I'll support anything that fights against the polarization of this country. His own son described News Corp perfectly "disguising facts and endorsing disinformation'.
grasshopper man they’ve been brainwashed. Not to mention, the average Australian has little knowledge of what’s really going on in politics. Still, ignorance isn’t a good enough excuse, especially in the digital age.
I have to give props that comments are turned on , that’s rare , let’s us. Point out things like that the “impartial” ex ceo of news Corp rebut everything that Kevin and Malcolm said but didn’t allow them to rebut anything he said . Very fair and balanced reporting . In the wise words of @thejuicemedia “ cool and normal “
I would like to challenge the statement that an 'impartial ex ceo of news Corp' would fairly rebut Kevin and Malcolm. Even as a former employee of the media machine, they are still subject to public scrutiny from bodies such as the Murdoch press. Look no further than the case of Yassmin Abdel-Magied and how Newscorp had the power to smear someone for minor criticisms. Kim Williams would face a similar firing squad if he spoke ill of Newscorp practices.
@@alexanderfreeman3856 Yes , sorry I should have put it as “impartial “ I was joking that he’s a shill for the Murdock press 😊 and the least impartial person that could comment on this .
I don't know if they were saying he was impartial. After all, they did mention his affiliation. I think he was more just to present a voice from the Murdock side of the fence. For a media organization to be claiming that they are doing representative journalism, they do need to present both sides of any argument. I mean pretty much everything the guy said I found insulting to our intelligence or at best ridiculously naive but if your reporting on something and not taking sides you have to give everyone a voice. That is how democracy works too. Hell, the whole problem with Murdock is that the amount of ownership of the media he has drowns out most other voices.
Very subtle the way they present stories, leaving you believing one side more than the other. I can see how it works on the masses but if you're expecting it, it's quite jarring to see. Always get info from multiple sources and ask what is their agenda.
"People under 35 don't buy the paper." Is he somehow implying that the paper has no political sway? There's a lot of people over 35 who read those papers, and those people VOTE.
@@croweater6814 the problem is the birthrate in Aus, there's more over 35s then below so you only have to sway them to say the majority, the Boomers are still the majority
@@croweater6814 to be clear I wasn't saying that the birthrate going down is a problem I'm saying the problem is that the over 35's still dominate the majority, so the 'problem' in this case is that argument that young people aren't affected by his media monopoly (which is false as NewsCorp still control the narrative on ALL media as they own the largest share)
@@croweater6814 hey man I think you got totally the wrong idea on my comment, I was only pointing out his dismissal of newspapers being a political influence was incorrect.
The Nordic Countries are visionary. If they had the population of a country like the USA, they'd be the penultimate superpower. Lacking population is their only weakness.
@@croweater6814 Freedom of speech is fine. Blatant Narcissistic falsehoods, day after day after day, is not. Especially not on national broadcasters. If they ABC have to maintain media standards, those standards should be extended to Murdoch Media, especially with all the money the government throws at them.
@@croweater6814 in your neighborhood, there is no obligation for it to be in the investigative media. The media is for truth; or at least its supposed to be.
@@alb6354 Come on news corp literally has a far right political agenda, and you think that there is no problem in having them own all the newspaper in queensland?
@@alb6354 leftist prime ministers!? What a classic. What makes them leftist? Wow, bootlicker considers anyone who's not a radical conservative rightwinger as leftist.
Good to see someone trying to do something, however it's abit concerning to see there are those out there who think this is a "secondary issue" considering the fact that the average joe often believes what they see and hear from the news and media without much thought.
Should have been sorted the day Howard changed foreign media ownership laws. Who thought that was a good idea, besides globalists wanting to control the global narrative. No wonder they are biased.
I missed who the bald guy with glasses was and couldn't figure out why everything he said seemed wrong. It was Kim Williams - former News Corp CEO, Why did he get so much air time in this piece?
Because he really doesn't realise how obvious he is, and so he easily sums up the entire process unintentionally. Basically, he doesn't realise he is a meme.
while the caption said FMR News Corp CEO, it was spoken at 4:10 that he is an ABC executive. that the ABC can still be talked about as some sort of leftist machine with Kim Williams on the board is another flag to how the murdoch media influences the perception of the public.
Because Kim Williams was CEO of News Corp Australia and was a senior executive at the ABC. Consider Williams as Murdoch's man in the ABC sizing it up for a privatized takeover. Understand that working for Murdoch and News Corp is like booking in to the Hotel California; you can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.
yeah it's the ABC... its funny how all the LNP sheeples cry that the ABC is a tool of the left but they forget... in the end their boss is the current Australian Government which is the LNP... so anything reported on with this Murdoch Media investigation is always going to be skewed towards news corp because the LNP wouldn't give up having such a powerful ally just look at how far the SMH has falllen in the past few years... its literally just LNP lackeys running around smearing stories for the LNP
Mr Rudd you were taken out by the Rich of Australia who did not like your Wealth Tax. And we all know that the Rich of Australia stick together ad they stick to Murdoch and his power. I think you were an awesome Prime Minister.
