw the same news stories on the amount of missiles sent by Iran .So many BS stories in our news right now and they play down the stories that they don't want us to see. Fortunately it is not hard to find the truth if you look hard enough.. Most stories seem to be government controlled and we only see what they want us to see. Everyone does deserve better and we all deserve the truth!
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                              • I don't watch the news
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                                • I got a question. Where did all the good news go? Justvremember, trust nothing. Research, research,research.
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                                  • It's very interesting watching the news in Europe. You get a different prespective and hear nothing (or very little)about Australia . .
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                                    • Tes we do but you have to know that all Commercial News is not actually NEWS it is just Opinion Pieces that suit the company who presents it views. The only News Service that By LAW has to be correct is from the ABC all the others can do as they please where as the ABC has to present all sides of any story. That is why you get the Murdoch Gutter Press claiming that Global Warming doesn't exist and if God Forbid a story gets published in the Australian the readers pound on that paper claiming that are not reading it for this junk. As for news on Missile Launches against Israel that all depends on when they harvest the news the earlier it is the fewer rockets the people admit to launching where as latter they claim more, same applies to casualties caused by those rockets. Just after the rockets are launched before they hit the ground there are no injuries or deaths it takes some time for those projectiles to reach their destinations and get past any defenses that may be in their way. Of course both sides have a vested interest in overclaiming the tolls or the number shot down because it serves their purposes better and makes them look stronger than they actually are.
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                                      • I avoid most of the news.
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                                        • scary stuff!
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                                          • ABC are the worst
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                                            • Watching the wrong news, I reckon.
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                                              • I try not to watch to much news, its designed to keep people scared
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                                                • TV news reporters are show ponies
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                                                  • There is more time given on news stations to Sport than anything else. The next highest news to attract people apparently, is the death of wives and family members by husbands and fathers. Oh Boy alright! Have we become so thoroughly selfish that sport and death are the only things that light up our life!
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                                                    • I do the same..Get my news from multiple sources then make up my own mind...
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                                                      • I take everything with a pinch of salt, make that a bucket load.
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                                                        • They are all biased in one way or another, I used to like ABC but I find they are too politically correct now. I prefer our local /regional news .I don't really listen to national news because it's not national anymore.
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                                                          • Absolutely and there is so much fake news out there and exaggerated hyped up BS that is just not so. We do deserve the truth and nothing but the truth and no we should not have to pay for the news. Some writers for different papers expect people to join, sign up and show us the colour of your money before you get to read what they have to say. They're biased and one sided information, well who gives a toss what their opinions are? I certainly don't and I will never pay for news.
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                                                            • YES!
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                                                              • I don’t watch any social media news it’s rubbish, I only watch Tv news & not ABC because that is also rubbish.
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                                                                • There is a lot of misinformation posted, especially on stupid "social media" websites, so those are best avoided. Similarly with user-edited websites like IMBD.com, Wikipedia, etc. that have no official fact checking. The real news media does have a tendency to use misleading headlines to grab attention, but when you read/listen to the actual story, you get the slightly more accurate information. (e.g. "47% tax on all Chinese electric cars" may simply be something the EU are looking at which may or may not ever happen). They also insist on trying to be "first" with the story, which can lead to errors in breaking news (e.g. one channel will report 3 people injured while another channel reports 5 people injured).
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                                                                  • The EU carried out an extensive investigation on how much subsidy Chinese EV makers got from their Government....any car maker who was open and transparent got a 17% tax...like BYD....those who refused to help...were evasive or obstructive got higher import taxes...only the very worst offenders got 47% tax
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                                                                  • Realistically all these idiotic subsidies and tariffs are simply mucking about with the supposed "free market" and screwing up the supposed "competition" among similar companies, all at the expense of the general public (either through higher prices due to tariffs and/or higher taxes due to subsidies). It's a similar problem with the government constantly mucking about with interest rates. Government needs to stop mucking about with things that aren't their problem ad ridiculous pet projects. and just concentrate on the actual necessities.
