Gas warfare: News Corp tabloids’ week of energy doom ends with an anointed saviour | Weekly Beast

Front-page campaign, paid for by the gas industry, has been labelled propaganda'. Plus: InDaily layoffs delivered to staff in fancy dress

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A week of gushing about gas at News Corp climaxed on Friday with the news" that the gas in the Beetaloo Basin could power Australian homes for 400 years.

To recap: The News Corp tabloids have had a week of advertorial splashes and spreads outlining the gas supply crisis" fuelling spiralling power prices.

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