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“Some of the things that got published as facts were just so ridiculous that it distorted the public discussion,” Ms Gillard said in an address at the Brookings Institution. “It does also amuse me that you get editorials in newspapers ... saying ‘Why aren’t they more visionary and prepared to tackle deeper debate?’ while the newspages are making sure the debate is distorted and torn apart, often by quite spurious reporting.” The interjection by Ms Gillard comes as the Abbott government considers relaxing media ownership laws. “In many parts of Australia the readily available newspaper for people is a Murdoch paper,” Ms Gillard said. “So that does matter that there are questions of quality and questions of bias that intersect with our politics.” The comments contrast sharply to those of Liberal Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who said in July that The Australian newspaper was a “gift to our nation”. News Corporation controls about 70 per cent of Australia’s newspaper market, including The Australian, Sydney’s Daily Telegraph, Melbourne’s Herald Sun, Brisbane’s Courier Mail and The Advertiser in Adelaide. The company also owns half of pay television firm Foxtel.
Posted on: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 19:02:06 +0000

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