Australian political, media establishment buries alleged far-right plan to behead Labor MP

MHLoppy , 2 days ago

Eh, it was reported about the normal amount imo. With the violent lone-wolf types, sometimes media under-reports it to reduce copycat actions (see the famous Newswipe clip).

I'm aware of at least two posts about it from the ABC (national broadcaster)[1][2] and one from local news[3] (paywalled, mirrored here), though admittedly this one has a very local-news angle on it.

Most significantly, the manifesto favorably references Brenton Tarrant, the Australian-born terrorist who in March 2019 murdered 51 people at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. Patten describes himself as having become fascinated by Tarrant’s actions.

There would appear to be copycat elements.

Yeah, hence some under-reporting of the details. There's some fair discussion about reporting / commentary on recent protests there but I don't personally think the comparison to this incident seems fair.

Guntrigger , 2 days ago

Not very oniony.

Metype , 2 days ago

Well not with that headline but maybe, with a bit of effort, the same message can become oniony.

“Far-right decides to finally bite the bullet and just behead political rivals.”

Probably other ways too, I’m just lazy lol