YouTube suspends Sky News over COVID content

Sky News Australia says it “expressly rejects” that any of its hosts ever denied the existence of COVID-19, after YouTube banned it from uploading content for one week just days before it begins free-to-air broadcasting into country South Australia and other regions across the nation.

Sky News intent on moving Australian politics to the right

Rupert Murdoch is following the US Fox News model in Australia but cultural differences here may temper its push, argues Denis Muller.

Arthur Sinodinis says a media business model is not to cover issues widely, but in a way to appeal to particular consumers. Photo: AAP/Dan Peled

Media partisanship a danger to science and democracy: Sinodinis

Arthur Sinodinos, former minister and Australia’s ambassador-designate to Washington, has warned that the media is becoming a polarised “battleground”, which is dangerous for democracy and science.

Dark side of Sky at night

Analysis of political content in one of Rupert Murdoch’s major outlets has demonstrated anti-Labor commentary is seven times more likely on the news service than negative rhetoric about the Coalition, says The New Daily’s John Stapleton.

Unleashed Latham too much even for "shouty" Sky

The media style of former Labor leader Mark Latham, sacked yesterday from Sky News, is part of a trend which doesn’t serve the public well, writes Michelle Grattan.