I think your first sentence says it a lot about your attitude, TM. Not sure how you can a) care so little (it's in everyone's interest to be aware as possible about what is happening around them IMHO) and b) have no idea!?
I'd say you've had a lifetime to escape such ignorance. Did you even read the good article posted by Spook that drew the response I reacted to? Are you reading the quality posts on PRE plus other alternative media sources these guys post on threads like this - which are NOT from our mainstream media.
What's stopping you from scrolling through the Murdochracy thread on PRE for starters? NewsCorp controls about 70% of Oz media. Then Fairfax with P. Costello chairman etc.
But if you're happy with Rupe and Co. with the LNP in their pockets running Australia like a medieval fiefdom, then you deserve what you cop, I guess.
PS - It's not directly the LNP 'owning it'. It's Murdoch's private companies, whom the LNP basically do the bidding of and allow his business interests protection and profit in return. [There's also a similar nexus with the big banks and our political parties]. Same in US where Murdoch and his FOX media aligned with Trump for mutual benefit and almost enabled overthrow of American democracy. Imagine the consequences for the supposed Free World! Imagine China and Putin's Russia able to fill the gap as world leaders? But, of course, no concern of yours? All just so Murdoch and Trump could secure and maintain their political and financial interests; their hegemony over the American people (heap of dumbasses though).
Labour has very limited media influence but has to virtually kowtow as well if they should win Federal elections which the majority of times they cannot with Murdochracy. Vicious circle, see. There's heaps you can read even on PRE re Australia's predicament. There's a whole heap of books/programs/docos but ... ignorance is bliss, right?
Just to keep you happy leon, I went back n had a quick double on the article that Spook posted and my comment on it. The article is nothing more than a basic abc explanation of how ALL politicians and their parties have been using / manipulating media coverage to their best advantage ever since they got off their old street corner soap boxes.
Nothing particularly insightful, interesting, independent or new about it. From the tone of your and others postings, it's obvious you're rabid Labor n desperately clinging to any thing at all that shows ScoMo n the liberal party in a bad light.
Personally I don't particularly give much of a *smile* about any politician from any party, except perhaps Dan
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Strange you should throw the Trumpster in as an example of media bias n support. Poor old Trumpster copped a flogging off plenty of media ( Fox are still rabidly Trump / Republican, just about everyone else I saw just as desperately Sleepy Joe n Democrat. Meedjia in all western countries picks sides n pushes agendas ) during his Presidency n rightly so. But I notice that one year into his term old Sleepy Joe makes his announcements n then shuffles off to his cubby house refusing to take questions from the gathered Press gallery. The Democrats also whinged at the Press that they were far to hard on Biden n should be " nice " to him.
Feel free to get yourself all tangled up n angst ridden over both the meedjia bias n political party corruption, I figured out a long time ago that 90% of what gets rammed down your throat is pure crap n the other 10% ain't worth getting your panties in a bunch over.
P.S. Got me a horrible feeling that due to the way the " FREE WORLD " is peering closely up it's own arse lately Grandpa Xi n Vlad the impaler are having a fair slice of influence as world leaders right about now. You can rant n rail about that too if you like, but I doubt it'll do much besides give you a head ache.
P.P.S. I've read through a few of those articles on PRE n at times flipped through a program / doco or two. Most of them have their own little agendas, biases n points to prove or sponsors / donors to collect from.
Who knows, maybe ignorance truly is bliss. My Doc tells me I've got the blood pressure of a healthy 40 year old.