article only accuses the right wing commentators of bias and sexism while ignoring the same on the left. What about Swan and Milnes personal attacks on Gina Rhinehart,weren't they sexist,Swan said she was "rattling her pearls"and Milne attacked her family situation.If anyone from the right had said those things about the PM there would be journalists and Labor Party Ministers screaming sexism from the rooftops. James In Footscray : libertarian : 06 Sep 2012 11:27:56am "Without making excuses, it might help to consider why online forums have proved to be a pretty bad arena for civil deliberation." The best thinkers in our society have never been journalist's with arts degrees. If I want to really know what is going on, I certainly won't find out via the main stream media. Additionally today's media is a product of the left/right paradigm and can very rarely be counted on to question this. One way or another most of our media are marching to the same drumbeat, rarely stopping to question why our Government has us marching towards the edge of a significant cliff. Look at the dumb debate we have now over so-called Government initiatives that everybody knows we have no money for (except lefty's who believe in the money fairy). The headlines should be, we have no money, don't trust what the Government says. That would at least force some sort of response from the liars. Fiona : 06 Sep 2012 1:30:01pm Yes, the 'left/right paradigm' drives me to distractions. Firstly