@@croweater6814 all julia did was replace him as his ratings dropped through the roof due to the blitz of murdochs attack on him. Open your eyes crow winter is coming.
Kim Williams misrepresented the intent of the commission in this interview. He states how dangerous it is for governments to interfere editorially and yet the the commission is about media diversity. The ideal is Newscorp entities can continue writing and televising exactly as they are right now but within a landscape of healthy competition and alternate views.
Trust abc news to totally miss the point: "The public has the right to not buy the paper" goes against the fact that we have a media monopoly in Queensland.
@@coal_man although not owned by Murdoch, it's funding is dependent on the government. That government is heavily influenced by Murdoch, and the ABC knows that.
What do u mean, everything is overly slanted toward the left ( murdoch media) the right barely has a look in at all🤷♂️ Its gotten to the state where if you want any truth at all you need to go to independent media...
As a non Australian he should be excluded from owning Australian media and especially multiple streams e.g newspapers, TV etc. After what Fox news has done to America he and his ilk need to thrown out of Aus!
@@coal_man that is a true comment Murdoch took up residence in the United States in 1974 and became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1985, based in New York City. He gave up his Australian citizenship to acquire American media assets. He thought nothing of Aus then and if you check out what his Fox Fake News network has done to divide the US maybe you would be better informed. This is not about boats and I was not for stopping them
@@coal_man how the hell do you come to the conclusion that not wanting foreign media empires influencing our media means you have to be again helping refugees? That's gotta be the worst argument I've heard the bots bring up.
If only Murdoch had fallen into one of his printing presses in the 50s. What a different place the world would be without his toxic influence on politics.
Here's an idea.. next time Labor puts forward a policy of MEDIA reform.. *maybe the Greens and the far left can support them* instead of siding with Abbott and Murdoch and voting against reform.
@@ianlong9283 At least in the western media context it seems that in order to enact change it might be more effective to have a shares certificate than a ballot paper. Perhaps Turnbull being a moderate was the only chance of a liberal speaking up about the dangers obvious media bias.
I don't see anything wrong when the Commission say recommending a cap on how many newspapers a single company can own in one state and on a national level, let's say One Newspaper per state and territory, two on a national level, one TV network and no more, any attempt to skirt the rules should be treated with fines up to the entire yearly operating costs of said Media organization. That would be fair, it would transparent and most of all it would democratic.
"media is a secondary issue" - implying that having a monopoly of control on the information the entire nation consumes isn't EXTREMELY dangerous to functional democracy.
“What would a royal commission recommend” Hopefully a regulation on a single company owning a whole sates print media like they have in Queensland, the concept is to hopefully prevent a monopoly. If media publication all have at the least different agendas it shows a more broad spectrum of political views.
You don’t need a Royal commission into media ownership. Just look at Perth. Channel 7, The West Australian (plus its 20+ regional titles) and The Sunday Times are all as one now.
The ABC gave a lot of space to someone speaking in Murdoch's defence. Would Murdoch's media do the same thing if the boot was on the other foot? I didn't think so.
I have witnessed campaigning and outright propaganda styled reporting which makes it hard to take Australia news outlets seriously these days. It is clear that presenting unbias facts is not the main agenda of many in the industry. This is deeply concerning and something needs to be done.
I signed the request for a royal commission I believe News Corp share of all media in Australia should be reduced to a fraction the rest sols off to new domestic independent media -foreigners not allowed to participate
Why worry about newspapers only old people read them.... Who are old people? They are your boss, your landlord and the people who own everything worth owning where you live. They are the people on your council, the ceo, your local member, the people making decisions and the people benefiting from those decisions.
The News corp CEO presents the wrong side of this debate with such reason and *apparent* logic. But that's just the surface my friends. Unfortunately he doesn't realise audiences can think for themselves. The younger generations are fed up with your bull sh*t
@4:27 Listen to the point he is making. The commissions achieve nothing, but when they happen (what he is saying is akin to governments interfering editorially) it's a slippery slope. So at the same time he's saying they don't have any effect but there is a danger they'll have too much effect. A completely unsound logical argument.
The federal government should create multiple new government-owned media corporations, and after they become profitable sell them off to their employees and require by law they remain employee-owned corporations and be politically independent. Hopefully with many of them, there'll be more competition in the media and it'll break Murdoch's almost monopoly on media in Australia.
I think it's pretty simple - Fox has destroyed America and we don't want that to happen here. Newscorp should be forced to be split up into much smaller independent sections and the government should invest in a journalism fund to keep journalism sustainable.
Manipulate the truth and you can manipulate reality. The power of suggestion is severely underrated. You have to watch closely those who spew lies as truth because not everyone knows what confirmation bias means. Reality is subjective because the tools for our discernment are subjective. 😉
"What will it operationally recommend to the government above and beyond the vast regulation that already surrounds Australian media?" Isn't that the whole point in having the Royal Commission, to find the answer to that exact question?
I support the royal commission on Murdoch. It is obviously he has too much influence. Much more so than the Chinese. I've stopped reading his news paper and watch his TV news programs (sky and fox news) as it is hilariously obvious very one sided.
