KAEP
Therein as you state and elsewhere stated on this thread is justification for a Royal commission into the governance of Australia.

KEAP:

…The problem with “our” world is the media. In order to placate national anxieties about the state of the economy and the world generally, it is far more advantageous to stifle information! The less knowledge about the true facts the happier people are to “get on with it”.

…A good example would be to rig the cricket score. For example, the outcome of the recent test match against South Africa could be “rigged” in favor of Australia; so what we see on television are the players running around the paddock playing ball, but the reality of the score is manipulated in Australia’s favour just to put a glow of success on all Australian faces: A bit of a Lance Armstrong effect! You see, if Lance Armstrong had escaped scrutiny how much more glorious would the world be?

… Murdoch found a way to help in this process of “stifling” meaningful news content and distracting attention away from problematic news by “dumbing-down” news flows and forcing (by lack of choice), peoples interest to shift into the seemly world of the neighbours back yard. That’s far enough for the interest of available news to extend for “National Happiness” to flourish!

diver dan,
Murdock or not, major media seems to be all in it together, one media source could not achieve the dumbing down because one out of line with the latter agenda would expose that agenda.
The remainder of your last para there I agree with.
But how stupid whoever they are because their agenda is causing collapse of consumer ability to afford whatever is is produced, including newspapers.
Really stupid.