Getting the Story Straight: Greg Sheridan in the Shifting Moral Sands of Iraq

Hirst, Martin and Schutze, Robert (2004-01-01) Getting the Story Straight: Greg Sheridan in the Shifting Moral Sands of Iraq.

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Title Getting the Story Straight: Greg Sheridan in the Shifting Moral Sands of Iraq
Abstract/Summary This essay traces the evolution of Greg Sheridan's public statements on international affairs since September 11, 2001, finding coherence in the moral epistemology that underpins his arguments. In a global media world dominated by news about the American-led 'war on terror', Sheridan has written extensively on the fall-out from September 11, the Bali bombings, Afghanistan, Iraq and terrorism more generally over this period. What becomes clear, when one looks closely at this oeuvre is that Sheridan is an ideologue, a crusader and an apologist for one of the most barbaric regimes on the planet and for the acolytes who, without question, back the war crimes and despotic violence that this regime visits on those who disagree with its religious fundamentalism and lust for world domination. In Sheridan's worldview, it is also legitimate to vilify, denigrate and misrepresent your intellectual and political opponents, while maintaining your own position in the face of competing facts and analysis.
Keyword(s) Sheridan
Greg
The Australian (newspaper)
war on terror
Iraq War
crusading journalists
ideologues
Date 2004-01-01
Subjects 400101 Journalism
Author(s) Hirst, Martin
Schutze, Robert
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