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                                                                • Yes! People in every country deserve better. The US is heading into the most important election in history. It could mean the end of democracy as we know it. Yet, it all depends on where you get your news, what day it is, or what mood people are in. I am almost physically sick over this election. Trump has lied from day one and people are supporting him like they did Adolph Hitler! We wondered how Hitler had such a following with all the horrendous things he had done. Now, it is happening in our own country! Everything bad that Trump has done, he has blamed the same things on Kamala Harris who has NOT done the things he has done. January 6, he led an attempt to destroy our democracy, and he thought it was a good thing. They were going to hang his vice president, and he told them to go ahead! What kind of man would do that? Several people were killed among them police officers. Trump calls these killers, heroes, and he wants to free them from prison which he will if elected! I fear for what will happen if he doesn't win this election. He has already told his supporters to fight to win the election, and then he blamed Kamala Harris for doing every illegal thing to win it! Being a convicted felon, he should not even be allowed to run for president! A felon in this country, cannot join the armed forces, but he can lead all of the armed forces legally! He should be behind bars with a gag! I'm surprised his tongue has turned black and fallen out of his dense head for all the lies he continues to tell. Some don't even make sense! I'm concerned. Please pray for our world. It isn't just the US. I spent six months in Australia in about 1996, and I loved it! God Bless our world. Please love one another regardless of what country you call home! Please say amen and pray!
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                                                                  • Just not interested too much in the news anymore, too much fake news especially on social media. The half decent news isn't presented well with qouted figures sometimes changing multiple times within the hour. 90 percent of news is doom and gloom, pitty there wasn't a news channel that was 100 percent happy news only. It will never happen as human nature is inclined towards wanting to know the morbid story.
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                                                                    • I no longer trust any news service. They are all opinionated and biased. None actually report news anymore
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                                                                      • The news is controlled by the Murdock and others who own the companies. You hear what they tell them you can hear.
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                                                                        • Why would any news broadcasting corporation sink so low where the public just has to question it's orthaticety.
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                                                                          • Its hard to whats happening in the world its a scary place at the moment
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                                                                            • A lot of the "news" we are being fed is CRAP. Kardashians with their big butts, old celebrities going nude in public etc Via you tube today I found out that Ethel Kennedy had died aged 96. Not a word on Yahoo or news com au. Ethel lived 96 years, was the matriarch of the Kennedy family, suffered unbelievable personal tragedies, and yet she actively supported human rights causes. She was a good woman who lived her faith, supported her family and was a person who left her mark on the world. RIP.
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                                                                              • With everything the news sources from around the world tell us I'm wondering what they aren't telling us.
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                                                                                • APB, I agree. I have switched to SBS too.The ABC used to be my News Channel of choice but it has become so politically biased, so obsessed with promoting "The Disadvantaged Groups". Women's issues and nor must we forget the endless oft-repeated chatter about the Israel-Hamas-Hezbolah, Iran war, and most of that is a direct steal from SBS but expanded. Add 'journalists' so-called opinions which they use to talk down to everyone when they give their explanation of what some parasditic politician has said as if we don't fully understand what they have said and, in any case it is usually Populist Political nonsense. Currently thet love to chatter about the issue of Children having access to Social Media which they want to ban. Just how their bans will work and be policed - maybe by employing 100s of millions to sit all day checking every single time anyone accesses it. The children will get around all these bans and prohibitions with the greatest of ease!
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                                                                                  • This is one of the many reasons I stopped paying attention to mainstream news. It's so full of misinformation, distortion of facts, or complete lack of facts and sensationalism. Plus, what it does to one's mental health isn't good either.
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                                                                                    • yes we do
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                                                                                      • I think ALJAZERA is the most reliable news
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                                                                                        • You are right...at the moment I cannot access it properly without paying for it.....so I go without!
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                                                                                      • I know, it's hard to believe who's news is true....
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                                                                                        • It's obviously the same around the world regarding the media. It's the same over here in the U.S. The media distorts things so bad until it has so many people confused. The best way to stay informed is to talk with people that knows what happened in person, watch live things regarding the government. You just have to piece two and two together best you can.
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                                                                                          • I find Sky News to be about 80% truth but they too have their limits. However I don't waste time on the others. If you ARE actually seeking the truth or a deeper dive into the areas which MSM wouldn't tell you in a million years then go to Bitchute.com. There are many great channels on that platform and you get to hear people giving interviews on important topics which you'd NEVER hear otherwise. TPTB don't like it when people are able to listen to someone and make their own choices on the veracity of those statements and research. I always use a VPN when watching them but you still have channels which are forbidden in many countries. Include what happened to the Telegram CEO and you'll see that their IS a global war on freedom beginning with controlling what you hear and then the dissemination of that knowledge. Even the Australian government has a Misinformation and Disinformation Bill which it passed under nefarious circumstances back in September 2022. It was passed at 2am on a Wednesday with a minimum number of delegates present and without the appropriate notification to those who should have had the opportunity to be present. That's just ONE Bill, there are many! I don't believe that we are going to like our future and if we get fed lies all the time it divides us but that's where we are now. I won't to conclude with a comment from a previously active duty soldier who fought in East-Timor. He met my daughter when he was being treated for PTSD after resigning his commission. He said, this comment is 12 years old, "If the Australian people knew what their government has in store for them there would be rioting in the streets "! Imagine how much worse it is now! Think 1984! Thanks for reading.
