Groupthink is easy it is represented clearly in the way that News Corp editorial and political lines are set at a high level and then all news and opinion reproduces the lines day after day. I’ve already been down the 18C rabbit hole and will go there again later this week, but for now I want to introduce you to the News Corp methods of groupthink and pushing inconvenient facts down the memory hole. Then, a few days after the Albrechtsen column, ‘emeritus’ (simply means unpaid) Professor John Carroll returned to the theme in an opinion piece about the evils of Section 18C of the Human Rights Act: ‘Anguish is exquisite for wielders of 18C’. Albrechtsen also returned to the ‘yoga pants man’ imbroglio that we discussed in last week’s Media Sauce. In the first instance, she borrowed the idea from an October 10 th column by the Herald Sun’s Rita Panahi, whose intemperate language and abusive tone goes unchecked by her editors. Janet Albrechtsen writes opinion to order for Rupert and BorisĪlbrechtsen tapped into the NewsCorpse hive mind in preparing this article. In a rambling and almost pointless column in The Australian on 2 November: THE MIND CODDLES, ultra-conservative Murdoch calumnist Janet Albrechtsen lamented the rise of so-called ‘political correctness’ on American university campuses and she cited an increase in administrative attempts to impose ‘trigger warnings’ on the content of some course materials to prove her point. Hanson then directs the hate towards “ gutless politicians” as well as the bloody Muslims. This time Hanson is the foil for a Bolt rant about Muslims and the Human Rights Commissioner, ‘ Whatshisname’. Her appearance in July this year is another classic in the genre. Luckily for Bolt, Pauline Hanson is easily wound-up and she’s guaranteed to voice the darkest fears that hate thrives on. His program is no more than a collection of such two-minute noodles. This is precisely the emotional effect that Bolt is trying to achieve, day in and day out. It was hateful and spiteful and nasty and it reminded me of this. The whole rant from Hanson started with her hare-brained comments on freedom of speech and lasted around two minutes. For a start, the noun form is Aborigine, but Hanson’s ignorance knows no bounds. Thankfully, sensible people responded with their usual civility and good humour and actually provided a history lesson to Hanson via social media using the hashtag #defineaboriginal. “I think the whole lot needs to be opened up on this, a big debate on this.” “That’s not good enough because then if you make a comment about it, well what are you? Are you an Aboriginal or not an Aboriginal?” “If you marry an Aboriginal you can be classified, or if the community or the elders accept you into that community you can be defined as an Aboriginal.” “And I’ll be asked the question: what defines an Aboriginal? Do you know there’s no definition to an Aboriginal?” “I’ve raised the issues of equality over the years, whether you’re an Aboriginal or a non-Aboriginal.” But, seriously why would you choose to do that? Instead, just read this transcript, provided by the wonderful folk at Pedestrian TV. It’s the one where Hanson displays her idiot qualities in all of their splendid ignorance. I’m sure you’ve probably seen the clip too. However, a few days ago, I did watch a few minutes of Bolt and his useful idiot du jour, One Nation leader and Senator, Pauline Hanson. I personally can barely bring myself to watch even a few minutes for research purposes, let alone choose to give up precious blocks of my time to be insulted and rebuked and spat upon by Bolt and his parade of useful idiots. Have you ever tuned in to Andrew Bolt’s televised hate fest on Sky News?
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