Continuing his war against what he calls “fake news”, the US president is hobbling journalists and media outlets he considers to be hostile to him.
- Emeritus Professor, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney
The Hack’s real-life counterpart Nick Davies has reissued his book on the phone-hacking scandal. Its new afterword casts more light on the Murdoch company’s behaviour.
In 1976, America’s white evangelical Christians were shocked a candidate had lust in his heart. In 2024, around 80% of them voted for a serial sexual predator.
Selling the right-wing news network might cool the family tensions, and it would capitalise on the network’s market value.
The media mogul is trying to revoke the “irrevocable” trust, but it’s unlikely he’ll succeed.
Today’s Republican Party is a very different beast from the one Murdoch exercised so much influence over in recent decades. Does the media mogul harbour any regrets?
The machinations of a young and ambitious media mogul are laid bare in a detailed new biography.
The news channel broadcast many lies about the 2020 US presidential election – and it has a swathe of other legal action waiting for it.
As Donald Trump announces he will run for president in 2024, Rupert Murdoch makes it clear he will not support him. Some reports are suggesting he will instead throw his weight behind Ron DeSantis.
The former president has been fulminating about an FBI raid, likening it to the Watergate scandal - but the comparison does not stand up.
Is it time to stop labelling scandals according to a Washington break-in 50 years ago?
News Corp has its path on relentless right-wing championing, and it’s unlikely to change its ways now.
One of Australia’s leading media scholars says the Canberra press gallery reached ‘peak passivity’ during the Menzies and Fraser governments. And again over the last three years of Coalition rule.
Two-party preferred (2PP) has always been considered the best measure of who might win government. But at this election, nothing is certain.
Jurnalis semestinya bebas berekspresi di media sosial. Namun, hal ini kerap menjadi dilema bagi organisasi media tempat mereka bekerja.
Journalists should be permitted to express themselves on social media. As this week illustrates, though, doing so can lead to a dilemma for their employers.
Loosely based on the ABC journalist’s own experiences, Stop Girl opens up a story about PTSD after war.
There has never been a partnership in a democracy like that between the former president and Rupert Murdoch’s flagship news station. Now it will have to struggle on without him.
It is more likely the Trump administration, and the cosy relationship it has with Murdoch’s Fox news, on top of differences on climate change, that was the last straw for James.
After this election, the major parties will review their campaign strategies. It’s time the media did the same and found ways to improve their coverage for future campaigns.
Australian tabloid newspapers were once an important political force, the “voice of the people”. But these days relevance has been replaced by shrillness.
There has been much attention paid to the widespread resurgence of populism. Restorationism in Western democracies is a subset of this.
The way times have changed is exemplified in the frequency of party coups against sitting prime ministers.
In leadership contests in particular, the media’s role is often markedly different from the competition between parties.
The Melbourne Theatre Company’s (MTC) production of David Williamson’s 2013 play Rupert has finally made it to Sydney, via Melbourne and Washington, in late 2014. Along the way, the MTC has acquired the…
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