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politicians use it to discredit media, and journalists need to fight back

  • Written by Andrea Carson, Associate Professor at La Trobe University. Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy, La Trobe University
politicians use it to discredit media, and journalists need to fight backWes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND

During the 2019 election, a news story about the Labor Party supporting a “death tax” – which turned out to be fake – gained traction on social media.

Now, Labor is urging a post-election committee to rule on whether digital platforms like Facebook are harming Australian democracy by...

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