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                                                                                            • Sky News '80% truth' is the funniest thing I've heard in a very long time..more like 99% bullshit that favours right wing politics because it benefits Murdoch & his shitful business interests & the LNP mates who he has in his pocket. Not that LNP are the only ones accepting favours and party donations from the likes of slimey Murdoch et al.
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                                                                                            • Whilst you are completely entitled to your opinion in this case have you watched Sky News recently? It's the only way you can determine if what is said is truthful or not. I watch the other more left leaning media too, like ABC, MSNBC, CNN and I can state that the more right leaning MSM have a more solid grasp on a truthful narrative than the others. I usually watch those with my mouth agape wondering HOW they get away with it! Regardless I hope that you have a nice day!
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                                                                                          • Cute idea.
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                                                                                            • The day Rupert Murdoch dies will be a good day for democracy. That ONE man has influenced the politics in Australia, the UK and USA for far too long. Laws need to change in countries where one corporation cannot own the majority of the media.
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                                                                                              • Murdoch is a thorn in the side of democracy on 3 continents. Unfortunately his chosen heir apparent appears to be just as awful as him - which is why he is the favoured 'child'. I doubt even his death will bring a significant change in their business strategy. They will likely continue promoting misinformation & outright disinformation in support of the self centred, far right wing agenda, from which they and their rich buddies benefit.
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                                                                                              • The ghostTimtam
                                                                                                Tim tams are more expensive in Australia where they are made, than in the UK.
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                                                                                              • APBThe ghost
                                                                                                It used to be that Whisky was cheaper in Brussels than at the Distillery in Scotland!
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                                                                                              • Lachlan used to be quite moderate in his views, not as left leaning as James, but definitely not far right like his father. He seems to have changed this view I suspect so that he would be his father's successor to his fortunes. James categorically stated he wasn't interested in far right political agendas, so him and the sister were dumped from the line of succession. I'm just not convinced Lachlan has the same level of influence as his father does. But, it will all remain to be seen of course.
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                                                                                            • Back in the day ... you could listen to/watch the ABC, but not any more. Australia may be politically diverse, but the same cannot be said for the ABC. It is obsessed with the need for greater diversity in every field except for politics, where its views are overwhelmingly one-sided and always to the left.
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                                                                                              • Unlike Channel 9 and 7 who are always to the right.
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                                                                                              • I find it funny how the LNP supporters accuse the ABC of being too 'lefty,' whilst at the same time the left points out how Morrison stacked the board with Liberal sympathisers during his time in office. Which of course he did. Also presenters like David Speers, Lisa Millar & Fauziah Ibraham were consistently called out on social media ( especially Twitter..I refuse to call it X ) for right wing bias. When neither side is happy, I'm good with that. It's a much more trustworthy position than any of the commercial channels who are definitely right wing favouring. I agree that Sbs is also a good news source even though they do have some commercial interests.
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                                                                                            • i think ABC and SBS are connected ownership wise
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                                                                                              • All script readers....
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                                                                                                • ANYONE WHO THINKS MSM BRINGS NEWS IS SADLY DELUDED. WANT NEWS GO TO INDEPENDANT CHANEL. GOSSIP is all msm brings, as well as fear mongering and USA braind washing. TURN OFF THE IDIOT BOX and STUPIDA FONA
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                                                                                                  • There is no news service on commercial stations. It is all politically/corporate biased commentary.
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                                                                                                    • remember the movie A Few Good Men, YOU CANT HANDLE THE TRUTH, i think that applies here for different reasons they don't want us to know the truth, honesty has disappeared with common sense, headlines are about selling papers and gaining viewers, i haven't watched mainstream news or bought a newspaper in years, you are 100% on the mark fella i would rather read about a policeman stopping traffic for ducks than the partial bull you see and hear on mainstream media
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                                                                                                      • Are you saying we should never believe an Aussie ??? .... Ummmmm
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                                                                                                        • Not one who's getting a pay check and opening their mouth because if they are they're lying to you! I will listen to Sky News Australia and although they have their limits when it comes to truth they do a whole lot better than the other scumbags. It's simply a waste of time, unless you like being lied to of course!
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                                                                                                        • Tough crowd
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                                                                                                      • what is going on here ?
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                                                                                                        • Tell us how much you know so far? ...do you think its about to go off? ...where are the fire exits?
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                                                                                                      • We deserve better from our leaders! We need to drill here in the USA. We have cleaner oil and we would bankrupt Russia, China and Iran. That would help Americans and keep wars to a minimum.
