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Malice in Medialand, by David Flint; Freedom Publishing, 2005, $24.95.
MAX SUICH summed up the Australian media in a manner which only required David Flint to provide chapter and verse. Flint certainly delivers his side of the equation. Suich pointed out that our journalists now have more freedom from proprietors and management control than at any time in the history of the Australian media. But, "They blew it." They "have taken the easy option of endlessly giving us their opinion ... dressed up as facts-based comment".
It is ironic, as Flint says, that the systemic, ethical and professional failure of our elite media occurred at the moment of real ...