Reply #8: That story cites The Australian, Murdoch's flagship newspaper. [View All]

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Here's what a Murdoch critic down under says: http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:WgZ9FqA7Im4J:www.overlandexpress.org/australian.html+The+Australian+Murdoch&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1

In Australia, one newspaper now stands out for its hawkish tone. The Australian is the loudest and most persistent in calling for an invasion of Iraq. It never tires of reminding its readers that Saddam Hussein used chemical weapons (sing along) “against his own people”. It is worth reviewing how The Australian covered the atrocities when they actually occurred. Quantitative aspects of the coverage are revealing; today’s profusion is in marked contrast to the paucity of coverage during the 1980s. However, this article focuses on the qualitative aspects: how reports were packaged, what was stressed and what was de-emphasised, and the nature of visual coverage.

Murdoch: Terra. Terra. Terra.