"Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel," writer Mark Twain advised.
"It's just become fairly apparent that they are acting as a propaganda arm of the government," one senior Labor source says. "We know that they are going to do everything they can to help the other side stay in power." Today, party strategists are confident they can get away with thumbing their noses at publications suffering from declining circulation and relevance. Social media offers politicians a way of bypassing the filter and accountability of traditional media outlets.
It was in Brisbane that Shorten addressed a gathering of News Corp editors earlier this year. The meeting was said to have been cordial with perhaps a hint of irritation from Shorten about some of the treatment of his party. English sees Shorten's comments as a run-of-the-mill political tactic as the pressure of the election campaign grows., says Shorten should be straightforward about the cost of Labor's climate change policy instead of attacking the media.
It's about time a political leader had the guts to call out the Murdoch RW propaganda machine. It is an aggressive cancer in our democracy.
Oh come on Billnocchio! You're fed up with scare campaigns and propagandas, remember your 'MEDISCARE' campaign? 🤔🙄
So MrShorten,(Labour)feels he is hard done by Murdoch press ,well the try walking in the Coalition,shoes with ABC and co at your throat,24/7.
Shorten does not like being asked RELEVANT Questions by Journalists....he wants us to Vote for him BLINDLY ...its ok when Labor run a Grubby and Dirty Campaign full of lies like Medicare...but we can't ask Shorten anything....Are we moving towards a Dictatorship here
I'm fed up with billshortenmp
Lol billshortenmp is the emperor of scare campaigns, fake facts, fake claims like mediscare, even on Election Day.. sounds like Judas is trying to holier than christ 😂😂 tanya_plibersek AlboMP KKeneally ScottMorrisonMP TonyAbbottMHR TurnbullMalcolm Barnaby_Joyce abcnews
That is 1 you won't win BILL!! This MEDIA TRASH (BOLT etc.) are the WORLD's EXPERT at LIES,FAKE NEWS & getting THEIR CHOICE into power!! THEY even brought down MALCOLM by his 'BACK STABBING' MATES!!!😡😡😡
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He should then go after Fairfax & abcnews. Even GuardianAus won’t report on Barnaby & Watergate until after the election as they chose to do last time. The media is stacked with more criminals than the parliament. AusVotes2019 auspol
Bill you are SHORTen on good ideas
Again, how much did GetUp pay for this article?
This is a laughable article by 9 media! The SMH surely wasn’t watching Bill Shorten refusing to answer a valid question from a Channel 10 journalist! The Australian voters deserve to hear the answer, not have the alternative PM dodge it and blame others. SMH showing partisanship.
What a hypocrite! From the bloke that ran mediscare, abc/sbs scare, hospitalscare, etc.....
Massive hypocrisy from this union rag...
What a load of BS. What about Mediscare? This bloke is a lying fool. Gets upset when, God forbid, a journo (non news Corp mind you) asks him to cost a major policy. What a disaster he will be for our country.
alexbhturnbull Shorten needs to learn python xD
Damage control..........
NEVER turn on Rupe. You will regret it.
Liar
Because Murdoch Press is 💩
Labor and greens want to bring in a 40% death tax. Seriously they will tax us after we are dead and take from our kids😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡
The smh, print media arm of the ALP & fake news.
Those bloody reporters and their relevant questions about policy. Damn them. Damn them I say... When lefty write propaganda for BS about righty rags and how much propaganda they write. Baby had a hard first week. So what? Sook.
Snow flake.
😂 smh get real about your articles on News Corp. the same could be same about Fairfax and their dumb ass lefty reporting.
Imagine wiping ya bum with a newscorp photo of Abbott ya would get Onion breath when ya let one go
Go after that News Corp scum .
Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. Labor as usual is so full of propaganda, it would make Dr Goebells Hitler’s propaganda Minister blush. As Goebells often said, the more lies you tell, the more you come to believe them yourself. Rudd is still defending his 15 yrs later
Freeopinion6 Well when you have gutter Journalist on SKY. .I have to agree. The role of a journalist is to write or speak the truth .Obviously Chris Kenny doesn’t abide by this code of conduct. Why have Sky not commented on Angus or Barnaby water theft .The $80ml taxpayers $ Free to air has
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Just typical Murdoch’s BS , Shorten is right to call them on it.
Mediscare and no one challenged him not anyone
FMD the king of scare campaigns has a go at News Corp for doing the same.
We just need media to ask questions and not be frightened of losing their jobs. We don’t want little Bill fobbing us off any more. This happened last election when he scared everyone with his dishonest campaign on Mediscare. Mr Morrison won’t put up with that rot thank God!
Murdoch is fixgustingband must be smashed
Is Bill Hewson 2.0 or Rudd 2.0
Same as Medicare scare campaign
Now if only Murdoch had hired journalists he might have a paper worth reading.
Why doesn’t he turn to the gynecomastia industry first?
We need a Royal Commission into the media outlets in this country and the so called journalists in their employ auspol
Oh please, he's had the easiest of rides in every other media outlet with virtually no negative comments or scrutiny, particularly the ABC. Diddums...
Perhaps he feels playing the victim will help in this era
Turned on them 😂...? He was never on their side. That's like saying ScoMo 'turned on The Guardian' 😂
Like the fake Mediscare? billshortenmp now getting scared lie Bowenchris Aust worst immigration Minister should be. 1200Dead stopthesilence
Cough!! mediscare! class warfare! outrageous....only Bill Shorten and his shadows are allowed to produce scare campaigns and propaganda...
Not quite right. It's not 'turning' on someone you stand up to a bully. auspol ausvotes2019
Pinky Bill might be a dweeb but he’s trying his very best.
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