Thread by @slpng_giants_oz

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Threads with lots of detail can be tiresome, however its important to detail how someone like Andrew Bolt takes scientific research & twists it to promote his & Rupert Murdoch's climate change denialist agenda.

#Auspol #ThisIsNotJournalism

A study of two hospitals over SEVEN years showed 24 people died of hypothermia of those 25% were exposures outside the home, some intoxicated or drug affected younger people, others without secure shelter and living with mental illness.

#Auspol #ThisIsNotJournalism

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Instead of focusing on the real issues identified in the study that elderly people who are unwell, those who are homeless & those living with mental illness are often socially isolated and a hidden casualty of an inadequate social support system.

#Auspol #ThisIsNotJournalism

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During the pandemic Andrew Bolt was castigated for his seemingly heartless disregard for the premature deaths of elderly covid patients & insisted the death rates were bloated with people who died "with" covid not "of" covid.

#Auspol #ThisIsNotJournalism

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Bolt conveniently overlooks the deaths caused by the extreme weather events in just the past 3 years, focusing instead on pulling a line item from a study to exploit climate change science denialism.

#Auspol #ThisIsNotJournalism

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This week it was revealed that Rupert Murdoch's Sky News Australia is a leading GLOBAL source of misinformation promoting Climate Change Science denial.

It must be time for a #MurdochRoyalCommission

#Auspol #ThisIsNotJournalism
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