Here is another example you can use in the exam about media influence.
Murdoch and his pressure on editors
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Category Archives: media ownership
An infographic on the daily mail
Who owns what?
Hack Attack
Neil Davies, the journalist who exposed the phone hacking scandal in the UK has written a book. Here is an extract that discusses News Corp and Rebecca Brooks. This would be a really useful article to quote in your upcoming media exam.
Abbot and Murdoch
Another example of how influential News Corp boss Rupert Murdoch is over political decision making.
A good reference if you answer any media ownership questions in the exam.
Tony Abbott ‘consulted Rupert Murdoch over paid parental leave’
More on the phone hacking scandal
Here are a couple of articles from The Guardian newspaper on the phone hacking scandal findings over Rebecca Brooks.
Useful to quote aspects of these articles in regards media ethics and media ownership, particularly the reference to Tony Blair being secret godfather to Rupert’s girls by Wendy Deng.
Rebekah Brooks_ Not so wicked, after all
Phone-hacking trial was officially about crime; but in reality, it was about power
