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Floods hit two Australian states, thousands evacuated - AlertNet

Floods hit two Australian states, thousands evacuated - AlertNet | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it

Massive summer floods have killed four people and forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes across two Australian states on Tuesday, disrupting air and rail travel and coal production.

A deluge fed by the ex-tropical cyclone Oswald dumped more than 200 millimetres (8 inches) of rain in some areas of the Queensland and New South Wales states over the past three days, swelling rivers and swamping towns.

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How do you tell when the news is biased? It depends on how you see yourself

How do you tell when the news is biased? It depends on how you see yourself | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
Does the quest for balance in news stories open journalists up to claims of bias? It's all about the framing.

Via Sakis Koukouvis
Mariana Soffer's comment, June 28, 2012 6:53 AM
biases are pervasive, you need to calibrate your mind in order to do that