I think a Royal Commission would be useful. Break up the right wing News Corp monopoly. Defund the left wing news arm of the ABC (maintain funding just for arts, culture and entertainment). Prescribe social media platforms as publishers and hold them liable for content. All would certainly help diversify the media.
Media Watch did a far more damning piece on Murdoch's propaganda machine. This was a mild "here's what one side says" and "here's what the other side says"
I assume they didn't mention it because there was no evidence linking Murdoch to it. As CEO he was ultimately responsible and apologised for the phone hacking scandal but it appears he knew nothing about it.
intervention is wrong and that's why we shouldn't humble media demagogues? I would argue that's exactly why we SHOULD take them down a peg or several hundred. They intervene in global politics to devastating effect. It's NOT their job to intervene, that title belongs to those who represent our democracy. All they must be allowed is to report balanced facts and data, nothing more nothing less. They need to be put on a leash.
ABC’s (fair and balanced coverage) Format Rudd or Turnbull: Make serious and legitimate claims about Newscorp influence. Murdoch Lacky: Misrepresents how media influence actually works and tells you not to worry. FIN
Correct, the government should have nothing to do with guiding editorial outcome, but it should have all to do with making sure there's multiple individual editors, which at the moment there isn't.
'Royal commission into media is a secondary issue". Very fabric of Australian democracy is is being undermined using daily propaganda, not sure how this is a secondary issue.
So we're meant to listen to the rebuttal from a newscorp ex ceo and an MP that ran next to the one currently under investigation for corruption? Something fishy here
Someone needs to educate Pru that the right to fair and unbiased press is equally fundamental an priority as child sexual abuse, disability and aged care...if not then what she is saying is that it's ok to address the issues she mentions and that the it's not important to address Australias democratic right to honest and unbiase media.
Well, I think that Murdoch's track record shows very clearly the contention of this program. I always thought Italy's Berlusconi was Bad, be compare to Murdoch, Berlusconi was just a Coire boy! I remember vividly that Tony Blair before his election going to Australia. Murdoch is THE Kingmaker. His first stop was News Corp's HQ and not the capital Adelaide. As a thank you, Murdoch was able to snap up On Digital's license, after some schenannegans around broadcast monopoly issues, that resulted in making Sky the cable/Satellite TV monopolist. Then, look at Fox News, at Sky TV. Can any media outlet be any more partisan? I think not. Murdoch needs to be curtailed.
If you’re wondering why they gave that Bald guy so much air time it’s because he’s a former CEO of Murdoch media and former CEO’s of Murdoch media sit on the ABC board.
They need to be held accountable for what they report regardless of the platform. If they are found to be spreading lies then they must be forced to spend the same amount of time during the same hours to undo the damage. Their "opinion" propagators need to be held accountable when they spread un founded lies and need to be forced to correct their information in the same way. What rubbish sign off that we could just stop buying the news from them its the people that are buying it that are miss informed and feeling vindicated on their actions which are the ones that need help.
Definitely a discussion worth having. It's obvious that it's not in the best interests of the general public to have one operator dictating the perceptions of the masses. Its my "opinion" that within the coming decade, most people will be receiving the majority of their content online anyway. It feels redundant to be focusing on Murdoch when the true power of information sharing will be solely under the Big Tech umbrella. I'd love to see a Royal Commission into Google/Facebook etc regarding the everyday person's individual sovereignty and privacy rights.
This report misses the point of Murdoch's control of the narrative. It is simplistic and silly to suggest you can just not read his paper / watch his news.
This could be a *winning election strategy by Labor.* All attacks by Newscorp are suddenly framed as _pure self interest_ by Murdoch in order to keep his Empire and his control of Australia's media landscape. And the attacks will prove Labor's point that Murdoch has _to much power_ and personally interferes with and controls Australian Politics. And there's no downside for Labor. *"But Murdoch and Newscorp will be relentless in their partisan attacks on Labor during the election"* I hear you say through a rhetorical device. So? They do that anyway, this will just lessen the pubic effectiveness of those attacks as it will be seen as Murdoch trying to save his own arse. Unless Labor goes to the next election with a policy of giving the ABC and SBS to Newscorp, Murdoch will ruthlessly and relentlessly pillory them. There's no point in not trying to antagone someone who kicks you in the head, your only option is to fight back, instead of the ongoing Labor response of complaining about being unfairly kicked in the head while they are lying on the ground getting the boot put in. Tactically Labor could get help from the moderate wing of the Liberal Party as well, after all it was Murdoch that got Turnbull knifed and replaced by a climate change denier. They would resent that Murdoch effectively calls the shots for the Liberal Party through Sky News and his papers. Labor should also take a leaf out of Machiavelli and try to destroy Murdoch utterly. Don't try to limit him a little bit, break up Newscorps monopoly and powerbase in Australia, so that Ruperts opinions become irrelevant to Australian society. Otherwise if he's just wounded, then he's still a problem. Appeasing Rupert Murdoch has not been a successful strategy.
To suggest who dishes out the information is “relatively unimportant” is utterly ridiculous. Information is power and it’s control is being shown to be incredibly dangerous on a world stage during this US election. A monopoly is not in anyone’s best interest.
