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sarahxify's Reviews (703)
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
I got 10% of the way through this, but decided this is just not the kind of story I am interested in reading. I wasn't super comfortable reading this from a white author, and would prefer to seek out an own-voices narration of this story.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
reflective
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
"The soul-eroding, stultifying, expectations of identity. The demand that you will be this and no other. You will only exist in opposites. Differences will define you."
Privately, Murdoch seemed to genuinely believe that he had created a government. In a letter he wrote...3 years after Lyons became the Prime Minister, Murdoch described Lyons as "the man whom we chose and made".
Murdoch maliciously said at a 1938 dinner party - in front of Lyons - "I put him there and I'll put him out."
This book details the history of newspaper ownership in Australia. Although I was aware of the very biased reporting that takes place in Australia, I had never really considered the huge impact this has had on our country. The conservative narrative has been a strong and consistent voice in the past 100 years, and it is sobering to consider how this has shaped voting and policy.
At times, I thought this book got bogged down in unnecessary detail. Particularly, the second section that recounted the change in ownership and how papers were run, who was employed, etc. from the 1920s onwards was pretty dry and could have been much shorter. Nonetheless, a well put-together examination of an important topic.