Intellectual dishonesty is pure poison – A Crikey weblog

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Trying hard to misunderstand

Our national broadsheet, The Australian, today displays its very own special type of tortured logic. Boat arrivals almost all get visas ALMOST all asylum-seekers arriving in Australia waters over the past three years have had their refugee status applications approved, adding weight to claims that people-smugglers are taking advantage of the federal government’s immigration policies. [...]