Mc Knight's Murdoch

McKnight’s is a serious, well researched and documented book that will probably become a standard work for students of media power and of Murdoch himself. There may even be a secret market amongst those hoping to survive within the News Limited workforce and amongst Murdoch’s minion editors who want to gain a historical perspective on Murdoch’s past and likely future crusades.

Readers outside Australia will scramble to buy this book about Rupert Murdoch. (David McKnight, Rupert Murdoch An Investigation of Politcal Power, Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2012)  It contains many insights that have previously not been revealed. It brings together a range of issues that offer a fresh new view of Murdoch. McKnight’s main thesis is that Murdoch is a larrikin who sees himself as an establishment outsider, in other words, an archetypal Australian.  The larrikin Australian is a flawed individual who tilts at windmills, is confused about what real power is and always wants to be on the side of angels. It is a useful way to think of Rupert Murdoch - an international nuisance who demands our attention simply because his media empire  is so powerful and so pervasive.  It needs to be observed that McKnight’s is a serious, well researched and documented book that will probably become a standard work for students of media power and of Murdoch himself.  There may even be a secret market amongst those hoping to survive within the News Limited workforce and amongst Murdoch’s minion editors who want to gain a historical perspective on Murdoch’s past and likely future crusades.
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