BLOG 4:#Tania said:

I fully agree with the last comment!
In 2002, Rupert Murdoch’s newspaper The Australian was beginning to speculate about nuclear attacks to New York (The Monthly 2005). The foreign editor of the Australian Greg Sheridan was quick to pronounce that “Bushes task, which is huge, is to make sure there is not a single state in the world, starting with Iraq, whose machinery can be used by terrorists” (The Monthly 2005). Later that year Sheridan made according ‘factual’ statements within The Australian stating that Saddam Hussein possessed a vast arsenal of chemical and biological weapons, and that it was certain in ‘one or two years’ he would possess nuclear weapons (The Monthly 2005). Murdoch also warned that the world should be prepared for more terrorist attacks. "It's very possible to see freelance suicide attempts both here and in London, and that would psychologically shake this country up," (Gentile 2003) he said.The usage of fear in these statements makes the individual rethink their stance on whether we should go to war, and in turn with Murdoch’s cultural and political influence the fear drives us to be supportive of Bushes Foreign policy. Clearly Murdoch is very tactical in the way he organizes his media…he should be disgusted with the way he corners individuals into believing his right. You can see that from these viewpoints made by Sheridan they are consistently promoting the left wing in the support for the war on Iraq. It has to be taken on board that the owner, chairman and managing director of The Australian himself has had several allegations of left wing bias (Woopidooo Bibliographies 2001). Taking into account that above Murdoch openly said that “he is committed to Bushes Foreign policy” (The Monthly 2005) further reinstates the idea that with the power News Corp can affect its content.