Thread:Comments:Australian Greens leader criticises media ethics/Finally!/reply

Tbf it's news everywhere. Some is better than others but at the end of the day it's a business, they adopt a political stance so they can corner the market for either 'biggots' or 'liberalists' depending on ur viewpoint. This is especially true of newspapers which have to continually attempt to justify themsleves in a digital age. The bbc is probably the least affected since it does not need to satisfy an audience to get paid since it's funded by UK licence payers. On the subject of science in the media I agree with the guy - statistics are misrepresented all the time and they'll have a full blown story based on one scientific paper they have seen and make it appear as though this has revolutionised the scientific l;andscape when in fact one single study rarely does this. They are the only easy outlet for such stories though - scientific literature tends not to be free so it's not as if there are many alternatives. Even a mag like NewScientist cost much more than a newspaper so an interested layman is more likely to buy the cheap and more easiliy available newspaper