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Seeing red over media’s food security coverage

By Amy McQuire, November 1, 2011
An aerial view of the tiny community of Frejon, in the APY Lands in South Australia. The town made headlines recently, with simplistic media reporting about starvation in the community.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA: When the media conjured up images of the Red Cross sending emergency food parcels to an Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Land community last month, the cries about the “starving children” were immediate.

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BACKTRACKER: Food for thought

By Brian Johnstone, October 4, 2011
The media furore over starvation in the APY Lands neglected the Aboriginal people who have been dealing with the problem for decades. (AAP IMAGE)

NATIONAL: This month, media “broke’” the story of “starvation” in the APY Lands. But the reality is different from the agenda driven campaigns, writes BRIAN JOHNSTONE*.

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