[LINK] Over half Australian newspaper news is spin

[Kim Holburn]

http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/15/over-half-your-news-is-spin/

> Hard questions, because this is what came out in the wash: after  
> analysing a five-day working week in the media, across 10 hard-copy  
> papers, ACIJ and Crikey found that nearly 55% of stories analysed  
> were driven by some form of public relations. The Daily Telegraph  
> came out on top of the league ladder with 70% of stories analysed  
> triggered by public relations. The Sydney Morning Herald gets the  
> wooden spoon with (only) 42% PR-driven stories for that week.


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> Our investigation strongly confirms that journalism in Australia  
> today is heavily influenced by commercial interests selling a  
> product, and constrained and blocked by politicians, police and  
> others who control the media message.


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