Despite the stymieing of Kerry Packer's most recent bid to extend his grip on the Australian media, media ownership in this country is one of the most concentrated in the world. The vast majority of television and radio stations, and print media, are owned and controlled by two extremely wealthy men. Rupert Murdoch and Kerry Packer exert enormous influence on the way that most people in Australia interpret and respond to world events.
Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly provides not only a broader view, but a different one — a view that challenges the lies and distortions of the rich and powerful and their yes-men and -women in parliament. We provide a point of view that is not motivated by profit concerns but by the needs and interests of the majority — ordinary working people and all of the disadvantaged in this society.
Does this make our presentation of Australian and world news biased?
Many people believe that the establishment media is accurate, fair and unbiased, presenting the facts and different points of view on various issues. If you watch, listen and read them closely, however, you realise pretty quickly that almost all of these "different voices" are saying essentially the same thing.
Whether the speaker is from the Murdoch or Packer camp, from big business, the Coalition government, the ALP, or even the Democrats, the message remains the same: none of us have any choice but to accept the neo-liberal policies of the New World Order, and its consequences. Those consequences are a richer, better life for some, but harsher attacks on the living conditions of the vast majority.
Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly proudly takes sides when it comes to the struggle for resources between the rich and powerful minority and the rest of us. We are "biased" — towards ensuring a better and more dignified life for all.
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