Much more calibrated reporting on China needed from Australian media, says senior scholar

STORY: Much more calibrated reporting on China needed from Australian media, says senior scholar DATELINE: Sept. 1, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:06 LOCATION: Canberra CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of views in China 2. SOUNDBITE (English): ALLAN BEHM, Director of the International and Security Affairs Program at The Australia Institute STORYLINE: An Australian expert says that Aussie journalists should tell stories about "what truly happens in China" instead of resorting to fear-mongering. Allan Behm says popular public opinion in Australia is detached from geopolitical reality, according to research published by the institute earlier this month. SOUNDBITE (English): ALLAN BEHM, Director of the International and Security Affairs Program at The Australia Institute "The first one is that in the Australian media, there has been a very high level of fear-mongering. And I think that fear-mongering has impacted on the minds and the sensibilities of ordinary people in Australia. We do need a much more calibrated