Guardian editor takes aim at The Australian accusing the newspaper of a ‘misuse of power’
Katharine Viner, editor-in-chief of The Guardian Australia, has taken aim at News Corp Australia and in particular, its national broadsheet, The Australian accusing the company of “skewing” the national political discussion and of a “misuse of power” in pursuing those might disagree with it.
In an interview with Mumbrella to coincide with the one year anniversary of the launch of The Guardian’s Australian digital operation, Viner chose to take aim at Australia’s largest newspaper publisher, whose election coverage during last year’s federal poll became a election issue in its own right.
“I think the way The Australian goes after people they don’t like is a misuse of power, and the extent to which News Corp has been able to skew the political discourse in this country is startling — though that influence appears to be waning,” Viner told Mumbrella, just days before she flies out to take up the role of editor-in-chief of The Guardian America. “Otherwise, they have some impressive journalists and I always enjoy the Saturday arts section in The Oz.”
Katharine Viner
Not sure how Viner can lay claim to a misuse of power for The Australian as it’s not really a wide read paper is it?
Just another battle in the open warfare between Fairfax/ABC/Guardian (left) and News Limited (right) going on at the moment. The Journalists of both sides aren’t holding back on twitter at the moment if you follow them.
Surely readers know the slant of both sides and can read between the lines?
Ripper Guardian! Having a go at The (‘presstitute’) Australian – RESPECT.
The hypocrisy of the Guardian is breathtaking, yet unsurprising, because the hypocrisy of the bourgeois Left is frankly, sick-making.
Faux compassion, as long as somebody else pays for it. Faux empathy, so long as they don’t move into their street. Faux logic, analysis and ultimately, wanton disconnection from the truth on all matters social, economic and political.
To sum up The Guardian in 2 words: beneath contempt.
The Guardian, having a go at The Australian, that’s a joke, The Guardian pushes one point of view, and that’s the view of the left. It will probably fail. And that would be a good thing.
@ Michael 26 May 14 9:24 pm
Usual cons bullshit. Unsubstantiated charges amounting to no more than ‘I don’t like you so I’m going to call you names, with no evidence to back me up.’
When will you lot grow up?
love the Guardian
Hear we go again the untrustworthy AUSTRALIAN rearing its ugly head again
this time the people know how corrupt and untruthful they really are
JUST IGNORE
Get the thesaurus out did we Mike?
The constant attacks on Clive Palmer prove her point. Nearly every day there is a story in the paper attacking Palmer and always on page 1. It is a misuse of power and there were no attacks on Palmer before he fell out with the LNP. The hypocrises abound but one of the main ones is that while the paper supports ending Govt subsidies and bashes on about everyone being more efficient. the paper itself is subsidised because it runs at a loss.
Attacks on Palmer? What about Fairfax, The ABC, The Monthly, Crikey most commerical TV news services, including cable and The Guardian’s constant attacks on Abbott and other Liberal MP’s, it’s daily, scurrilous and always front page, Palmer gets off lightly in comparison. Her (Katharine Viner) problem is; she is a lefty and doesn’t like anyone supporting the right, she should bite her laptop and get on with her socialist agenda instead of complaining about The Australian. The Guardian should watch closely the circulation of the Age and SMH, their journalists have alienated a key target audience and will probably be out of business in the next decade, just like The Guardian
The media in Australia is now approaching the bottom.
lets ake this very clear, to both the right and the left of the media….
The Media is NOT the story!!
If we continue to report on each other instead of reporting REAL NEWS, accurately and unbiased then we deserve the declines and irrelevance we face.
Thank god for the guardian in Australia.
Now we get honest reporting unlike the lies and filth as well as downright
news fabrication that we received from
the daily telegraph
the Australian
the courier mail
the mercury in Tasmania and the crappy Melbourne herald in cahoots with their
affiliated TV channels 7 9 AND PART OWNED 10.
thank you guardian