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Malcolm Turnbull has told a parliamentary inquiry into media diversity that Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp is “the most powerful actor” in Australian politics and must be held to account.
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News Corp Australia has accused former prime minister Kevin Rudd of misleading a Canberra parliamentary inquiry into media diversity, after he said “the truth in this building is everyone’s frightened of Murdoch”.
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Electronic voting systems maker Smartmatic on Thursday sued Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News cable network and Rudolph Giuliani, a lawyer for former President Donald Trump, claiming they defamed the company by falsely accusing it of helping to rig the US presidential election in favour of Joe Biden.
Sky News commentator and former chief of staff to Liberal Prime Minister Tony Abbott, Peta Credlin, has apologised to ex-Labor prime minister Kevin Rudd after falsely claiming his petition for a royal commission into the Murdoch media was a “data harvesting exercise”.
Rupert Murdoch’s US media operation has followed form in dealing with fluid political fortunes. It adapts, and waits, argues Denis Muller.
The impact of media concentration on Australian democracy is set to be explored in a new Senate inquiry approved days after a petition by former prime minister Kevin Rudd calling for a royal commission into Rupert Murdoch’s media empire – signed by half a million people – was tabled in parliament.
A record-breaking petition calling for a royal commission into the Murdoch media empire has been presented to federal parliament, with two former prime ministers saying Australia is on the US path to division unless it checks hyper-partisanship in the media.
