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Truth is trouble / Malcolm Knox.

By: Publication details: Cammeray, NSW : Scribner, 2020.Description: 262 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781760856144 (paperback)
Other title:
  • Truth is trouble : the strange case of Israel Folau, or how free speech became so complicated
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 323.443 23
Summary: In this powerful and insightful work, triple Walkley Award-winning journalist Malcolm Knox explores how freedom of expression has become our national faultline. Truth is Trouble explores the rise of the religious right and its political consequences; the 'right to be a bigot' versus 'cancel culture'; the changing nature of our rights at work and the separation between public and private lives; and above all, the incendiary power of social media. And by interrogating his own experience, Knox offers a convincing and heartfelt argument for the virtues of uncertainty and an open mind. -- Publisher's website.
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In this powerful and insightful work, triple Walkley Award-winning journalist Malcolm Knox explores how freedom of expression has become our national faultline. Truth is Trouble explores the rise of the religious right and its political consequences; the 'right to be a bigot' versus 'cancel culture'; the changing nature of our rights at work and the separation between public and private lives; and above all, the incendiary power of social media. And by interrogating his own experience, Knox offers a convincing and heartfelt argument for the virtues of uncertainty and an open mind. -- Publisher's website.

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