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‘Getting Murdoched’: How Rupert’s empire attacks its targets

Rupert Murdoch’s media empire has long shaped public debate. <i>Photo: AAP</i>

Rupert Murdoch’s media empire has long shaped public debate. Photo: AAP

For decades, Rupert Murdoch’s media empire has helped shape politics and public debate, and in doing so has often left lasting consequences for some of the people caught in its sights, from politicians, to public figures to everyday people.

The consequences can be devastating.

Journalists Matthew Ricketson and Andrew Dodd have a name for what happens when that attention becomes a campaign – they call it “getting Murdoched”.

Today, Ricketson, co-author of their new book Getting Murdoched, discusses the people who have found themselves on the receiving end, and the media culture that could outlast Rupert Murdoch himself.

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