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Peter Greste

Brisbane Times

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It's the ABC's job to be accurate and fair, not to chase the dangerous fallacy of 'balance'

It's the ABC's job to be accurate and fair, not to chase the dangerous fallacy of 'balance'

One of the oldest tropes in journalism is that it should be balanced; that journalists have a responsibility to present all sides of a given issue...

16.07.2026 10

The Examiner

Peter Greste

It's the ABC's job to be accurate and fair, not to chase the dangerous fallacy of 'balance'

It's the ABC's job to be accurate and fair, not to chase the dangerous fallacy of 'balance'

One of the oldest tropes in journalism is that it should be balanced; that journalists have a responsibility to present all sides of a given issue...

16.07.2026 10

Canberra Times

Peter Greste

It’s the ABC’s job to be accurate and fair, not to chase the dangerous fallacy of ‘balance’

It’s the ABC’s job to be accurate and fair, not to chase the dangerous fallacy of ‘balance’

The antisemitism envoy has criticised the ABC’s coverage of the Israel-Hamas conflict. But presenting all sides equally can distort the truth.

16.07.2026 10

The Conversation

Peter Greste

If we silence voices we don’t agree with, we’re doing the work of extremists for them

12.01.2026 100

The Guardian

Peter Greste

I was wrongfully jailed in Egypt, but Australia’s culture of surveillance takes the cake

Australia is the most “reflexively secretive” country that this former foreign correspondent has dealt with. If we don’t defend our freedoms, we...

23.10.2025 20

WA Today

Peter Greste

I was wrongfully jailed in Egypt, but Australia’s culture of surveillance takes the cake

Australia is the most “reflexively secretive” country that this former foreign correspondent has dealt with. If we don’t defend our freedoms, we...

23.10.2025 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Greste

I was wrongfully jailed in Egypt, but Australia’s culture of surveillance takes the cake

Australia is the most “reflexively secretive” country that this former foreign correspondent has dealt with. If we don’t defend our freedoms, we...

23.10.2025 10

The Age

Peter Greste

I was wrongfully jailed in Egypt, but Australia’s culture of surveillance takes the cake

Australia is the most “reflexively secretive” country that this former foreign correspondent has dealt with. If we don’t defend our freedoms, we...

23.10.2025 20

Brisbane Times

Peter Greste

Israel must allow independent investigations of Palestinian journalist killings – and let international media into Gaza

If Israel believes the journalism from Palestinian reporters is Hamas propaganda, the solution is straightforward: let foreign correspondents in.

14.08.2025 20

The Conversation

Peter Greste

In Trump’s America, the shooting of a journalist is not a one-off. Press freedom itself is under attack

11.06.2025 20

Pearls and Irritations

Peter Greste

In Trump’s America, the shooting of a journalist is not a one-off . Press freedom itself is under attack

A rubber bullet to Channel Nine reporter Lauren Tomasi’s leg signals media freedom in the US is again under attack.

10.06.2025 20

The Conversation

Peter Greste