What Australia can learn from the rise of populists around the world to avoid following Hanson down her rabbit hole
A quarter of the world’s democracies are now led by authoritarian regimes and almost none have media systems that are able to hold power to account
We must face it. The political system has changed. Playing catch-up won’t bring back the old order.
At its heart is an epochal transformation in the means of communication. In its wake this has remade the skill set required for political success.
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News organizations are scrambling to find a coverage approach that adequately informs the American public about the country’s slide from democracy to authoritarian rule.
Related Knowledge Center: Information integrity
In an increasingly fractured media landscape, truth has been a casualty in the public discussion. Coverage has been warped by the business needs of struggling news organizations, and a significant segment of the public relies on bad-faith outlets that are little more than propagandists. While fact-checking has become routine, some organizations are exploring other ways to combat the trends. And misinformation spewed by AI-driven chatbots has become more of a feature than simply a bug.
Fact-checking and its detractors