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"In 1953, the Communist East German regime quashed a widespread uprising and
afterwards admonished the protesters, saying the government had lost confidence
in the people. In a famous satirical poem, left-wing author Bertolt Brecht said
that, if so, perhaps the government could dissolve the people and elect a new
lot.
One guesses that after the recent Australian election, News Corp would also
like to elect a new public, as the result highlighted its own irrelevance and
how out of touch it is with the Australian mainstream. Rather than directly
attacking the public, though, it aimed its vitriol at the Greens and the teal
independents, both of whom had wildly successful elections, and against Labor,
which regained government from opposition.
So far, the media company’s epic fail seems not to have occasioned any soul-
searching. Indeed some in its stable – in a triumph of ideological fantasy over
numeracy – have asserted the result was due to the Liberals moving too far
“left”.
Questions remain about the future though: will the election lead News Corp to
change, either out of professional shame or in the interests of expanding its
market share beyond the right-wing, populist ghetto it inhabits? And how will
it treat the incoming government?"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
