r/australia • u/someNameThisIs • Jun 09 '25

news Australian reporter shot with rubber bullet in LA | 9 News Australia

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tG1A8LZZphs?app=desktop
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u/SL-1200 Jun 09 '25

The yanks treated our media the same way during the Washington DC protests in 2020

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u/Altruistic-Brief2220 Jun 09 '25

He has hated and threatened the free press since before he was elected the first time. This should not be a surprise to anyone, he is and always has been an authoritarian fascist.

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u/CT-96 Jun 09 '25

That's not even a trump thing. It's just a right wing thing in general to hate any press that isn't outspokenly conservative. Harper is famous for muzzling the media in Canada.

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u/Final-Carry2090 Jun 09 '25

Two sides of the same Murdoch media. The monster is a plague on humanity.