GetUp! has just posted a fascinating video of a private meeting where climate skeptic Lord Monckton outlined plans for the mining industry to mount a media raid in Australia . In alerting the nation to what is afoot, GetUp! says:
This week mining billionaire Gina Rinehart became the largest shareholder in Fairfax, having already bought a stake in Channel Ten. But this new video reveals this move is bigger than one woman’s ambition – it’s part of a coordinated and very deliberate strategy, with climate skeptic ‘Lord’ Monckton advising a room full of mining executives on how the industry must gain control of Australia's media.See http://www.getup.org.au/minersmediaplan
GetUP! continued: Gina could really just be the tip of the iceberg. Thirty six hours ago fellow billionaire mining magnate and the Liberal Party’s biggest donor, Clive Palmer, flippantly said that he loved the idea of following Rinehart's lead, telling Lateline: “That looks attractive, Fairfax, doesn't it? Fairfax looks very exciting. You could have an east-west play with Fairfax. Gina should come from the west and buy 15 per cent and we could buy 30 per cent from the eastern side of Australia and really get the place humming again.”
In other media news, The Global Mail, headed by Monica Attard, will be launched on Monday. (See earlier post in Little Darwin).
