Rupert Murdoch: An investigation of political power - David McKnight at Mosman Library

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Rupert Murdoch: An investigation of political power - David McKnight at Mosman Library

Time: February 29, 2012 from 7pm to 9pm
Location: Mosman Library
Street: 605 Military Rd
City/Town: Mosman
Website or Map: http://www.mosman.nsw.gov.au/…
Phone: 99784091
Event Type: author evening
Organized By: Mosman Library
Latest Activity: Feb 27, 2012

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When Rupert Murdoch called, Prime Ministers and Presidents picked up the phone.

David McKnight exposes Murdoch’s unflinching use of his media empire to further his political agenda over decades. This is the story behind the hacking scandal that rocked the world and shook the Murdoch empire.

 

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation is the most powerful media organisation in the world. Murdoch’s commercial success is obvious, but less well understood is his successful pursuit of political goals, using News Corporation as his vehicle.

 

David McKnight tracks Murdoch’s influence, from his support for Reagan and Thatcher, to his attacks on Barack Obama and the Rudd and Gillard governments. He examines the secretive corporate culture of News Corporation: its private political seminars for editors, its sponsorship of think tanks and its recurring editorial campaigns around the world. Its success is reflected in the fact that the campaigns are familiar to us all: small government and market deregulation, skepticism on climate change, support for neo-conservative adventures such as Iraq and criticism of all things ‘liberal’.

 

While the phone hacking crisis has tarnished his reputation, Rupert Murdoch’s influence is far from finished.

 

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