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Through a mould-encrusted lens: Australia's media and the Iraq war. (The Media).
HAVING HAD the recent Gulf War placed under a media microscope, perhaps the time has come for an examination of the microscope. Unfortunately, an initial scrutiny suggests that the machine--at least the Australian model--shows serious flaws and there is no repair man in sight. Not only is the design flawed but the machine is covered with Vietnam-era verdigris and rust while the lenses are obscured by an overgrowth of anti-American mould.
Having walked away in disgust from any sort of close inspection of the Australian media coverage after about the second day of the war, I was inspired to write this article by a half-hour special on April 5 on the Nine Network ...
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