Imagine a Boot Stamping on a Human Face

Imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever. This is what Big Brother said to Winston, the protagonist of George Orwell's 1984 who sought to resist a totalitarian government, but tragically failed to do so. Sadly enough, one need not imagine such a violent oppressive act. One need only see what is happening through the news and by personal observation.

Australia is becoming increasingly violent. A man stomped on someone's head as a act of violence in New South Wales. This is only one is many cases of violence. However, such acts of violence against a man is not portrayed by the media as something that is shocking or even unacceptable. It is portrayed as something normal and tolerable, fueling a culture of violence. Only acts of violence against Australian women are portrayed as unacceptable and worthy of condemnation, whereas acts of violence against all others are unworthy of any media attention. In addition to this, speaking out against the media for omitting such acts is considered 'sacrilege' in our culture because speaking out about media bias towards its favourite group incites 'violence against (read: Australian) women'.

Silence about evil is worse than the act of evil itself. Thus, the media is a boot that stamps on the faces of certain groups by politicising the suffering of others.  The media is the root of all hypocritical "benevolence".

Nasty, Hypocritical Pretentious Journalists - Typical (small 'l') liberals

Again, Leigh Sales engages in the ABC liberal-style advocacy journalism which hypocritically stands up for minorities, in this case, refugees. This is not to say she is the only journalist who does so, and so it would be unfair to say she is the only person who does so. However, she is the classic example of an advocacy journalist. Her interview with Immigration Minister Scott Morrison involved asking questions based on the assumption that her opinions are facts or, even worse, truth. She starts of with a leading question about the way 'asylum seekers' were treated, such that there is no way the interviewee can argue against her (superficial?) opinion without looking like he does not understand the question. When he tries to put forward his case, she cuts him off.

Sales, like many liberals, is like a growing child who assumes that anyone who disagrees with her, or tries to build a case against her is bad, evil or not to be trusted. Many liberals, one could suspect, feel sympathy for people who are deviant, or engage in illegal activity because they themselves are perhaps not strong enough or moral enough to follow the law where the law is morally and ethically sound.

People identify with people who have one thing in common with them and have no capacity to attack (having grounds to criticise) them tend to feel sympathy for them, or even think that the bad behaviour of people similar to them is justifiable. On the other hand, those who one perceives to be  capable of attacking them and have something in common with the perceived potential attacker are despised the most. This is perhaps why the media typically feels "sorry" for minority groups - because it makes them look like they are giving the minorities a voice.

Human Selfishness Proved by Psychological Studies

Psychological studies have shown that people are more likely to help others who are perceived to be victims only if they can be categorised together to have a common characteristic. (Levine, M., Cassidy, C., Brazier., G., & Reicher, S. (2002). Self-categorization and bystander non-intervention: Twoexperimental studies. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 32(7), 1452 – 1463.) This, I believe is not a propaganda tool. It is a plausible claim. Just look at all the media attention and public attention devoted to  Jill Meagher when she was raped and murdered. Compare this attention to a person of an ethnic minority or a man.

The media is controlled by mainly feminists who identify with only middle-class, cultured, Western career women like themselves. The psychological theory which has been thoroughly studies explains why these stuck-up hypocritical bastards from the media who preach "tolerance", value the lives of Westerners over Africans, Indigenous Australians, Jews, Asians and anyone else who is not an Australian Westerner.

Whatever your opinion about the blatant media bias, the theory shows human selfishness that is inherent in all humans.

Corruption in Australia

To many Australians i.e. the average politically uninformed Australians, corruption is very rare or occurs very infrequently in Australia, at least compared to other countries. Don't be deceived by the media. The Australian media often brushes over corruption such as that committed by Eddie Obeid and Gordon Nuttall. Don't forget the Fitzgerald inquiry which sought to investigate widespread corruption. Now, the new government has announced a taskforce to investigate customs corruption. Corruption is not confined to monetary transactions. Failing to report something that an official is obliged to report can be argued to amount to corruption.

Two sides of a Coin

A conflict is like a coin in the sense that either side can be right in some ways, but neither is completely good and innocent. The side that is preferred according to how one sees it depends on external circumstances such as a wind blowing the coin such that it always lands in one direction. The modern media is like the wind. It can create spin (no pun intended) to favour one side and distort the picture. Information Clearing House is a great news outlet which reports the news that the average person would not see. Most people are probably not even aware of the tip of the iceberg of news stories reported in ICH. I strongly recommend you check it out. I also recommend Russia Today which is another great news outlet which presents stories which do not side any particular hegemony like the Australian media.