The Captive Press
Penguin, 258 pp, $14.99 pb
Media
The Captive Press by David Bowman
by Ian MacPhee •
At a recent international conference at Victoria Falls, Mr Rupert Murdoch spoke passionately of the role of a free press. His national masthead, The Australian, reported the essence.
Mr Murdoch said too many journalists made life easy for governments because they lacked the energy and mental attitude to ... find out what is going on for themselves.
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