(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Australian Press Council condemns News Corp’s malicious lies and attacks against minorities – again. [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2023-04-11 Rupert Murdoch's News Corp has been found to have breached codes of ethics in Australia multiple times. Photo credit: Independent Australia (Screenshot via YouTube). Australia’s official media watchdog has found three quarters of complaints upheld for violations of media ethical principles in the last two years were against Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. That’s according to an article published in Independent Australia today. The case for Australians to boost efforts to boycott News Corp publications out of existence has been strengthened by the latest batch of adjudications by the Australian Press Council (APC). The nation will be far more harmonious and citizens much better informed when Rupert Murdoch’s malevolent media empire disappears entirely. Deliberate falsehoods Melbourne tabloid The Herald Sun provided a classic example of how News Corp routinely manipulates the political discourse in countries where it operates. It ran an attack piece last November headed ‘Daniel Andrews’ chief of staff met with election fixer’. The article claimed ‘Glenn Druery was exposed in a bombshell video, revealed by the Herald Sun on Thursday, boasting how he would ‘control’ who wins several key upper house seats in next week’s election.’ Oh no! The Premier of the state of Victoria, Dan Andrews, has been caught “fixing” an election. How dastardly! But it turns out Andrews had had no contact with the notorious “fixer” at all. A staffer had met Druery once. That was in 2019 and had nothing whatsoever to do with the 2022 election. The Press Council found the tawdry tabloid had ‘failed to take reasonable steps to present factual material with reasonable fairness’. That is putting it extremely mildly. Continuing racist attacks The Courier Mail in Queensland published a malicious opinion piece in late 2021, headed ‘Only the parents can fix youth crime curse’, which claimed ‘many Indigenous parents routinely abandon their responsibilities and do little to instil in their children respect for our laws and the property of others.’ The Council’s damning investigation concluded: ‘In the absence of presenting a more balanced range of reasons behind the high incarceration rates of Indigenous youths, such as poverty, poor education and intergenerational trauma, and instead attributing the incarceration solely on an absence of parental guidance, the Council considers the publication failed to take reasonable steps to ensure expressions of opinion were not based on an omission of key facts.’ Murdoch the main offender again Once again, most of the APC’s resources over the last two years were spent on complaints against the one media organisation, the Murdoch family’s News Corp. Of the 44 complaints fully investigated, 33 were against Murdoch publications, which is 75 per cent. Of the 36 articles in breach, 27 were from News Corp. Also 75 per cent. This is up from 62 per cent in our September 2020 analysis, and 70 per cent in January 2022. Specific standards trashed The 27 offending Murdoch articles violated APC principles 48 times. Principle 1 – ensuring factual material is accurate – was breached eleven times. Principle 2 – publishing corrections where wrong – breached twice. Principle 3 – fair opinions based on accurate facts –13 times. Principle 4 – giving a fair right of reply – once. Principle 5 – not publishing the method and location of a suicide – four times. Principle 6 – avoiding offence, distress or risk to health and safety – 15 times. Principle 7 – publishing material gathered by deceptive means – twice. There is a strong case for the Press Council to be given increased resources so it can complete many more media health checks. There is an even stronger case for all Australians, along with news consumers in the USA and Great Britain, to ensure the Murdoch organisation withers and dies. * This is an abbreviated version of an article published today in Independent Australia. The original article is available here in full for free: * https://independentaustralia.net/business/business-display/news-corp-condemned-for-malicious-lies-and-attacks-against-minorities,17409 * [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/4/11/2163299/-Australian-Press-Council-condemns-News-Corp-s-malicious-lies-and-attacks-against-minorities-again Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/