@1.50 of course they are they have every reason to be when you control what people see and hear, your job is to report the news not to influence what news the Voters get.
Fmr NewsCorp boss Kim Williams is way too cute with the truth. He states that people have the right to choice but fails to acknowledge that when 70% of the media is owned by one company that chooses to be heavily biased and protectionist to one strain of ideology within a political party it is an argument very thin on integrity & reality. To say that the media is not a critical component of our democracy is absurd. Kim also reckons that despite the publics undeniable preference for Climate action its just a few ill informed commentators that are in opposition. This is a flat out lie. We all know that these commentators sit in the prime times and have been over and over corrected and directed towards the truth but they keep lying. We know they are also part of a coordinated political campaign across the Murdoch mastheads & the LNP. For a start Murdoch must be made to reduce his influence by at least two thirds.
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I'll support anything that fights against the polarization of this country. His own son described News Corp perfectly "disguising facts and endorsing disinformation'.
goes way back. most people can't handle the truth
grasshopper man they’ve been brainwashed. Not to mention, the average Australian has little knowledge of what’s really going on in politics. Still, ignorance isn’t a good enough excuse, especially in the digital age.
@@marmadukescarlet7791 Enough não e só eu que what Enough Greta TBM .what Enough .😆🤳
He went full Roy Logan.
@@jesusislukeskywalker4294 most never see it
Break the Murdoch press up and don't allow anyone to own so much media.
Break them up!
Don't support one party!
Diversity of assets Now!
I agree. No one man should be allowed to own any more than say three news outlets. Otherwise the media begins to run the country.
Who should own and run these media outlets if not him
@@waenga23 other people, let competition exist
@@waenga23 multiple different people, that's the point.
I have to give props that comments are turned on , that’s rare , let’s us. Point out things like that the “impartial” ex ceo of news Corp rebut everything that Kevin and Malcolm said but didn’t allow them to rebut anything he said . Very fair and balanced reporting .
In the wise words of @thejuicemedia “ cool and normal “
I would like to challenge the statement that an 'impartial ex ceo of news Corp' would fairly rebut Kevin and Malcolm. Even as a former employee of the media machine, they are still subject to public scrutiny from bodies such as the Murdoch press.
Look no further than the case of Yassmin Abdel-Magied and how Newscorp had the power to smear someone for minor criticisms.
Kim Williams would face a similar firing squad if he spoke ill of Newscorp practices.
@@alexanderfreeman3856 Yes , sorry I should have put it as “impartial “ I was joking that he’s a shill for the Murdock press 😊 and the least impartial person that could comment on this .
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Punctuation is king 😁
I don't know if they were saying he was impartial. After all, they did mention his affiliation. I think he was more just to present a voice from the Murdock side of the fence. For a media organization to be claiming that they are doing representative journalism, they do need to present both sides of any argument. I mean pretty much everything the guy said I found insulting to our intelligence or at best ridiculously naive but if your reporting on something and not taking sides you have to give everyone a voice. That is how democracy works too. Hell, the whole problem with Murdock is that the amount of ownership of the media he has drowns out most other voices.
Very subtle the way they present stories, leaving you believing one side more than the other. I can see how it works on the masses but if you're expecting it, it's quite jarring to see. Always get info from multiple sources and ask what is their agenda.
"People under 35 don't buy the paper." Is he somehow implying that the paper has no political sway? There's a lot of people over 35 who read those papers, and those people VOTE.
Also even if nobody read the papers murdoch controls the agenda through having the majority of journalists in the press gallery
@@croweater6814 Sorry, not sure if you're agreeing with me here, or calling me the dingus? Both the guy in the video, and I, are Australian.
@@croweater6814 the problem is the birthrate in Aus, there's more over 35s then below so you only have to sway them to say the majority, the Boomers are still the majority
@@croweater6814 to be clear I wasn't saying that the birthrate going down is a problem I'm saying the problem is that the over 35's still dominate the majority, so the 'problem' in this case is that argument that young people aren't affected by his media monopoly (which is false as NewsCorp still control the narrative on ALL media as they own the largest share)
@@croweater6814 hey man I think you got totally the wrong idea on my comment, I was only pointing out his dismissal of newspapers being a political influence was incorrect.
The Danes banned Murdoch, so should we.
Sky News UK.
Wow, I didn't know that, smart move by the Danish government
The Nordic Countries are visionary. If they had the population of a country like the USA, they'd be the penultimate superpower.
Lacking population is their only weakness.
@@croweater6814 Freedom of speech is fine. Blatant Narcissistic falsehoods, day after day after day, is not.
Especially not on national broadcasters.
If they ABC have to maintain media standards, those standards should be extended to Murdoch Media, especially with all the money the government throws at them.
@@croweater6814 in your neighborhood, there is no obligation for it to be in the investigative media.
The media is for truth; or at least its supposed to be.
Wow... former CEO of News Corp thinks there's nothing wrong with newscorp.
Shocking.
Equally wow! Pair of failed leftist prime ministers think there is a conspiracy against them.
@@alb6354 Come on news corp literally has a far right political agenda, and you think that there is no problem in having them own all the newspaper in queensland?
