Australia Hates Accepting Refugees, But Appears to Love Creating Them

Australia Hates Accepting Refugees, But Appears to Love Creating Them

Australia has for years employed a deterrence policy to disincentivize refugees from reaching its shores. However, a new report has found Canberra has played a major hand in creating the very asylum-seekers it despises. Just last week, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) released a bombshell report that showed the Australian government had approved the export of…

All Corrupt on the Western Front? Der Spiegel Latest to Fall from Media Mountaintops

All Corrupt on the Western Front? Der Spiegel Latest to Fall from Media Mountaintops

Once again, a reporter has been accused of writing fake stories – over a span of years – reinforcing the suspicion that we are living in a post-truth world where words, to paraphrase Kipling, “are the most powerful drug.” This week, Der Spiegel, the German news weekly, was forced to admit that one of its…