News Corp employee lashes climate 'misinformation' in bushfire coverage with blistering email

Emily Townsend's reply-all email to executive chairman calls the company's coverage 'irresponsible' and 'dangerous'

A senior News Corp employee has accused the company of "misinformation" and diverting attention from climate change during the bushfire crisis in an explosive all-staff email addressed to executive chairman Michael Miller.

The email accuses News Corp papers, including the Australian, the Daily Telegraph and the Herald Sun, of misrepresenting facts and spreading misinformation to focus on arson as the cause of the bushfires, rather than climate change.