An Aussie online magazine called Crikey has linked to my post about Cpl Dupre in a commentary posted to their website. Read it here.
As I've never heard of them, not being versed in Australian indy media, I decided to explore their website. Their philosophy, as posted on their website is:
"Crikey will point out theft, corruption, deception and collusion whenever and wherever it can. It is our self-appointed task to take a long thin spike to the bloated egos of political, media and corporate Australia and to take clear black and white snap shots of the men and women who have their fingers in the till or who simply get paid too much for doing shoddy work.
We will at all times try to have fun, respect the laws of our country in as far as they make sense and to fill the gaps the Australian media seem unable or unwilling to fulfil."
On their links page, they list Cato, calling it "The best Washington think tank" and the Independent Institute, describing it as "A truly independent US think tank." Perhaps there's a bit of a libertarian streak within Crikey's management. Now if we can get more U.S. media outlets to develop a streak…..