Earlier today, ex-PM and handball champion Kevin Rudd launched a petition calling for a royal commission in the Rupert Murdoch media empire
The video has garnered over 300,000 Twitter views and over 12,000 likes and 9,000 Facebook shares In the impassioned video, Kevin Rudd speaks directly to the people of Australia and says, “Murdoch has become a cancer, an arrogant cancer on our democracy «
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« Today I am launching an official petition to the Australian Parliament, calling on the Parliament to establish a Royal Commission on the abuses of the media monopoly in Australia, especially the Murdoch media, » he said. p>
« And make recommendations to maximize the appropriation of media diversity for the future cornerstone of our democratic system »
According to the former Prime Minister, there is no longer a « level playing field » in the Australian media industry Rudd also attributes the concentration of media ownership to the polarization of political ideology in our society
« Murdoch has deficit newspapers But he keeps them and buys more with one goal in mind, which is to maximize his political power in the country to defend his ideological interests, » he said.
However, hours after it was posted on social media, the Australian Parliament (APH) website crashed because too many people were trying to sign the petition
« Thousands of people have tried to sign that this apparently triggered Parliament’s cyber defenses So please be patient and don’t give up We went to the House of Representatives to fix this, » said Rudd on Facebook
This follows ABC’s release of a BBC documentary titled The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty, which takes viewers on a journey through the life of the media mogul
The documentary examines the influence of the Murdoch Empire not only in the Australian political sphere, but also its involvement in British and American politics
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SOURCE: https://www.w24news.com
