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Willacy has been grilled on the stand and accused of a “shocking breach of ethics” as the ABC fights a defamation claim from a former commando.

During his National Press Club luncheon, Keating wasn’t able to answer reasonable questions about China's human rights record or military build-up. So, he instead attacked those asking the questions. In my opinion Keating showed himself to be nothing more than a bumbling, demented, out of touch, idiot, with no understanding of modern-day military strategy or technology. He was simply wrong in fact -- his lack knowledge was gobsmacking! Very sad for a once great Prime Minister and statesman. And that old lefty Laura just sat there like a stuffed potato soaking in his old spice aura, letting him rant on with no attempt to correect his untrue claims or his bullying.

The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything. What Stalin actually said was: Я считаю, что совершенно неважно, кто и как будет в партии голосовать; но вот что чрезвычайно важно, это кто и как будет считать голоса. Which translates to: "I regard it as completely unimportant who in the party will vote and how, but it is extremely important who will count the votes and how." This statement was attributed to Stalin by his former secretary Boris Bazhanov. (according to Mark Kramer, director of the Cold War studies program at Harvard University) The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything. The same for so called fact checkers.

The Australian Federal government's decision to place a travel ban preventing Australians from returning home from India for the next two weeks is shameful. This is morally not right. Bring them home. Now!

So, if the Washington Post was forced to issue a correction because they originally made up the story and lied to their readers, how could CNN and MSNBC claim they were able to corroborate the same story when the original story was made up? Democracy may well die in darkness – but it looks like journalism is already dead at the Washington Post, CNN, and MSNBC.

New study reveals public sees ABC bias Two thirds of Australians believe the ABC displays a left wing bias in its reporting and coverage of stories. The new independent study commissioned by the Menzies Research Centre examined the general public perception of the ABC. The study, conducted by True North Strategy, also found the majority of Australians believe the ABC is not worth paying for. 79 per cent said they wouldn’t subscribe to the ABC.