Media Laws In Australia Need Changing, To Make Journalists More Honest And Accountable by Jamie McIntyre
Article by Jamie McIntyre
Lax media regulations are allowing suspect journalists to generate a living by deceptive conduct – misleading readers in newspaper articles, to serve bias agendas.
Most media law changes are usually around “what percentage of Australian media assets any one person can own”.
However I think many Australians would like to see journalists, particularly newspaper journalists, held to account. Make them truthful and honest and no longer able to use their newspaper columns to blatantly lie, mislead and deceive the public.
Think about it – why is this industry not held to account like other industries? Where such blatant lies, deception and misinformation would see you banned from an industry – or even jailed.
Don’t you think it’s time Australians should be able to read the newspaper and rely on truthful, accurate coverage – and not deliberate deception serving suspect agendas?
What if journalists had to put their money where their mouth is?
Before they wrote an article, before they’ve even received journalistic accreditation or access to a newspaper column, they had to put up a bond.
Let’s say $50,000 – $250,000.
And if they ever wrote an article that was false or deceptive – they’d forfeit their bond as partial compensation to the people they defamed by their deliberate misuse of the truth.
What do you think? Would this instantly clean up the industry? Help newspapers regain some credibility after the phone hacking scandals have increased public mistrust?
Honest ethical journalists, I’m sure, would not have any issues with such a thing encouraging better journalistic standards and ethics.
Unfortunately I think the chances of lax media regulation being improved to get rid of suspect journalists is unlikely. And sadly, Australians will just have to live with the motto: “Don’t believe everything you read in the paper”.
Jamie McIntrye
CEO of 21st Century Education
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About Jamie McIntyre
Jamie McIntyre is the founder of the 21st Century Group of companies and CEO of 21st Century Education. He is also author of the bestselling book ‘What I Didn’t Learn At School But Wish I Had’, successful entrepreneur, investor, sought after success coach, internationally renowned speaker and world-leading educator.
Jamie went from well below zero to a self-made millionaire in his twenties by learning to develop the mindset of a millionaire and applying the latest, most cutting-edge financial strategies available in the world today. He believes this type of education, because it wasn’t taught at school, has kept the majority of the population constrained to a job and almost a slave to the banks and is therefore determined to help people achieve incredible personal and financial results.
