9 March 2020
More News Is Good News
Click here to download the report. Notions such as the ‘death of journalism’, the proliferation of ‘fake news’ and the nefarious influence of ‘powerful voices in the media’ have been prominent in the public debate – both in Australia and internationally – for many years. However, such concerns are at best exaggerated and at worst simply wrong. Arguably, fake news
21 August 2017
Submission To The Senate Select Committee On The Future Of Public Interest Journalism
It is widely agreed that a free and independent press is an essential part of a democratic order. This submission addresses itself to the implications of the words free and independent. Government Intervention in the market for journalism risks undermining the reason we value publicly interested journalism in the first place – its role in providing a check on government
21 August 2017
Why We Should Privatise The ABC
The ABC should be privatized. Watch the IPA’s Chris Berg this morning talk to the Senate Select Committee on the Future of Public Interest Journalism. You can read the full report here: https://ipa.org.au/publications-ipa/submissions/submission-senate-select-committee-future-public-interest-journalism
