What about the freedom of the press? This really irritates the anti-Murdoch brigade, they want a free press as long as it prints views that align to their personal views. Not every broadcaster is going to support your opinions, you have a number of sections in a newspaper from reported news to editorials/opinions. As a subscriber or daily purchaser from a news reader, you read the news aligned to quality of journalism and The Australian is a quality newsprint offered and The Australian hires quality journalists.

All the left to right bias testing [if conducted with impartiality] sees the News Corp masthead The Australian coming in as a centralist publication. Sky News is right wing, that is certainly ,not impartial and I admit I do not watch much of their content, just as The Guardian is not impartial for their left-wing perspective.

The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald are both left-leaning. Interestingly, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation is also surprisingly centralist based on the research. Although they have a number of left-leaning television shows, they are predominantly centralist in their views according to research. Since I reference the research, I accept the findings, I am somewhat surprised with the outcomes presented.

A broadsheet newspaper such as The Australian employs/contracts a broad range of journalists for their editorial sections. This is where opinions matter, you read their analysis and see if it aligns to your views, it doesn’t always. What you should never do is cherry pick articles that support your view.

You should read a number of alternate views that allow you to form your own perspective. You seek to find inconsistencies in their writing and views, you can then review and analyse their writing for flawed assumptions or arguments. This is what makes reading quality newsprint interesting. Do I support all the commentary views, I do not but I still ensure I read a broad cross section of their views for a balanced viewpoint.