[quote author=Oh_Yeah link=1559720928/19#19 date=1559737035]
Why the raids on Australian media present a clear threat to democracy
The Australian Federal Police has this week conducted two high-profile raids on journalists who have exposed government secrets and their sources.
On Tuesday, seven AFP officers spent several hours searching News Corp journalist Annika Smethurst's Canberra home, her mobile phone and computer.
Soon after, 2GB Radio Presenter Ben Fordham revealed he had been notified by the Department of Home Affairs that he was the subject of a similar investigation, aimed at identifying the source of classified information he had reported regarding intercepted boat arrivals.
And then on Wednesday, the AFP raided the ABC's Sydney headquarters.
The reaction to the raids was immediate and widespread.
The New York Times quoted News Corp's description of the Smethurst raid as "
a dangerous act of intimidation towards those committed to telling uncomfortable truths".
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-05/why-raids-on-australian-media-present-cle...Are we heading down the path of a police state?
And why
are the right so silent on this FREEDOM OF SPEECH issue?[/quote]
tell me barnacle ... would you be happy if the ABC published your business details to the world?...
the govt would have secret information that isnt for everybody to know.....
the same as you and I barnacle and I believe the govt of the day does have a right to keep some things secret......and it isnt for any media to take it upon themselves to released said infor.....
there is no such thing as FREEDOM OF SPEECH....lets get that clear....
names get withheld and if the media releases the names they end up in jail....ask HINCH..
they also pixilate out faces.....it happens all the time....
a public servant no matter how high up they are are sworn to secrecy... in this case it looks like someone is leaking classified info.....do you not think its the govts duty to find that person????..
wouldnt you look for the person that was leaking your secret/private info to the world at large on facebook??????
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how else will they catch someone offside before they shred everything unless they make what we call a raid.....
... no doors smashed in.. that I noticed...