@@alb6354 leftist prime ministers!? What a classic. What makes them leftist? Wow, bootlicker considers anyone who's not a radical conservative rightwinger as leftist.
he's just a straight up snake
just don't buy a Murdoch paper? ok sure I'll just buy one of the competing... oh wait he owns every single paper in QLD.
@@croweater6814 unfortunately, the mainstream media still relies on newspapers to get their talking points from
how come Labor won the state election then?
@@owenb7911we won Inspite of the media bise just look up the coverage from back then
@@croweater6814 queensland
@@croweater6814 what andrews did worked. cant deny that my dude
Good to see someone trying to do something, however it's abit concerning to see there are those out there who think this is a "secondary issue" considering the fact that the average joe often believes what they see and hear from the news and media without much thought.
Yeah wtf "secondary issue"!? This directly relates to the functioning of our democracy, one of the largest issues we face.
@@zacheddy7700 I'm not criticising the ABC, I don't think Turnbull or Rudd were downplaying, just that NSW woman.
Should have been sorted the day Howard changed foreign media ownership laws. Who thought that was a good idea, besides globalists wanting to control the global narrative. No wonder they are biased.
Rudd and Turnbull are entirely correct. I've closely followed media dynamics in Oz for 30 years. They're speaking the truth.
"What will a Royal commission recommend?" DIVERSITY...DIVERSITY...DIVERSITY
Diversity of assets I support, split them up!
@@krystal5887 in this case it is, rudd x turnbull together we are strong to challenge murdoch media empire.
strength in unity
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@@krystal5887 it's not just Labor politicians saying that. Almost everyone other than conservatives would be closer to reality.
I missed who the bald guy with glasses was and couldn't figure out why everything he said seemed wrong. It was Kim Williams - former News Corp CEO, Why did he get so much air time in this piece?
Because he really doesn't realise how obvious he is, and so he easily sums up the entire process unintentionally.
Basically, he doesn't realise he is a meme.
Everything he said was a giant WTF
while the caption said FMR News Corp CEO, it was spoken at 4:10 that he is an ABC executive.
that the ABC can still be talked about as some sort of leftist machine with Kim Williams on the board is another flag to how the murdoch media influences the perception of the public.
Because Kim Williams was CEO of News Corp Australia and was a senior executive at the ABC. Consider Williams as Murdoch's man in the ABC sizing it up for a privatized takeover. Understand that working for Murdoch and News Corp is like booking in to the Hotel California; you can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.
@@duncandrummond726 They are gutting the ABC from the inside.
Is it just me, or did they seem to give the News Corp lackey way more time to speak than anyone else?
The ABC is so whipped to the LNP that won't even use this opportunity to save themselves.
He gave himself that time, he's an exec at the ABC now.
yeah it's the ABC... its funny how all the LNP sheeples cry that the ABC is a tool of the left but they forget... in the end their boss is the current Australian Government
which is the LNP... so anything reported on with this Murdoch Media investigation is always going to be skewed towards news corp because the LNP wouldn't give up having such a powerful ally
just look at how far the SMH has falllen in the past few years... its literally just LNP lackeys running around smearing stories for the LNP
cringe at the old, 'is it just me' opener. try to be original luvvy!
@@bucolicbovine3860 says the one using the word, cringe
Mr Rudd you were taken out by the Rich of Australia who did not like your Wealth Tax. And we all know that the Rich of Australia stick together ad they stick to Murdoch and his power.
I think you were an awesome Prime Minister.
@@croweater6814 all julia did was replace him as his ratings dropped through the roof due to the blitz of murdochs attack on him. Open your eyes crow winter is coming.
@@croweater6814 yea murdoch is part of faceless men with agendas you peacock.
@@croweater6814 didnt know you had to be a member of parliament to influence it. Guess you Learn something new everyday(sarcasm)
Kim Williams misrepresented the intent of the commission in this interview. He states how dangerous it is for governments to interfere editorially and yet the the commission is about media diversity. The ideal is Newscorp entities can continue writing and televising exactly as they are right now but within a landscape of healthy competition and alternate views.
This is right.
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it." ― Upton Sinclair
Trust abc news to totally miss the point: "The public has the right to not buy the paper" goes against the fact that we have a media monopoly in Queensland.
Abc is shitting themselves because they dont want murdoch to defund them again. Remember nurdoch owns most of the government through fear.
@@coal_man although not owned by Murdoch, it's funding is dependent on the government. That government is heavily influenced by Murdoch, and the ABC knows that.
@@coal_man what a pointless thing to say.
It's not just Turnbull and Rudd. It's 400,000 Australian people.
and radio don't forget radio, millions of Australians listen to rubbish right wing owned radio stations while at work or on the way to from etc..
well they could always listen to the rubbish on the *tax-payer funded* left-wing stations (if they so chose)
How about centrist factual news and reporting with integrity without left wing or right wing lies. Kill news Corp!
Just dont listen to the radio. Get a Spotify, some audio books, or audio lectures. Problem solved
You're right. We can't have anything else but left wing propaganda on our radios, people may start thinking for themselves.
