Bill Shorten is throwing out Mark Twain's famous advice and taking on the Murdoch press.
"Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel," writer Mark Twain advised.
"It's just become fairly apparent that they are acting as a propaganda arm of the government," one senior Labor source says. "We know that they are going to do everything they can to help the other side stay in power." Today, party strategists are confident they can get away with thumbing their noses at publications suffering from declining circulation and relevance. Social media offers politicians a way of bypassing the filter and accountability of traditional media outlets.
It was in Brisbane that Shorten addressed a gathering of News Corp editors earlier this year. The meeting was said to have been cordial with perhaps a hint of irritation from Shorten about some of the treatment of his party. English sees Shorten's comments as a run-of-the-mill political tactic as the pressure of the election campaign grows., says Shorten should be straightforward about the cost of Labor's climate change policy instead of attacking the media.
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