Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young says News Corp should explain its alleged attempt to disguise paid “propaganda” as news.
The Greens will call News Corp Australia executives to appear before a Senate inquiry into greenwashing over a series of front pages promoting gas without clearly disclosing a commercial relationship with gas companies.Herald Sun, The Daily Telegraph, The Advertiseron Monday morning, encouraging Australia to “step on the gas”, despite the series being sponsored by a group of gas companies.
The stories, labelled “exclusive”, disclosed a “proudly sponsored by” tag at the top of the page, featuring APA Group, a gas infrastructure company, while major gas production companies Santos, Tamboran and Jemena also sponsored the series. Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young, who is chairing the inquiry, told this masthead News Corp’s attempt to disguise paid “propaganda” as actual news risked bringing the profession of journalism into disrepute.
“We know that the social licence for coal and gas is rapidly melting as climate change gets worse and the public learn more about who is responsible.”
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