The opposition Leader was on the radio (audio media) complaining about Facebook (internet media) and of the fake stuff he sees on it? Without giving any example of alleged fake news without supplying a single shred of evidence! So easy for a Lawyer to allege something, without any whiff of alleged example!

One hopes he is not referring to me and my posting of several evidential videos supporting MSR and Nuclear energy!

And the reason for elbow's unhelpful, unsupported commentary, given the Labor Patry's well known and mindless opposition to nuclear energy!? TBC.

Alan, can I ask? There was a chap on QandA some weeks, probably more than a month ago, who was very articulate and well informed about Thorium Salt Reactors and was questioning the panel on why it was not being considered, because of all it's benefits over, so called, renewables and other forms of power generation.
He was very well informed, and for some strange reason, I began to think it might have been you.
I was quite pleased and heartened to see/hear someone bringing this topic to the people, by the use of this program. Only asking, if it was you, good for you, that's what I call positive action. Thanks to this guy, or if it was you, millions of people now have heard of the salt technology.
Unfortunately, I am saddened by the fact that, the public would rather listen to useless drivel about something which has nothing to do with them, I won't elaborate, there are too many topics to mention, where-as something which is affecting us all right now in our own homes, well who cares, I hear them say, and so we pay, and pay and pay.
Whilst some scumbag electricity moguls and their govt mates get fatter at our expense.
Just wondered if it was you Alan, that's all.

As for the topic in question.
There is no doubt, that the media should have nothing to say in the way of opinions or suggestions regarding ANYTHING!
ttbn pretty much covered it well, that's why I left it till now to respond.
An example of this is when that miserable excuse of a female turned to the camera and had ago at parents with young boys, and told them to tell their boys 'to stop raping girls'.
And you guys wonder why I go off the deep end.
I hate arrogance, and she has buckets of it.
She's on TV because of her looks, nothing else.
So the idea that a know-nothing female suddenly comes out with an opinion, which was not called for, nor is she qualified to give it, (remember she is a presenter, not a sociologist,) is pathetic.
Media people have to be brought back into line.
The problem being that the general public, (plebs) are so besotted by these nobodies that they have been treating them as idols and gods.
So the media is there to report not embellish, or promote some personal agenda, which is by now, well recognised as left biased so as to attract the attention of the plebs.
As the saying goes,'why let the truth get in the way of a good lie'?

I suppose another valid question would be, why are the people in Australian media so backward in their mentality ?

Sounds like another left whinge call for censorship!..

No Altrav, that wasn't me on Q+A. And I remember the speaker and his question where he questioned, why weren't we using thorium batteries or some such then when on to talk about MSR"s.

To which the panel to a generic man, drew blank looks and some vague comment about nuclear energy. All while Tony Jones interrupted continuously as seems his dogged moderation style? And got the debate shut down with little critical information actually ventilated.

I Appliedsome time ago for the citizen's panel but while I am a regular, invited commentator on matters ABC.

That same (ABC) password that is remembered by my system, was repeatedly rejected by the Q+A app. Almost as if my name has been blacklisted by Q+A? And the anti-nuclear brigade inside the ABC?

The media are charged before anything else, to inform rather than censor certain subjects on political or activism grounds!? Q+A is not a news outlet per se, but a current affairs platform, with public involvement.

Politicians shouldn't abuse their power and persona, come on air claiming some media outlet (Facebook) has published fake news without at least identifying exactly what is challenged!

And while that is not OK!

Even worse are politicians who simply refuse to answer questions, that we the people, their employer, have a right to know! And shouldn't be brushed away as rumour or gossip or inside a bubble, inside a smaller bubble.

Even worse is legislation passing the floor of the house, without any debate whatsoever! And without any accompanying supporting documentation? Now that if true, is newsworthy around the globe! May have happened elsewhere, in say, the Wiemer republic?
Alan B.