Vanity Fair: Rupert to Internet: It’s War!

"I have—in nine months of conversation with Murdoch, writing his biography after he bought the Journal, in 2007— often argued the nature of Internet culture with him to little avail. Murdoch can almost single-handedly take apart and re-assemble a complex printing press, but his digital-technology acumen and interest is practically zero. Murdoch’s abiding love of newspapers has turned into a personal antipathy to the Internet: for him it’s a place for porn, thievery, and hackers."

Joanna Geary: Looking into the guts of journalism

"The problem, I think, is the power of the 'objectivity' lie. However and for whatever reason it was created, people do seem to cling to it. Media-savvy commentators like [Paul Bradshaw] know that this industry is a system of complex interests and it is made up of many well-meaning, bright, motivated and, ultimately, falliable human beings. But does everyone else?"