Opinion

Is Sky News shifting Australian politics to the right?

By Denis Muller
Updated February 22 2021 - 3:42pm, first published 8:30am
Some argue the full-effect of Sky News in Australia won't be felt for decades. Picture: Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND
Some argue the full-effect of Sky News in Australia won't be felt for decades. Picture: Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND

In his submission to the current Senate inquiry into media diversity in Australia, former prime minister Kevin Rudd warns that Rupert Murdoch's Sky News Australia is following the template laid down by Murdoch's Fox News in the United States to radicalise Australian politics. In a decade's time, Rudd argues, we will see its full impact.

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