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Review: Getting Murdoched: How Murdoch’s Media Wields Power and Punishment
– Andrew Dodd and Matthew Ricketson (Hardie Grant)
Rupert Murdoch is almost certainly the most globally influential Australian.
That Australia has one of the most concentrated media markets in the world is,
sadly, a reflection of his influence, even though he has relinquished
citizenship to become a dominant media figure in the United States. There are
already a number of books about him, including biographies by journalists
Michael Wolff and William Shawcross.
The bitter family dispute, played out in the courts three years ago, about who
would control Murdoch’s media companies after his death, could have been
scripted by the writers of the successful television series
Succession.
Andrew Dodd and Matthew Ricketson have not written another biography of
Murdoch, but rather a forensic account of how the Murdoch empire bullies,
intimidates and destroys individual citizens and governments. Both writers, now
professors of journalism, have worked across the media, including for Murdoch’s
local flagship,
The Australian.
Their book,
Getting Murdoched, straddles the three countries where the
Murdoch empire is a major player: Australia, the United Kingdom and the United
States. There are some differences in these three operations, often because of
the different rules under which the media operates, but a consistent pattern
emerges of a ruthless drive for stories that feed Murdoch’s political aims and
prejudices.
A quick glance through the index reveals the extent of Murdoch’s victims, from
Prince Harry and Hugh Grant to a range of people who were unknown until the
Murdoch press targeted them."
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
