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Tele's sloppy journalism hurts our most vulnerable

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10 years 8 months ago #2003 by sozzled

Tele's sloppy journalism hurts our most vulnerable was created by sozzled

One in 10 people in some NSW regions is now relying on the disability support pension, with statistics showing almost 20,000 people, the equivalent of five Australian Army brigades, joined the disability welfare line in the past three years.The Daily Telegraph 22 May 2014

I freely admit that I am not a regular reader of tabloid newspapers or of The Daily Telegraph in particular. I usually flick through tabloid newspapers, if they happen to be lying around, when I'm passing time eating a meal in a fast food restaurant during breaks from driving when I'm travelling long distances. The only other times I have any reason to look at such "stories" are when I'm reading commentary posted on the internet. It was an occasion such as this that attracted my attention towards such a "story" for more than my usual 10 seconds' glance.

What attracted me to the front page headline on The Daily Telegraph of 22 May was an essay written by Frank Quinlan—CEO of the Mental Health Council of Australia, the peak non-government body representing the mental health sector in Australia—in which he characterised the paper's journalism "[a disservice to those] who are battling every day with a serious mental illness or who care for somebody with a serious mental illness."