The race discrimination commissioner Tim Soutphommasane has lashed out at the media for what he says is dangerous and fawning coverage of the speaking tour of Milo Yiannopoulos which has lent credibility to his extreme views.
“I’ve been astounded how sympathetic and fawning some of the coverage has been and surprised at how there hasn’t been more scrutiny given to his views and to his history of political activity,” Soutphommasane told Weekly Beast. “He has a well documented association with neo-Nazis and white supremacist leaders in the US. He has been widely discredited in the US and the UK and yet he comes here and receives the media red-carpet treatment and it’s just bizarre.”
Soutphommasane said not all media outlets indulged – he admired Jeff Sparrow’s piece for Guardian Australia for instance. But he pointed to a livestream of a Yiannopoulos speech on one news website, and extensive reporting of his movements in newspapers, online and radio.
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theguardian
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