07 May 1998
IFJ Congress 1998: News Corporation
RESOLUTION
NEWS CORPORATION
The 23rd IFJ Congress, meeting in Recife on May 3 to May 7, 1998
Notes that the international activities of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation are attracting increasing criticism.
Congress condemns the group’s commercial and editorial practices, in particular:
the suppression of genuine news values in the group’s commercial interest, notably regarding the cancellation of a book by the former governor of Hong Kong, and the treatment of journalists in the US trying to report honestly about powerful commercial interests;
the abuse of the power of News Corporation media in several countries to pressure democratic governments to bend commercial rules in its favour;
the abuse of market power to threaten rival publications through predatory pricing.
Congress recalls the success of the special conference of News Corporation unions held in Australia in 1989 and calls on the executive to hold another such event in 1999.
NEWS CORPORATION
The 23rd IFJ Congress, meeting in Recife on May 3 to May 7, 1998
Notes that the international activities of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation are attracting increasing criticism.
Congress condemns the group’s commercial and editorial practices, in particular:
the suppression of genuine news values in the group’s commercial interest, notably regarding the cancellation of a book by the former governor of Hong Kong, and the treatment of journalists in the US trying to report honestly about powerful commercial interests;
the abuse of the power of News Corporation media in several countries to pressure democratic governments to bend commercial rules in its favour;
the abuse of market power to threaten rival publications through predatory pricing.
Congress recalls the success of the special conference of News Corporation unions held in Australia in 1989 and calls on the executive to hold another such event in 1999.
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