What would a Dutton Liberal leadership mean for the Liberals and the country?

[Not Important]

Because he was Chairman of the Board not Editor of the newspaper.

so you don't think he exerted much influence in that capacity, t.p?

 

[The Punter]

so you don't think he exerted much influence in that capacity, t.p?

I think if he had, half of Nick McKenzie's stuff wouldn't have been printed. Anyway, that's not how a good corporate board works. It sets strategic direction and leaves operational decisions to management. Costello left the Nine Entertainment Board because of poor behaviour outside of his work on the board.

So no, I don't think he exerted that kind of influence, and as far as the media wars are concerned, criticism of The Age, SMH and also the ABC (from both sides) is totally overblown.

 

[Saint]

I think if he had, half of Nick McKenzie's stuff wouldn't have been printed. Anyway, that's not how a good corporate board works. It sets strategic direction and leaves operational decisions to management. Costello left the Nine Entertainment Board because of poor behaviour outside of his work on the board.

So no, I don't think he exerted that kind of influence, and as far as the media wars are concerned, criticism of The Age, SMH and also the ABC (from both sides) is totally overblown.

If you don't think the editorial direction of the old Fairfax media changed with the changes at 9, you weren't paying attention. It went from centrist/journalism to a wanna-be Newscorp publication, clickbait and pro-business.

I can understand why commercial media has become all right-wing. They can't be posting stories about increasing corporate tax rates or overseas businesses when the only organisations left advertising in them are corporations and overseas-domiciled businesses.

 

[The Punter]

If you don't think the editorial direction of the old Fairfax media changed with the changes at 9, you weren't paying attention. It went from centrist/journalism to a wanna-be Newscorp publication, clickbait and pro-business.

I can understand why commercial media has become all right-wing. They can't be posting stories about increasing corporate tax rates or overseas businesses when the only organisations left advertising in them are corporations and overseas-domiciled businesses.

The merger of Nine and Fairfax happened in 2018. The Fairfax newspapers started going clickbaity well before that, mainly due to that being the way of the world if ad revenue is still relied upon (not you, Guardian or ABC).