The scandal that continues to swell around Rupert Murdoch’s media empire in the United Kingdom features all the trappings of a flood that keeps breaking through hastily built barriers to wreak new inundations, writes David Ritter from London.
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Media briefs: Jacko death bed … Australia Network decision … Assange’s book fail …
In today’s Media Briefs: Michael Jackson death pic … Kwark still saving the old world … Australia Network contract decision imminent … Assange misses chart and more …
Mayne: ditching Mulcaire puts Murdoch-control of The Sun in doubt
Now that Glenn Mulcaire has been ditched by News Corporation and virtually all of those non-Murdochs in the gun are off Rupert Murdoch’s payroll, there is a serious question mark over the future of The Sun.
LulzSec 1, Murdoch 0: News Int, the hacker, becomes the hacked
Today News International’s websites went down, including The Sun, The Times and the News International corporate site. Hacking group LulzSec has struck again.
John Prescott: Brown’s “bigot” gaffe is a Murdoch beat-up
News that British PM Gordon Brown called a voter a “bigot” has exploded in the UK press. But it’s all just part of the Mudoch media’s attempt to decide the election, writes former Deputy PM John Prescott.
“Hello, Rupert? This is Gordon…”
British PM Gordon Brown personally phoned Rupert Murdoch over his paper the Sun’s increasingly hostile criticism of his government.
Why newspapers act like political parties
British PM Gordon Brown has hit out at The Sun newspaper for trying to “become a political party”. Where has Gordon Brown been living all his life? asks Roy Greenslade: newspapers have been acting like political parties for more than a century.
The Sun sets on UK Labour
Gordon Brown knew The Sun would back the Tories over Labour for the 2010 UK election — but he didn’t know the paper would do it right before he made his big pitch to the party. Suddenly, the press pack only cared about one thing, and it wasn’t fiscal policy.
Crikey Clarifier: Where have all the sun spots gone?
As an unusually spotless sun continues to puzzle scientists, get ready for yet another outbreak of pseudo-scientific man-made global warming denialism.
The latest in quality journalism from the SMH
The SMH’s breathless review of the latest Sacha Baron Cohen movie is actually a review of a review done by The Sun in the UK — essentially a rehashed collection of quotations from the original.
Watch out, Labour: Rupert prepares to switch horses
Britain’s The Sun newspaper’s endorsement matters partly because other media think it matters. And right now, though it has favoured New Labour, its support is wavering.
Snout of order — The Sun enjoys MP expenses scandal
The Sun has enjoyed rolling around in the MP expenses scandal.
Put your climate change thinking cap on
Scientists explore some expensive but possibly very worthy ideas for battling climate change, including building ‘space mirrors’ to intercept rays from the sun.
