Showing posts with label murdoch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label murdoch. Show all posts
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Murdoch's Rats
Many of you will have heard of the ongoing media inquiry in the UK. If you ever want to see what absolute criminal scum Murdoch's 'journalists' are, feel free to go here and download the witness statements. Some of them make for some pretty scary reading.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
The Australian - Just like Pravda, but with footy.
A small comment on the spat between Robert Manne and the Australian, with a minor linkstorm.
What is freedom of speech, and when is it under attack?
Andrew Bolt's public waaaaahh over being found guilty. Also a good discussion of what freedom of speech is, for people who don't seem to know.
Science, Media and Climate Change
From The Conversation;
"Recent research at the University of Queensland found that among Australian politicians, the percentage whose views on climate are influenced by scientists — as opposed to, say, the local publican or barber — ranges from 44% to 98% across parties. The party at the bottom, which in its majority rejects science, is the Liberal party. The party that nearly exclusively prefers peer-reviewed science to gossip is the Greens. In this context, it is worth recalling that The Australian — taking a stand against radical activism and flying the banner of journalistic impartiality — has recently vowed to help destroy the Greens at the ballot box. This is what most people would call an agenda."
"Recent research at the University of Queensland found that among Australian politicians, the percentage whose views on climate are influenced by scientists — as opposed to, say, the local publican or barber — ranges from 44% to 98% across parties. The party at the bottom, which in its majority rejects science, is the Liberal party. The party that nearly exclusively prefers peer-reviewed science to gossip is the Greens. In this context, it is worth recalling that The Australian — taking a stand against radical activism and flying the banner of journalistic impartiality — has recently vowed to help destroy the Greens at the ballot box. This is what most people would call an agenda."
Something something Media goddamn liars something
Something interesting to check out (original link via News Stand - a good mob worth checking out, you can follow them on FB).
What the world thinks - our Carbon Tax
Avaaz, the international human rights advoacy group, has taken note of
the Murdoch Press' attempts to skew national perceptions on our
government's attempt to put a price on carbon, and is running a petition
(link below). Check it out, and if you are so inclined, feel free to
sign it. Make no mistake either way - industry lobby groups, large
swathes of the Australian media, and a good chunk of our
Parliamentarians are all lying to you shamelessly to scuttle any and all
attempts to do ANYTHING about carbon emissions and climate change.
The petition is here.
Some additional things to read and think about;
Opinion piece from the SMH
Australia overtakes US in CO2 output
UK PM Cameron on Carbon Tax
The petition is here.
Some additional things to read and think about;
Opinion piece from the SMH
Australia overtakes US in CO2 output
UK PM Cameron on Carbon Tax
Um, yeah media lying to me IS a big deal thx
It seems Julia Gillard thinks News Ltd is neat, phone hacking is no big deal and media regulation is not necessary in Australia.
If you think one of or all of these things is utter tosh, you may want to check out the petition attached. Otherwise, please move along, nothing to see here.
Sick of reading crap? Check out NewsStand - a new movement of Australians standing up for fair and diverse media.
Sick of the Murdoch press in Australia? Would you like to see greater regulation and scrutiny in Australian media? Then consider checking this out;
Even
as Murdoch's empire crumbles across the world, his Australian monopoly
can still hold politics hostage, manipulate public opinion, and hack our
phones. We urgently need an inquiry into our media ...
News and the phone hacking scandal
(Note: I'm putting some old news up on here, from comments I've made here and there in other online media, so that's why this is a bit out of date.)
I've been following the saga of horror that is News Int in the UK. Some
interesting things have popped up out of this story that I wasn't really
aware of here in Australia. Specifically, Murdoch's money-leviathan
owns 70% of Australian media. 70%. Let that sink in. This means that 70%
of our media could be about as reliable as Fox News. Some experts have
warned it won't be long before some Australian skeletons come tumbling
out of the closet. Oh... goody.
Murdoch owns all the News Ltd papers. I was going to try and list them, but sod it, skip to 'Holdings' on this entry in Wikipedia. Basically in Melbourne, unless you read The Age or The Star suburbans, you're reading a Murdoch rag. For a more complete list of News Corp holdings, have a gander at Murdoch's bag o' swag here
Heh, and I just found out avaaz.org are calling for donations to hire pi's to unveil as much corruption as possible in the Murdoch conglomerate worldwide.
Murdoch owns all the News Ltd papers. I was going to try and list them, but sod it, skip to 'Holdings' on this entry in Wikipedia. Basically in Melbourne, unless you read The Age or The Star suburbans, you're reading a Murdoch rag. For a more complete list of News Corp holdings, have a gander at Murdoch's bag o' swag here
Heh, and I just found out avaaz.org are calling for donations to hire pi's to unveil as much corruption as possible in the Murdoch conglomerate worldwide.
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