Well a quote that I think says it all...
"objectivity in a general-interest newspaper is a losing strategy." Well let's hope not, but it certainly seems that way when it comes to reading any of Murdoch's papers...
An interesting article in the NY Times regarding Murdoch's right-winged transformations in the Wall Street Journal. Yes scary, but true. When governments around the world keep allowing these media moguls to purchase paper after paper and tv station after tv station well what do you expect. I'm guessing what you expect is that they will then help pass on your governmental propoganda through the media but that is not always going to come back in your favour...so do us all a favour and allow us to have the opportunity to read 'news' from a variety of media owners - at least that way the government could be sure that their views would be wholly published by at least one media source, instead of being manipulated by both!
"But Mr. Murdoch and his lieutenants have made two significant bets: that the cachet and reputation of The Wall Street Journal are elastic enough to encompass a much broader array of news and that objectivity in a general-interest newspaper is a losing strategy."
- The Media Equation - Tilting to the Right at Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal - NYTimes.com (view on Google Sidewiki)
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