What do u mean, everything is overly slanted toward the left ( murdoch media) the right barely has a look in at all🤷♂️
Its gotten to the state where if you want any truth at all you need to go to independent media...
As a non Australian he should be excluded from owning Australian media and especially multiple streams e.g newspapers, TV etc. After what Fox news has done to America he and his ilk need to thrown out of Aus!
same as sky news too.
@@coal_man that is a true comment Murdoch took up residence in the United States in 1974 and became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1985, based in New York City. He gave up his Australian citizenship to acquire American media assets. He thought nothing of Aus then and if you check out what his Fox Fake News network has done to divide the US maybe you would be better informed. This is not about boats and I was not for stopping them
@@coal_man how the hell do you come to the conclusion that not wanting foreign media empires influencing our media means you have to be again helping refugees? That's gotta be the worst argument I've heard the bots bring up.
Get Murdoch media of ALL forms out of Australia, ethically, orally unfit to hold a media license here🤬🤬🤬🤬
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Best thing that happend to NZ media. 👋🏻👋🏻 Keith. Not missed.
I surely hope that Turnbull and Rudd are successful in bringing down Murdoch
If only Murdoch had fallen into one of his printing presses in the 50s. What a different place the world would be without his toxic influence on politics.
Here's an idea.. next time Labor puts forward a policy of MEDIA reform.. *maybe the Greens and the far left can support them* instead of siding with Abbott and Murdoch and voting against reform.
People shouldn't be afraid of their Government, but they should be afraid of a commercially interested media, Both sides of government obviously are.
nah one side is cool with it because they are also all about corporate interests. I'm pretty sure you can tell which one that is from this video.
@@ianlong9283 At least in the western media context it seems that in order to enact change it might be more effective to have a shares certificate than a ballot paper. Perhaps Turnbull being a moderate was the only chance of a liberal speaking up about the dangers obvious media bias.
I don't see anything wrong when the Commission say recommending a cap on how many newspapers a single company can own in one state and on a national level, let's say One Newspaper per state and territory, two on a national level, one TV network and no more, any attempt to skirt the rules should be treated with fines up to the entire yearly operating costs of said Media organization. That would be fair, it would transparent and most of all it would democratic.
"media is a secondary issue" - implying that having a monopoly of control on the information the entire nation consumes isn't EXTREMELY dangerous to functional democracy.
It’s very simple: break up the huge media companies. It needs to happen in Australia and it desperately needs to happen here in the States.
Kim Williams clutching his pearls and talking about everyday australians LMAO, ok boomer.
Ex News Corp CEO now on ABC board claiming there is no problem with News Corp monopoly. I'm surprised.
Fundamentally an insipid human being
'clutching pearls' that old bourgeois tramp stamp.
Thank you ABC for leaving comments on. This is a sign of integrity in this day and age.
“What would a royal commission recommend”
Hopefully a regulation on a single company owning a whole sates print media like they have in Queensland, the concept is to hopefully prevent a monopoly. If media publication all have at the least different agendas it shows a more broad spectrum of political views.
So the majority of the time in this piece is given to an ex News Corp CEO and a Liberal politician. ABC is such a joke these days.
I pleased to see Kim Williams at the end of the segment encouraging a peoples boycott of News Corp.
You don’t need a Royal commission into media ownership. Just look at Perth.
Channel 7, The West Australian (plus its 20+ regional titles) and The Sunday Times are all as one now.
And are dwarfed in comparrison to the Murdoch empire.
One rightwing conglomerate to another... Though Murdoch is a lot bigger.
How about no bought press
It's all FAKE NEWS as Trump would say.
Royal commission is to dismantle the empire
Younger people may not read physical newspapers, but we read online news articles published by these newspapers. This is a null point.
A-B-O-U-T T-I-M-E !!! How has it taken this long?!
Accountability to media will lead to accountability to politicians. The public need the truth.
Absolutely love the bald chap watering the discussion down to a case of "if no one buys physical papers, then we'll get the message".
does that former CEO know these media corps have social media/online presence? their reach online is huge
It's about time some put Murdoch to task.
Perhaps the ABC shouldn't use so many Murdoch journalists as commentators on Insiders etc.
Perhaps the ABC is just as biased as News Corp or any other media for that matter.
that bald turtle is a real spin artist, it was almost fascinating to watch him work.
The ABC gave a lot of space to someone speaking in Murdoch's defence. Would Murdoch's media do the same thing if the boot was on the other foot? I didn't think so.
I have witnessed campaigning and outright propaganda styled reporting which makes it hard to take Australia news outlets seriously these days. It is clear that presenting unbias facts is not the main agenda of many in the industry. This is deeply concerning and something needs to be done.
I signed the request for a royal commission I believe News Corp share of all media in Australia should be reduced to a fraction the rest sols off to new domestic independent media -foreigners not allowed to participate
The fact that ABC gave the Murdoch tool more air time than Kevin shows just how much they are under his thumb, without even being owned by him... yet.
Why worry about newspapers only old people read them.... Who are old people? They are your boss, your landlord and the people who own everything worth owning where you live. They are the people on your council, the ceo, your local member, the people making decisions and the people benefiting from those decisions.
