News Corp rushes to champion free media
Yesterday former PM Julia Gillard claimed that the likes of News Corp is too keen to put the boot into its media enemies at the expense of press freedom.
“In Australia’s media culture though it is much more likely the other media outlets would see a competitor being given a beating and want to land their own blows, siding with the government rather than defending an example of the free press at work.”
Today, News Corp has proved her completely wrong, racing to champion the ABC’s right to make editorial decisions about who should ask questions on Q&A over PM Tony Abbott’s view that journalists should be taking sides.
You can see it in News Corp’s nuanced coverage from its papers around the country.
Nuanced indeed! At least the ABC credit their audience with some intelligence, bring some balance, and don’t beat us over the head with endless, endless promos.
How many times can you watch someone walk into a house/room and say “Oh My God!!!”?
Seriously.
No doubt, the ABC bashers who join in with comments below will ably demonstrate my point.
Bravo Mumbrella for the beautifully satirical intro to News’ knee jerk.
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I shouldn’t be surprised at the hypocrisy of the Murdoch organisation, but I still am after all these years. What depresses me is that at the newsagency there’s a big pile of Telegraphs on sale and a small one of the Sydney Morning Herald. They can’t all buy it for the footy coverage, can they?
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