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New South Wales independent journalist FriendlyJordies takes down "Coronation" video after death threats persist since arrest of suspect who firebombed his home a year ago. (lemmy.today)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Link to Statement from FriendlyJordies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRqUVh29LGQ

Link to video last month about the arrest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8AN5kPtnm4

Link to archived "Coronation": https://archive.org/details/youtube-QGpWvYscSpE

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Anyone have a tl;dr of the video in question? Haven't got time to watch it right now

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Ex NSW premier John Barilaro was an executive director of a western Sydney property development company. That development company is closely tied to organised and gang crime - murders etc. - and so far its kingpins has evaded any serious prosecution. The video insinuates that this is a result of corruption of the NSW government.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I hope someone re-uploads it anonymously on YouTube.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

For anybody looking to make change: don't ask permission, and be not afraid of death.

[+] [email protected] -37 points 9 months ago (4 children)

“journalist”

[–] [email protected] 30 points 9 months ago

Journalism is printing what someone else doesn't want printed, everything else is just public relations.

Seems to fit the definition to me.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, his "Paradise Bombed" video was really eye opening for me, his team confronts the German manufacturing company who made air to surface firebombs being used to commit genocide in Papua New Guinea and the company spokesman outright denies any involvement despite having the evidence set on the table in front of him.

Top Class work, imo.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago

Independent is a tough word for some people to grasp..I mean, it has MORE than 10 letters.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago

Dudes a better investigative journalist than all of the muppets in the mainstream media at the moment.

The stuff hes covered and reported on has been ghastly. From corruption and crime in nsw government to drones dropping grenades on village folk.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Why isn't he a journalist? Because he is also making funny videos?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

Folks like this are independent journalists, once it becomes a profession for them.

I think the assumption is that a news agency or company will have a chain of accountability, fact checkers, editors, etc. that can, in theory, give some assurance of factuality, credibility, and responsibility. Also, authenticity: did they hire a properly qualified journalist or some dude who is interested and has opinions?

In practice, of course, billionaires have seized the means of social reproduction in media and policy, so that is mostly bullshit. Agencies run by journalists themselves are still worth paying attention to. Even the billionaire media has to pay attention to credibility at least, so some of what they do is factual.

Omission and defining the boundaries of discussion are the quiet lies.