The News corp CEO presents the wrong side of this debate with such reason and *apparent* logic. But that's just the surface my friends. Unfortunately he doesn't realise audiences can think for themselves. The younger generations are fed up with your bull sh*t
I lived in Aus while Rudd was PM. He did a great job!
We need a diverse media. And a media that reports news, not try and be the news. Great initiative Mr Rudd & Mr Turnbull.
People love to conveniently ignore the cross media ownership laws
Rudd and Turnbull together? Things must be pretty bad for this to be necessary
"You will have our opinion, or you will be silenced."
@4:27 Listen to the point he is making. The commissions achieve nothing, but when they happen (what he is saying is akin to governments interfering editorially) it's a slippery slope. So at the same time he's saying they don't have any effect but there is a danger they'll have too much effect. A completely unsound logical argument.
The federal government should create multiple new government-owned media corporations, and after they become profitable sell them off to their employees and require by law they remain employee-owned corporations and be politically independent. Hopefully with many of them, there'll be more competition in the media and it'll break Murdoch's almost monopoly on media in Australia.
While we are at it, Google, Facebook, Twitter RUclips etc need to stop their shenanigans
If only the whole labour party votes for an investigation. We could have had royal commission investigation started long ago.
I think it's pretty simple - Fox has destroyed America and we don't want that to happen here. Newscorp should be forced to be split up into much smaller independent sections and the government should invest in a journalism fund to keep journalism sustainable.
About time people chase that toxic mess from Australia
Murdoch's Fox New is half of the USA's problem right now.
Free press is important.
Manipulate the truth and you can manipulate reality. The power of suggestion is severely underrated. You have to watch closely those who spew lies as truth because not everyone knows what confirmation bias means. Reality is subjective because the tools for our discernment are subjective. 😉
"What will it operationally recommend to the government above and beyond the vast regulation that already surrounds Australian media?" Isn't that the whole point in having the Royal Commission, to find the answer to that exact question?
I support the royal commission on Murdoch. It is obviously he has too much influence. Much more so than the Chinese. I've stopped reading his news paper and watch his TV news programs (sky and fox news) as it is hilariously obvious very one sided.
I think a Royal Commission would be useful. Break up the right wing News Corp monopoly. Defund the left wing news arm of the ABC (maintain funding just for arts, culture and entertainment). Prescribe social media platforms as publishers and hold them liable for content. All would certainly help diversify the media.
Presenting Kim Williams as a skeptic and not a shill with self interest is hilarious 🤣
Oh so the CEO of newscorp doesn't want a royal commission? WHAT A SURPRISE
FMR News Corp CEO talking about democracy and thinking...the irony
Media Watch did a far more damning piece on Murdoch's propaganda machine. This was a mild "here's what one side says" and "here's what the other side says"
Limit the market share of this feen. He's been ruining a muck 4 years.HE GETS 2 DECIDE,SET THE POLITICAL NARRATIVE...WRROONNG.
Murdoch is bad but so is ABC, nine, seven and 10.
They all need to be thrown out.
Practically all of the Aussie media needs to be kicked out. Luckily, there are a few groups that stay non-biased.
Clean up social too
'News of the World'. Why didn't the 7.30 Report mention that? It's relevant to character assessment.
We have the daily mail and herald sun.
I assume they didn't mention it because there was no evidence linking Murdoch to it. As CEO he was ultimately responsible and apologised for the phone hacking scandal but it appears he knew nothing about it.
@@travelpanda7267 then at least it highlights incompetence. Could be repeated!
intervention is wrong and that's why we shouldn't humble media demagogues? I would argue that's exactly why we SHOULD take them down a peg or several hundred. They intervene in global politics to devastating effect. It's NOT their job to intervene, that title belongs to those who represent our democracy. All they must be allowed is to report balanced facts and data, nothing more nothing less. They need to be put on a leash.
ABC’s (fair and balanced coverage) Format
Rudd or Turnbull: Make serious and legitimate claims about Newscorp influence.
Murdoch Lacky: Misrepresents how media influence actually works and tells you not to worry.
FIN
What do you think is Turbull's most compelling argument against News limited ?
Correct, the government should have nothing to do with guiding editorial outcome, but it should have all to do with making sure there's multiple individual editors, which at the moment there isn't.
There has to be a bus with Murdochs name on the front of it.
'Royal commission into media is a secondary issue". Very fabric of Australian democracy is is being undermined using daily propaganda, not sure how this is a secondary issue.
So we're meant to listen to the rebuttal from a newscorp ex ceo and an MP that ran next to the one currently under investigation for corruption? Something fishy here
Someone needs to educate Pru that the right to fair and unbiased press is equally fundamental an priority as child sexual abuse, disability and aged care...if not then what she is saying is that it's ok to address the issues she mentions and that the it's not important to address Australias democratic right to honest and unbiase media.
Well, I think that Murdoch's track record shows very clearly the contention of this program.
I always thought Italy's Berlusconi was Bad, be compare to Murdoch, Berlusconi was just a Coire boy!
