AUSSIE PM TOO SENSITIVE FOR HIS OWN GOOD, SAYS MURDOCH
November 8th 2009 06:15
Strange, somewhat contradictory reports about Rupert Murdoch’s comments about whether or not the Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is too sensitive appeared in Australian media over the weekend.
Firstly, Murdoch’s flagship Down Under paper, The Australian, part of the News Ltd organisation, ran a headline on Saturday saying, “Rudd too sensitive for own good: Murdoch.”
The subsequent article said, “News Corporation chairman and chief executive Rupert Murdoch has described Kevin Rudd as too sensitive to criticism while pouring scorn on the Prime Minister's belief that Australia can play an outsized role in shaping events internationally.”
The Australian added, “Following public spats between Mr Rudd and editors at News Limited newspapers, including The Weekend Australian, Mr Murdoch has hit back.
"’He's oversensitive and too sensitive for his own good,’ Mr Murdoch told The Weekend Australian.
"I've said that to him, sympathetically. Politicians all over the world are paranoid about editorials and in their own interest they would be better employed reading something else, or albeit more laidback about it."
But also on Saturday the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported that Murdoch “…told Sky news the Prime Minister is not necessarily more thin-skinned than any of his predecessors.”
The ABC reported “News Corporation head Rupert Murdoch says Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is more outspoken in criticising the media than his predecessors.
“Mr Rudd has not been shy about suggesting News Limited is running a vendetta against him.
“In the past he has criticised the media organisation's coverage in several stories, including scrutiny of the Education Revolution and the OzCar affair.”
Meanwhile, The Australian reported, “Mr Rudd has accused News Limited of running vendettas against him and his government, citing things such as The Australian's scrutiny of the government's ‘education revolution’ and other stories, such as the Godwin Grech fake email affair, first reported in some News Limited papers, but not The Australian.”
Firstly, Murdoch’s flagship Down Under paper, The Australian, part of the News Ltd organisation, ran a headline on Saturday saying, “Rudd too sensitive for own good: Murdoch.”
The subsequent article said, “News Corporation chairman and chief executive Rupert Murdoch has described Kevin Rudd as too sensitive to criticism while pouring scorn on the Prime Minister's belief that Australia can play an outsized role in shaping events internationally.”
"’He's oversensitive and too sensitive for his own good,’ Mr Murdoch told The Weekend Australian.
"I've said that to him, sympathetically. Politicians all over the world are paranoid about editorials and in their own interest they would be better employed reading something else, or albeit more laidback about it."
But also on Saturday the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported that Murdoch “…told Sky news the Prime Minister is not necessarily more thin-skinned than any of his predecessors.”
The ABC reported “News Corporation head Rupert Murdoch says Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is more outspoken in criticising the media than his predecessors.
“Mr Rudd has not been shy about suggesting News Limited is running a vendetta against him.
“In the past he has criticised the media organisation's coverage in several stories, including scrutiny of the Education Revolution and the OzCar affair.”
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