It seems the Australian public prefers news over Fake News and opinion. While Fairfax has neither the financial clout nor the the concentration of ownership of print media that Newscorp has in Sydney it appears it has the readership in Australia's biggest market. It seems as far as print is concerned in Sydney it remains Andrew who? The ratings for the Bolt report aren't as readily available which would suggest the lack of crowing hints at also ran figures there as well. Compared to Waleed Aly Bolt just doesn't have the traction among true blue Aussies.
"The Sydney Morning Herald remains Australia's most read
masthead, underlining its strength as a national brand, reaching 1.1
million more readers than its nearest competitor,"
Nine
in 10 consumers, or 16.7 million Australians, read news media in
November 2016, the latest emmaTM (Enhanced Media Metrics Australia)
data* released today has shown.
What Andrew Bolt shares with Fake News providers
Fake News Providers are Both Hyperpartisan and publish Fake Content, Often Designed To Stoke Fear
They use classic clickbait headlines, actively seek to confirm far-right ideology, and exploit bigotry and biases.
Featured fear mongering about Muslims Multiculturalism Sexuality etc. Teachers were choosing not to teach students about the Holocaust in order to avoid offending Muslims or encouraging children identify with differing sexualities. News story alleging that a school had demanded “all must wear hijabs.”
Unverified News providers are Often Totally Anonymous, Leaving Them Unaccountable For What They Post Andrew Bolt regularly uses unidentified "followers" and readers to sell his Blogs
He selectively moderates his blogs to suggest support for what he is presenting as truth
Secrecy allows these sources to remain unaccountable for the content they share, which often includes copied or plagiarized content from other such sites, shared to further spread patently false information. When found to be false Bolt rarely retracts what has already been printed
Apart from Bolt's positive intention to misdirect is his silence on real news to be avoided. It's exactly the template adopted by Murdoch media worldwide.The
so-called chief purveyors of information hide, cover-up, ignore, and
turn against important news they see as hostile to their agenda.
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