I've started reading John Pilger to my daughter. She seemed to loose interest after just a few pages. Have I introduced Pilger to early?
Reading "the new rulers of the world" whilst on holiday was great. It reminded that we live in the media age and not the information age. Information like the fact that indigenous Australians receive 75c for every dollar spent on non indigenous Australians of federal health care funding and 25c for every dollar spent on non indigenous pharmaceutical benefits is just not readily available. Instead, media stories about indigenous people squandering millions of health dollars is ussually what I get to hear. I'm not sure if my daughter quite understood this important distinction though.
Reading "the new rulers of the world" whilst on holiday was great. It reminded that we live in the media age and not the information age. Information like the fact that indigenous Australians receive 75c for every dollar spent on non indigenous Australians of federal health care funding and 25c for every dollar spent on non indigenous pharmaceutical benefits is just not readily available. Instead, media stories about indigenous people squandering millions of health dollars is ussually what I get to hear. I'm not sure if my daughter quite understood this important distinction though.
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