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Whats more incredible is that inside Australia people genuinely think it's a good thing, because the Government is finally "taxing" Google... they actually believe the money is going to the Australian government (schools, hospitals and all that) and have no idea the money actually goes directly to Murdoch.

Even when I explain it with evidence, they still come back with things like "it's about time Google paid their fair share, they've been skipping taxes for too long".

It's utterly incredible what happens when you're on an island isolated from the world.

(NOTE: I've been out of Australia for ~20 years and only recently came back, so it's kind of a shock to only get media from the inside)

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>(NOTE: I've been out of Australia for ~20 years and only recently came back, so it's kind of a shock to only get media from the inside)

Stupidest thing I've ever heard. There is no 'from the inside' in Australia, what media could you possibly have accessed before that you cannot now? Even more, what media external to Australia provides a better or more accurate insight about Australia than the Australian media?

Of course Murdoch's a prick, he always has been, he also does not have total control of the media in any way. To make a statement that implies there is some type of censorship or barrier between Aussies and access to the truth is a complete fabrication.

> Stupidest thing I've ever heard. There is no 'from the inside' in Australia, what media could you possibly have accessed before that you cannot now?

What I have found is that all the media in Australia, reporting about Australia, has a very specific tone and message that it's putting across.

I spent years around the world reading about Australia from outside Australia, and media in the rest of the world wasn't putting that message into the reporting.

If you have not, I suggest you leave for a good long while and see the place from the outside. It looks a lot different.

Feel free to illuminate us on what this 'message' is, preferably also provide some evidence that supports it's all encompassing nature. Until you do so it is simply a vague allusion that exists only to serve your narrative.

I find it unsurprising that any country 'looks a lot different' if you compare internal and external media, the question is accuracy and truthfulness. I ask again, please show me any external news source that is even remotely competitive in these areas with the Australian media.

You double down while answering none of my questions and still have not even explained HOW it 'looks different'.

By definition you are speaking https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/nonsense

> Whats more incredible is that inside Australia people genuinely think it's a good thing, because the Government is finally "taxing" Google... they actually believe the money is going to the Australian government (schools, hospitals and all that) and have no idea the money actually goes directly to Murdoch.

Every media outlet was shouting loudly in favor of it, even the Guardian. Zero integrity when the rubber hit the road.

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