The Australian Newspaper & Censorship

They weren't just cutting down on length?


I can't really see any of that as triggering censorship.


I know the Indonesians sometiomes go nuts and try to influence what journos say, but I doubt the Australian would worry about that, much less someone commenting on an article.

No, my response was only two paragraphs long in total, with the first paragraph being shorter than the one I posted above (which was the second paragraph).

There were 80 odd responses last I looked, with some responses going into 5-6 paragraphs.

My first paragraph was not related to the second, deleted paragraph.

So it can't be a case of wanting to shorten my response.

PS. I doubt that The Australian is worried about the Indonesian reaction. What I was wondering is if they worry about reactions within Australia - which in turn are caused by worry over reactions from Indonesia. Have you ever wondered why West Papua gets virtually no press in Australia? They have been an invaded country for almost as long as I've been alive, yet they don't consider themselves Indonesian, they don't look indonesian, they don't speak Indonesian, and yet...almost nothing in our press...

I may be off base on this, but it has always had me curious.

That's weird, then.

That's what I thought

Perhaps you think too much.

You mean people on this forum think ???

just wanted to say I noted this.

Hmmm....