Reply to post: Oz has real journalists?

We'd rather go down in Down Under, says Google: Search biz threatens to quit Australia if forced to pay for news

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Oz has real journalists?

Hell, yes, we do. They write real quality investigative stuff as well, like exposés on war crimes, political corruption and institutional sexual abuse. Many a royal commission or ICAC investigation has been triggered by stories broken in the press. Some award-winning examples here: https://www.walkleys.com/awards/walkley-winners-archive/

Sure we have the stupid tabloids and gossip rags, but that's not the quality journalism at risk from the flight of advertising revenue from news outlets to search engines and social media sites. It's not just reports being reprinted, either; photographers are getting a raw deal when their images get scooped up by the Internet and there's no click-through once the user sees the picture.

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