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[–] arc99@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It is very interesting to compare Sky News in the UK vs Australia.

Sky News UK is a relatively normal news channel. That is because UK broadcasting is governed by codes of conduct and Ofcom (the governing body) can reprimand, heavily fine or shut down channels which violate its rules. The rules require fairness, impartiality, the right of reply and other safeguards in news reporting.

Sky News Australian is rabidly far right channel that exaggerates and lies about everything. It punches down on minorities because of religion, ethnicity, sexuality or any other reason and does so with impunity. It is not required to be fair or impartial and never is. That is because Australia has no similar code of conduct.

So the issue here is Australia needs to get its broadcasting rules sorted out.

[–] DakRalter@thelemmy.club 1 points 14 hours ago

Has it stopped the nonsense of GB News? YouTube loves pushing their videos and they've very similar thumbnails.

Sky News UK isn't a Murdoch operation anymore and the Aussie one is. That's the main difference.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 45 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The Australian bit of Sky News is the bit that Rupert Murdoch still owns.

The man is a premier league cunt and always has been.

If you ever see bullshit racist twaddle being peddled as "news", just do a quick search and you'll often find it leads back to this prick.

I just feel sorry for his many wives, who will have had to witness what Karl Pilkington once described as "like a tortoise without a shell on"

[–] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 day ago

I just feel sorry for his many wives, who will have had to witness what Karl Pilkington once described as “like a tortoise without a shell on”

Don't they got paid and choose to do it.

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 42 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I first understood that maybe 15 years ago, when I was in the UK during the supposed mass riots there. My parents read about that in the media (European public service broadcast news) about the anarchic circumstances and were worried about me.

I was in one of the cities hit hardest, according to the media, and my flat was actually right at the location this was about.

All that really happened was a single demonstration that was mostly peaceful without any vandalism. That's it.

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

its also owned by murdoch. they always have that creepy indian anchor with the wierd smile on all the time.

[–] DakRalter@thelemmy.club 1 points 14 hours ago

What, Priti Patel is a newsreader now?

[–] unmagical@lemmy.ml 146 points 3 days ago

"Anarchy!" screams the caption of a photo of a group of police apprehending a couple of people.

[–] Zezzoz@lemmy.world 36 points 3 days ago (16 children)

Looks arouns: families making a living, my doctor visit was for free, and a friend is about to take a huge redundancy package thanks to state laws that mandate his company to compensate.

We are so fallen.

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[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 73 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm in Spain, and can confirm, It's pandemonium and anarchy here. For example, one of my neighbors has spent more than an hour making drilling noises, and someone hasn't picked up their dog's shit. We are a few hours away from total collapse!

[–] ExhibiCat@lemmynsfw.com 23 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Also the very government drives through the street with a huge truck at 3am. Extends a robot arm to pick up the glass bin and empties it loudly. It's a warzone out here.

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[–] hsr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 3 days ago (2 children)

"Europe is about to fall, the end is near"

[–] PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 26 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Sorry, I can't stand it not hitting the thing.

[–] reptar@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

You're a saint

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[–] MudMan@fedia.io 118 points 3 days ago (1 children)

So... not sure if that's where the picture comes from, but what seems to be happening in Europe right now is roaming gangs of nazis causing violence.

I'm impressed by the dilligence seeding the lie, just in case the news pierces the veil.

[–] VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Europe = One town in Spain.

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[–] ZMoney@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The planetary ecosystem is undergoing a K-T scale mass extinction. Isn't that enough for everyone?

[–] nectar45@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

No no you see it has to be something we can blame minorities for /s

[–] Worx@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 day ago

Some minorities (and especially homeless) set fire to things just to stay warm. They're the real enemy!

(Don't look at my private jet or business empire plz!)

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[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 66 points 3 days ago (4 children)

I live in California.

Do you know how many fearful conservatives have told me the place I live in has collapsed into a wasteland of violent criminal chaos? I can only go outside to check and make sure they're wrong so many times before I just have to assume they're fucking idiots.

Reminder that Australia produced the shitstain gutter scum that we call Rupert Murdoch.

[–] Saleh@feddit.org 22 points 3 days ago (9 children)

Australia also runs concentration camps for refugees on remote islands with practically no legal oversight. The Aborigines were considered part of the local "fauna" until the 1960s.

Australia gets way to less flak for how deeply deeply racist that country is.

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I feel obligated to provide some context here.

Australia certainly is, like most countries, "deeply racist" but exactly what that means and how we compare to other countries is contentious.

Calling immigration detention facilities "concentration camps" is disingenuous and has connotations that dont apply. At last count in 2021 there were 107 residents, all of whom could leave at any time, and were provided multiple resettlement options outside of Australia.

There are criticisms to be made but they are not "concentration camps".

The fauna thing is an obvious myth that doesn't withstand a moments critical though. There's a more comprehensive rebuttal here:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-20/fact-check-flora-and-fauna-1967-referendum/9550650

Australia does have deeply embedded tensions around race. They're not easily solvable problems. Are more salient example might be the recent rejection of the voice referendum, but that would take more than a few moments to read and understand.

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[–] notsosure@sh.itjust.works 81 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I just looked out of the window and I can confirm: we’ve not fallen ( Luxemburg).

[–] Lazycog@sopuli.xyz 64 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (7 children)

here in Austria we have fallen (below 30°C)

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[–] Amberskin@europe.pub 20 points 3 days ago

To add a little bit of context, what happened in Spain was actually the opposite: gangs of fascists terrorising immigrant communities.

[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 2 days ago

Old Rupert making shit up? SAY IT ISN'T SO!

[–] ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 47 points 3 days ago (9 children)

Sky News Australia is complete batshit, as opposed to Sky News in the UK which is more "normal" mainstream news.

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[–] bluetardis@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 days ago

Sky news in Australia is far worse than Fox in the US. It’s little more than a shout box for small minded racists.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 24 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Sky News in Australia is equivalent to Fox or GB News.

[–] ilovepiracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 3 days ago

Yep, also free to air in rural parts of the country. Murdoch knows what he's doing.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 24 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Conservative news everywhere. Society has had some form of crime since civilization existed. Never gonna get rid of it. But conservatives clutch their pearls at it and exclaim the end of the world is nigh. Meanwhile conservatives want to suffocate everyone slowly under a pillow of religion while looting their victims pockets of power and money.

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[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Sky news be like:

~~Europe~~ London Has Fallen

shows random clip from the movie

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[–] rustyfish@lemmy.world 24 points 3 days ago (4 children)

We had similar shit years ago when Americans thought Europe is communist. Or years later when Americans thought Sweden became a Muslim state. Or any other bullshit a 12 year old or someone with the mind of a 12 year old believed in the last decades.

And every time the epicentre of stupidity is Rupert Murdoch. No wonder they love Russia. Both are masters of making up insane bullshit.

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[–] SparrowHawk@feddit.it 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Anarchy in Europe? I wish!

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

Australian media has fallen.

[–] Luisp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 3 days ago

mfks living in a utopia and scream the end of the world when they see a black person, ok

[–] potato_wallrus@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago

Rupert Murdoch is proof that being an evil son of a bitch makes you practically immortal

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