Corporate media

Murdoch, Musk, Zuckerberg, Bezos

Mainstream media outlets may pretend not to be mouthpieces for the powerful, but in the end they are loyal to their billionaire owners and the class interests they represent, writes Tamara Pearson.

firefighter and Hollywood sign

Narratives surrounding the California wildfires deflect from the urgent need to address the root causes of climate disasters, argues S A Hamed Hosseini.

Many people already have distrust of politicians and the political system, and the furore around PM Anthony Albanese receiving favours from聽disgraced former Qantas CEO Alan Joyce is fuelling it. Peter Boyle reports.

Protester holds sign that reads: stop both-sidesing genocide at ABC protest

Journalists are pushing back at management censoring coverage of Israel鈥檚 war on Gaza. Pip Hinman reports.

Tell Australians the truth: The media only cares when white people die. Placard at Meanjin/Brisbane

The Western media was and is enthusiastically cheerleading Israel's genocidal attacks, writes Alex Bainbridge.

Murdoch, Thatcher, Trump

Good riddance to Rupert Murdoch, but don't hold your breath for any positive change to his massive media empire, writes Sue Bull.

Climate activism makes a difference

The establishment media's bias towards maintaining the status quo, or finding excuses for it, has to be challenged. Alex Bainbridge urges you to聽help聽麻豆传媒 continue to provide a platform for activists challenging injustices.聽

Media propaganda

John Pilger asks, isn鈥檛 it time those who are meant to keep the record straight declared their independence and decoded the propaganda?

Exaggerated coverage of Anthony Albanese鈥檚 supposed day one 鈥済affe鈥 in this election campaign,聽including by the ABC, help disguise the lack of difference between the two parties聽and tips the scales towards the Coalition, argues Alex Bainbridge.

The mass media plays a big role in reinforcing聽prejudices and limiting聽capacity for independent thought, argues William Briggs. It is happy to condemn Russia's聽war on Ukraine, as it should, but it downplays US and NATO's meddling and provocations.

The media needs to stop misreporting COVID-19 numbers and minimising the hardships in those countries facing the worst of the global pandemic, writes Tamara Pearson.

More and more, people own less and less when it comes to digital technology.聽Aleks Wansbrough looks at how the privatisation of communication technologies has serious social consequences.