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                                                                                                        • I did not hear this on the news but with everything going on in the world anything could happen
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                                                                                                          • try believing everything that Trump says. Half of the USA believes his crapperooney
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                                                                                                          • It can be difficult to know what is real news and what has not been verified. I don’t think that I would like to be a journalist. It would not be an easy profession to have.
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                                                                                                            • it is easy. verify, verify, verify. Sadly journalists today take everything for gospel and simply trot it out again,. no investigative journalism.
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                                                                                                            • its a good way of being dead if you are anywhere near Israelis
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                                                                                                            • So, APB, you'd rather believe Trump style people? Anywhere near Israelis or near Palestinians., they ever so slightly kill people too. Remember who started this current scrap. The meek shall inherit the earth according to the good book, but not just now.
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                                                                                                          • I agree.
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                                                                                                            • Absolutely agree with you I don't watched the news at all and haven't in a very long time.
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                                                                                                              • You are so right - I am tired of all the half truths presented as news.
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                                                                                                                • ... and the fish that got away was T H A T ........ B I G ////////
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                                                                                                                  • I don't live in Australia, but I totally agree with you about the news, and it's only going to get worse from here! In Matthew chapter 24 you'll read much more about what is REALLY going to be happening, not just what Satan, the Devil, Wants us to believe! Do Not Be Deceived! At 1 Peter 5:8 we read, "Keep your senses, be watchful! Your adversary, the Devil, walks about like a roaring lion, seeking to devour someone." And at 2 Corinthians 11:14 we read, "And no wonder, for Satan himself keeps disguising himself as an angel of light." Beware, and Believe! ;-D
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                                                                                                                    • What ?
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                                                                                                                    • Graham ABiscuit
                                                                                                                      Unbelievable. American?
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                                                                                                                    • Read a Bible! ;-D
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                                                                                                                    • APBwriterrochelle
                                                                                                                      somebody else was talking about the bible as a good news source
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                                                                                                                    • LOL! I'm an American, although my dad had English and German heritage, and my mom had Turkish and Jewish heritage. I'm a smart, old lady who loves our Creator, and what He's done for us, giving His son, Jesus Christ, as a sacrifice to save us all from sin and death caused by Satan, the Devil, and Adam and Eve's sins! ;-D
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                                                                                                                  • I watch Sky News and they always deliver the truth!!! I do not watch commercial stations, the ABC or SBS...they are biased in their reporting!!
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                                                                                                                    • That's what we get today
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                                                                                                                      • The news is an ongoing sordid relic of our past and in the supposedly 'golden era of fact-check news' - which NEVER really exist - the news WAS - back in the day - and STILL is not impartial and unbiased - regardless of what format you consume news. BON APPETIT!
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                                                                                                                        • Ball of confusion.... that song hasn't dated...
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                                                                                                                      • YUP, most main stream news are all false. Watch only Rebel New to get the truth.
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                                                                                                                        • LUV THE TITLE
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                                                                                                                          • Nobody else commented!!..thanks....
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                                                                                                                        • If you want misinformation just listen to Trump
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                                                                                                                          • The wrong NEWS outlet must be Facebook or as I call It Book Face
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                                                                                                                            • misinformation's and lies are dangerous, and it could end up in death
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                                                                                                                              • Tariff taxes are no good for any economy...neither the one imposing them or the ones they are imposed on. Any economist worth his salt will tell anybody that!
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                                                                                                                                • Try Redacted news on youtube and rumble, i wake up to them every morning
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                                                                                                                                  • Yes, you do! But can something be done about it?
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                                                                                                                                    • News media isn't about the truth anymore
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                                                                                                                                      • More about trying to shape it?
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                                                                                                                                    • okay
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                                                                                                                                      • It is all produced by the same company usually. The stories are read verbatim on all stations. It is sensationalized to the point of being ridiculous and unbelievable. I don't watch much news these days.
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                                                                                                                                        • SBS are just as bad try https://www.youtube.com/@MahyarTousiTV global independent news https://www.youtube.com/@TBNIsrael for Israel or just watch Al mow some lawns and forget the news lol https://www.youtube.com/@therealalbladez
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                                                                                                                                          • Thanks Nola...in that case I don't trust ANY Australian news source....
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                                                                                                                                        • Its mostly opinions and propaganda here too.
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                                                                                                                                          • Of course it is - we are giving our opinions. Not sure about the propaganda on this site though
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                                                                                                                                          • Zena 1539369Wendy B 361582
                                                                                                                                            I was referring to the news media here.
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                                                                                                                                          • That makes sene now - thanks
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                                                                                                                                          • Zena 1539369Wendy B 361582
                                                                                                                                            it's all good.
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