@ABCNews, @BBCWorld & @FinancialReview all issued corrections. But today, Murdoch tried to assert a monopoly on truth. After they were caught in a great big falsehood, that my govt "unilaterally killed the Quad", they're now attacking people for pointing out their mistakes.
When did Australia actually withdraw from the Quad? Murdoch claims it was Feb 2008. We know from Wikileaks that Howard’s Govt notified the US & Japan in early July 2007. Surprise, surprise, Murdoch doesn’t want to talk about that.
Of course, Murdoch didn’t need Wikileaks to know what the Howard Govt was up to. In July 2007, Defence Minister Brendan Nelson toured China and India repeatedly announcing it. Here he is in Beijing on 9 July 2007.
Why did the Bush Govt also turn against the Quad? According to top Indian diplomat Shyam Saran, Bush wanted Chinese support to confront Iranian and North Korean nuclear programs. No mention of this by Murdoch today. lowyinstitute.org/the-interprete…
Something else Murdoch ignores was the change of govt in Japan. Shinzo Abe stepped down in Sept 2007, & his successor Yasuo Fukuda was dead against the idea. According to Murdoch, my govt supposedly “unilaterally killed” the Quad five months later.
Indian PM Manmohan Singh was among the most wary, and was being pressured directly by the Chinese president over it. So in Jan 2008—a month before Murdoch says my Govt “unilaterally killed” the Quad—he pronounced it dead. outlookindia.com/newswire/story…
So was Australia’s drift from the Quad unilateral, as Murdoch says? Of course not. Here’s some of what I actually said at the time:
No foreign billionaire should have a monopoly on truth.

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Let today’s deployment of Murdoch’s far-right programming across regional free-to-air TV be a lesson: anybody who now maintains ‘nobody watches Sky News’ has zero idea what they’re talking about.
Murdoch is determined to implement the Fox News political model through Sky News in Australia. Fox is the driving force of News Corp profits, and has given him untold leverage over the Republican Party, downplaying covid and fanning opposition to vaccines.
Here are some facts from Murdoch’s own study on Sky News: 

1) Every month, one third of the Australian population accesses Sky News. The average Australian accesses the news on 2 platforms.
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Murdoch’s far-right Sky News is working overtime to show how they sow disinformation into public debate. This article is probably the best example yet of why we need a #MurdochRoyalCommission. It is packed full of carefully selected facts that add up to one big lie.
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Sky’s dodgy article is based on a new report by Canberra University which analyses diversity, trust and political in Australia’s media. And Sky News completely misconstrues the report’s findings.
For example, this article says Sky News is “smack bang on the line for centrist views”. Bullshit. Here’s where the report puts the Sky News channel, way off to the lunar right. No mention of this in Sky’s article.
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If you watch nothing else today about Australia's COVID lockdown, watch this.

Despite Murdoch's relentless attacks, QLD lifts the lid on Morrison's bungled vaccine rollout & national quarantine crisis. Why has Murdoch deliberately understated these crises?

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Was ABC that far off about Murdoch's links to the IPA? Turns out Murdoch’s dad FOUNDED the IPA! And Rupert served on the IPA Council for 14 YEARS!

No mention of that in the “Australian” newspaper story...
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A thread about Murdoch's @newscorpaus & his deal with @google & @YouTube.
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ABC reporting:
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What followed was chilling. The clip rocketed up YouTube's algorithm, topping 200,000 views & 9,000 comments.

The most popular comments, boosted by the algorithm, were disgusting. Praising the shooter. Mocking the victim. Calling for more violence.

theguardian.com/media/2021/may…
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