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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.

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