No one company should have this much power over a government.

Considering this is Murdoch. It is more than troubling. I don't think the UN has a convention on the free press. I might be wrong about that. But, this looks like a real opportunity for the BBC and possibly American newspapers like the Washington Post. I would think the owner of the Washington Post might consider giving Murdoch's media a real run for it's money.

Do Australians have access to any news Apps on their phones or laptops from other more reasonable news services?

May 25, 2019
By Blanc Hall

The day after the election, (click here) a fuming Kevin Rudd took to Twitter.

"In all the election commentary last night, not a single word on the elephant in the room," the former prime minister wrote.

"Murdoch, with 70 per cent control of Australia’s print media, ran the single most biased campaign in Australian political history. Reason for the silence? People are in fear of Murdoch’s power."

Rupert Murdoch's papers, which actually account for about 60 per cent of newspaper sales in Australia, ran a relentless campaign against Labor.

In addition to its newspapers' front pages and columnists, which were almost uniformly glowing in their praise of Prime Minister Scott Morrison, and in attacking the ALP's policies and leadership, every Murdoch paper editorialised in favour of the Coalition on election eve....