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stui magpie 
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The fact that a google search on the mans name only comes up with the Guardian and sources that reference the Guardian suggests to me it's a left inspired beat up.
Checking out the author of the articles bio brief also suggests far from an unbiased reporting of facts.
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David 
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^ Your politics may not align with theirs, but that doesn't mean that the newspaper lacks credibility. All newspapers have ideological biases of some kind. The fact that you couldn't find other stories about this suggests that they did the investigative work.
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They spoke to the wife?? There's not much more info in the article, except a phone call to an unhelpful aide!
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stui magpie
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| David wrote: | | ^ Your politics may not align with theirs, but that doesn't mean that the newspaper lacks credibility. All newspapers have ideological biases of some kind. The fact that you couldn't find other stories about this suggests that they did the investigative work. |
Or that other news sources did and decided it was a non story.
Just because your politics DOES align with theirs doesn't mean that they Do have credibility.
Yes all news sources have biases, as do the reporters. The Aged is editorially left biased but also has contributors who are from the right, the Guardian is further left than the Aged and provides little balance so you need to be aware of both when you read anything anywhere.
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David
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As someone who reads a lot of online journalism, I'm somewhat aware of which newspapers have a reputation for credibility and good track record with accurate reporting and those which don't have either. Thus, The Guardian (left) and the Wall Street Journal (right) are respected sources whereas the Australian Daily Telegraph (right) and the Huffington Post (left) generally aren't. This isn't just my opinion, or that of people who share my political outlook – it's well established and has a lot to do with their journalistic practices (that is, not just republishing any old PR shit that gets put in front of them).
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stui magpie
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That's an overall assessment and doesn't factor in the credibility or biases of individual contributors.
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