I remember vividly that Tony Blair before his election going to Australia. Murdoch is THE Kingmaker. His first stop was News Corp's HQ and not the capital Adelaide.
As a thank you, Murdoch was able to snap up On Digital's license, after some schenannegans around broadcast monopoly issues, that resulted in making Sky the cable/Satellite TV monopolist.
Then, look at Fox News, at Sky TV. Can any media outlet be any more partisan? I think not.
Murdoch needs to be curtailed.
The royal commission didn't go ahead? smh absolutely disgraceful.
God, could NewsCorp stooge Kim Williams look and sound any more like a NewsCorp stooge??
If you’re wondering why they gave that Bald guy so much air time it’s because he’s a former CEO of Murdoch media and former CEO’s of Murdoch media sit on the ABC board.
They need to be held accountable for what they report regardless of the platform. If they are found to be spreading lies then they must be forced to spend the same amount of time during the same hours to undo the damage. Their "opinion" propagators need to be held accountable when they spread un founded lies and need to be forced to correct their information in the same way. What rubbish sign off that we could just stop buying the news from them its the people that are buying it that are miss informed and feeling vindicated on their actions which are the ones that need help.
Definitely a discussion worth having. It's obvious that it's not in the best interests of the general public to have one operator dictating the perceptions of the masses. Its my "opinion" that within the coming decade, most people will be receiving the majority of their content online anyway. It feels redundant to be focusing on Murdoch when the true power of information sharing will be solely under the Big Tech umbrella. I'd love to see a Royal Commission into Google/Facebook etc regarding the everyday person's individual sovereignty and privacy rights.
This report misses the point of Murdoch's control of the narrative. It is simplistic and silly to suggest you can just not read his paper / watch his news.
This could be a *winning election strategy by Labor.*
All attacks by Newscorp are suddenly framed as _pure self interest_ by Murdoch in order to keep his Empire and his control of Australia's media landscape.
And the attacks will prove Labor's point that Murdoch has _to much power_ and personally interferes with and controls Australian Politics.
And there's no downside for Labor.
*"But Murdoch and Newscorp will be relentless in their partisan attacks on Labor during the election"* I hear you say through a rhetorical device.
So?
They do that anyway, this will just lessen the pubic effectiveness of those attacks as it will be seen as Murdoch trying to save his own arse.
Unless Labor goes to the next election with a policy of giving the ABC and SBS to Newscorp, Murdoch will ruthlessly and relentlessly pillory them. There's no point in not trying to antagone someone who kicks you in the head, your only option is to fight back, instead of the ongoing Labor response of complaining about being unfairly kicked in the head while they are lying on the ground getting the boot put in.
Tactically Labor could get help from the moderate wing of the Liberal Party as well, after all it was Murdoch that got Turnbull knifed and replaced by a climate change denier. They would resent that Murdoch effectively calls the shots for the Liberal Party through Sky News and his papers.
Labor should also take a leaf out of Machiavelli and try to destroy Murdoch utterly. Don't try to limit him a little bit, break up Newscorps monopoly and powerbase in Australia, so that Ruperts opinions become irrelevant to Australian society.
Otherwise if he's just wounded, then he's still a problem.
Appeasing Rupert Murdoch has not been a successful strategy.
It's all about the Murdoch media monopoly
To suggest who dishes out the information is “relatively unimportant” is utterly ridiculous. Information is power and it’s control is being shown to be incredibly dangerous on a world stage during this US election. A monopoly is not in anyone’s best interest.
By sheer volume alone one man can drown out all voices who oppose him. Isn’t that a little sus bro?
@1.50 of course they are they have every reason to be when you control what people see and hear, your job is to report the news not to influence what news the Voters get.
It's not OK for Murdoch to be partial, but it's OK for the ABC to be partial
I've got the power!!!! Rupert theme song lol
Who appointed Kim Williams to the ABC Board?
Fmr NewsCorp boss Kim Williams is way too cute with the truth. He states that people have the right to choice but fails to acknowledge that when 70% of the media is owned by one company that chooses to be heavily biased and protectionist to one strain of ideology within a political party it is an argument very thin on integrity & reality. To say that the media is not a critical component of our democracy is absurd. Kim also reckons that despite the publics undeniable preference for Climate action its just a few ill informed commentators that are in opposition. This is a flat out lie. We all know that these commentators sit in the prime times and have been over and over corrected and directed towards the truth but they keep lying. We know they are also part of a coordinated political campaign across the Murdoch mastheads & the LNP. For a start Murdoch must be made to reduce his influence by at least two thirds.
Where are the labor ministers? How can you do this story and only interview liberal ministers??
To much power - he's basically the William Randolph Hurst of our time.
We need to take him down and make him more accountable.
That’s why I’m never understand Fox News 😂
3:30 Kim Williams... Really fits the bill to head up the Australian arm of the Murdoch Gutter Press and Broadcast Media. He's as slimy as Murdoch is.
A self aware marionette, Pinocchio.
We the people want NO SUPPRESSION ORDERS IN PARLIAMENT
If Murdoch is not influential, advertisers should pull out their advertising.
Apparently it doesn't work.
Good .