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Power, Money, Media. Restore, January 18, 2012. Rupert Murdoch Support for Republican Party Tory Election 1992. Viscount Rothermere Supporter of David Cameron. Alexander Lebedev. Rupert Murdoch (and family). Viscount Rothermere. Richard Desmond. DMGT Daily Mail General Trust.
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Power, Money, Media Restore, January 18, 2012
Rupert Murdoch Support for Republican Party Tory Election 1992 Viscount Rothermere Supporter of David Cameron Alexander Lebedev Rupert Murdoch (and family) Viscount Rothermere Richard Desmond DMGT Daily Mail General Trust Northern & Shell News Corporation The Sun The Times The Sunday Times The Wall Street journal Channel 5! OK! New! Daily Star Daily Express ITN Fox Broadcasting Shine Group The Daily Mail Mail on Sunday Ireland on Sunday Metro NorthCliffe Media (Regional Papers) Gcap Media (Local & National Radio) Evening Standard The Independent BSkyB ITV Got To Dance Gladiators The Biggest Loser Merlin Hex Charles and Camilla 20th C Fox Foxtel (Australia) Fox News (US) ESPN Inc. DMG Radio Australia DMG Information (Energy Consulting) Euromoney (Financial Publishing) The Daily Mail Mail on Sunday Ireland on Sunday Metro NorthCliffe Media (Regional Papers) Gcap Media (Local & National Radio) Got To Dance Gladiators The Biggest Loser Merlin Hex Charles and Camilla Channel 5! OK! New! Daily Star Daily Express The Sun The Times The Sunday Times The Wall Street journal Evening Standard The Independent
What do we think about the information we receive? What do we expect of news coverage?
‘Good’ journalism/coverage? Champions for the truth? Pawns in a political game?
Filters Local and Global News Ownership and Funding Sourcing Flak and Fear (Herman and Chomsky, 1988)
Ownership and Funding How does the money make a difference?
News: Consumer Product? • Readers sold to advertisers • What people want to see
Sourcing: Access and ‘Spin-doctors’ Positioned to catch the news PR and spin doctors Stay ‘on message’…
Flak • Activism, commentary outside formal media • Effort to manage public information…
Fear: Narrative in the News • Casting characters… • ‘evil’ • anti-communism in the ’40s • …war on terror? • Salvage elite interests?
Filters Local and Global News Ownership and Funding Sourcing Flak and Fear (Herman and Chomsky, 1988)
Alternative Frames Politico-media Complex http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politico-media_complex