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Murdoch Slammed For Swaying British Elections, As News Ups Ante On “Quality Journalism”

John Bastick
Published on: 3rd June 2015 at 11:06 AM
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Rupert Murdoch so feared a British Labour government coming to power last month he personally berated journalists at his The Sun newspaper for not doing enough to stop them from forming government.

The allegations, published in The Independent, said Murdoch believed that if the Tories weren’t returned in last month’s general elections – which they subsequently did win, returning David Cameron to Number 10 – then it would be the end for Murdoch’s three British newspapers The Sun, The Times and The Sunday Times.

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The then Labour leader, Ed Milliband, had said if elected he would not allow any one owner to own more than 34 per cent of the UK media which would have meant News would have had to offload one of its three mastheads.

It was reported that Murdoch allegedly “instructed (journalists) to be much more aggressive in their attacks on Labour and more positive about Conservative achievements in the run-up to polling day”.

Milliband had long criticised News Corp and Murdoch himself over the phone tapping scandals, while Rupert had made no secret of his disdain for the opposition leader.

A spokesperson for The Sun said its editorial merely mirrored the concerns of the electorate, while Labour has allegedly complained of bias, of policies being twisted and repeated parodies of Milliband.

Meanwhile, News Corp chief executive Robert Thompson has said the media group won’t be following rivals at Fairfax Media in cutting costs, staff and journalists.

Speaking to investors in London, and reported in The Australian, Thompson said: “We will invest in quality content. We believe in journalism. We believe in the power of journalism and we believe in the profitability of great journalism. Unlike certain newspapers and public companies we are not going to cut down to the bone and beyond. We’re going to invest in journalism because that is an investment in the future.”

Thompson reportedly said news sites such as BuzzFeed offered readers only trash and online audiences were increasingly “promiscuous”. He said the panacea to all that noise and retaining loyal readers was quality and investigative journalism.

“There’s no doubt advertisers, you see it already in discussions, are starting to realise that they don’t want guilt by association, but they want gilt by association. There’s so much promiscuity around digital sites, people go from site to site, and they have no loyalty,” Thomson was quoted in The Australian.

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John Bastick has edited B&T since 2015, making him one of the title's longest serving editors. In that time he has overseen B&T's rise to fame and fortune. He is one of Australia's foremost authorities on all things advertising, marketing and media. Prior to editing B&T, John built a scintillating career as a pioneer in the highly successful Men's Magazine category.

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