Recently in Australia, it has come to light that a mining magnate- Gina Rinehart, also the richest person in Australia- it buying shares in the media company Fairfax. First, let me enlighten you- Fairfax is the publisher of the few media outlets that aren't owned by Rupert Murdoch. In plain terms- Fairfax newspapers are, well, fair. They are balanced. They are impartial.
The Murdoch press, on the other other hand, has a more "tell them what we want" philosophy, rather than a "tell it as it is". It controls much of the media over here.
And onto Gina Rinehart- she was- to be blunt- raised on...
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