One of the key tools of public opinion control in the lead up to the Iraq War was the assertion by the political class that they had available to them information that wasn't available to anyone else and they were thus in a better position to assess the risk posed by Saddam's WMD
It all turned out to be bullshit, a lie enabled and perpetrated with the help of the mainstream media, from The NYTimes down. Plenty of people saw through the charade because "they weren't stupid" and could draw reasonable conclusions from publicly available information.
We are seeing the same stunt being pulled now in regard to AUKUS, with Keating and others being dismissed as unreliable bc they are not privy to "secret information". And once again, the media is leading the charge, during, and in the wake of, PJK's appearance at the #NPC
We have good reason to doubt the truth of these claims of "secret information", but the key is to release all relevant info to help us make better decisions. A good start would be to release the Defence Strategic Review report provided to the govt in Feb. defence.gov.au/about/reviews-…
And ffs, any media worthy of the title "fourth estate" should be leading the call for such disclosures, not spending days whining about some ex-politician who was mean to them.
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