Comment on [META] Overseas News - Proposal for increased enforcement of Rule 1
zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
I’ve often used the part of ‘If an article isn’t from an Oceanian news outlet’ as a guide. I figured that was in there because if it’s reported by local news outlets then a journalist/editor has considered it of interest to Australians.
While Australia is continuously participating in these conflicts, and while I believe that’s an important political and economic issue for Australians to grapple with, general updates on conflicts we’re involved in are more suited to other global news communities.
I think there’s value in sharing articles that address global events from an Australian perspective, and discussing those events from an Australian perspective.
I’d also say from a more practical. community averages less than a post a day. It’s not like
eureka@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
I completely agree. What I’m on the fence about is whether that article needs to be explicit in that Australian perspective, even if our community can discuss any global event from our perspective. A part of me thinks that the ABC reporting that a powerful world leader on the other side of the globe has died is obviously relevant globally and therefore to Australians, but I believe a generic ABC article which just announces the event might just lead to generic comments, but an article which explicitly discusses Australia’s relationship with that leader, or Australian reactions to that leader, would provide that Australian perspective.
That’s a good point. I may be too enthusiastic with the gavel and risk chilling the community over me being pedantic. And that’s obviously not a good thing.