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Here’s some more coverage of days 3 and 4 of the McBride trial:

Day 4:

Day 3:

The Afghan Files, abc News reports that McBride is the source of (2017):

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago

This is fucking shameful. War criminals walk free whilst people standing up for what's right get locked up. Our justice system makes a mockery of itself.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago (2 children)

this is outrageous and no one in Australia gives a shit

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Yes it is outrageous.

There a many in Australia who care about this a lot as is clear from the number of donors who raised funds for his legal defence. We need more people to talk about this. Buy his book The Nature of Honour, out this week and display it wherever you are. David will keep fighting from jail but we need to all fight for him. Talk to your MP. Demand the Attorney General intervene and drop this case.

[–] muntedcrocodile 2 points 7 months ago

I give many shits unfortunatly my governemt is heading down a dangerouse path.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

this is saddenning

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Friendly Jordies was literally the only place covering this. I should expect it to be all over ABC and SBS or is defamation law too scary?

[–] CannonGoBoom 6 points 7 months ago

Michael West is covering it too

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Mate, come on, that’s not fair at all. Get your head out of your arse.

ABC have been covering this heaps. They broke the Afghan files story in the first place. Adele Furgheson has literally been writing articles about whistleblowers and David McBride for weeks in the lead up to this. Latest one from looking at the ABC website here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-18/david-mcbride-guilty-plea-whistleblower-protection/103120544

Fairfax is also literally the news link at the top of the OP post here!

There are always excellent reports coming from the ABC & Fairfax with a quality of investigative work that FJ doesn’t even come close to matching. ABC & Fairfax may have their faults, but this is not one of them.