- Posted by Ad astra on July 17, 2009
What a week of predictions, ponderous opinions, shrill warnings and learned views we have had from Australia’s media about the Stern Hu affair. Let’s chronicle them, and in the interest of reasonable brevity, let’s confine ourselves mainly to what has appeared in The Australian, which has taken up this issue with great gusto.
Readers have been bombarded with a variety of descriptions, predictions and opinions about the Hu affair and the reactions of the Government to it. The following is a selection of media statements in no particular order, and with no attempt to connect them logically. Scan them quickly to get a feel for the views columnists have been expressing all week. More...