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September 14th, 2011 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
COMMUNICATIONS Minister Stephen Conroy says keeping politicians out of an inquiry into the media is the right thing to do.
Former Federal Court judge Ray Finkelstein will lead the independent inquiry into the nation’s print and online media, including the watchdog role of the industry-funded Press Council.
“Politicians shouldn’t be looking into the media,” Senator Conroy told Sky News today.
The Minister said the inquiry announced yesterdaywould be conducted very differently to the way proposed by Australian Greens leader Bob Brown.
“To focus on one organisation was not the way a government should conduct itself,” he told Sky News, referring to Senator Brown’s running battle with News Limited.
“We said no.”
Senator Brown has previously labelled some News Limited publications “the hate media”, accusing The Australian of being on a mission to destroy his party.
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Newspaper publishers have promised they will cooperate with the inquiry which has no power to demand evidence.
The Government will discuss details with Judge Finkelstein later this week.
Senator Conroy says the inquiry will be resourced properly.
“It’s not billions of dollars, it’s not millions of dollars, but we’ll ensure that it’s adequately resourced,” he told Channel 9.
Senator Conroy dismissed as “absurd” suggestions that a single media regulator, covering print and broadcast, would give the government greater reach into newspapers.
He said the government did not have any control or reach, through the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), over operations of the nation’s television networks.
It was “just wrong” to suggest the government would have more control if the Press Council became more professional or was merged into another entity.
Senator Conroy would not rule out considering government support for newspapers practising quality journalism.
“There are a range of different models being considered, or being debated in other countries,” he told ABC Radio, citing the US and France.
When asked whether there was a role for government, Senator Conroy said that should be left to the inquiry.
Press Council chairman Julian Disney said the inquiry would provide more impetus to changes already under way within his organisation.
But he said the Council was struggling with a lack of resources and had asked the Government for support.
Mr Disney rejected any move towards a statutory oversight body for the print media.
“The main regulator should be the independent Council,” he told ABC Radio.
News Corporation is the parent company of News Limited and news.com.au.
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