articles on Syria - how do you know what is going on? there is a standpoint portrayed which i beleive is completely wrong but you only have your 'sources' who are selling you the same agenda that news limited etc have. As for newspapers.. RIP. look on the trains. people read the news on the internet on smartphones and ipads for free now with more convenience. thefrollickingmole: 14 Jun 2012 11:45:06am I worked immigration detention for a number of years. The sheer one sided, barracking, pro-refugee stance was plain as the nose on your face. In one instance a protest group who came to Port Hedland were featured as (from memory) the 2nd news item. The protesters numbered less than 15 people, this was never mentioned, the camera never showed the full "crowd", it was merely another ABC beatup. I cant take the ABC seriously as a news organ, I used to, till I was actualy "in" news stories and saw the amount of sheer lies the ABc is happy to broadcast. (as long as it has a 3rd party to "sources say") OUB : 14 Jun 2012 4:18:10pm As a kid (14+) I used to read Time magazine and was impressed by it. Whenever it covered Australia though it was pretty damn poor. I thought maybe they just had dud Australian correspondents. More likely the closer you are to the news the more aware you become of the shortcomings in its reporting. That's life. It's just another product. The