Newspaper endorsements Australian federal election, 2013

1 newspaper endorsements

1.1 national daily newspapers
1.2 national sunday newspapers
1.3 international press

newspaper endorsements

the press overwhelmingly favoured coalition on labor, of news corps publications endorsing abbott s opposition on rudd s government, fairfax] s publications such age, sydney morning herald , canberra times, backing coalition on labor. fairfax s newspapers, sydney morning herald , canberra times both considered need political stability primary reason supporting coalition, criticising labor s continuing infighting , scandals.the age backed labor, praising labor s stewardship of economy during global financial crisis , noting that, of 2 parties, 1 vision australia. sunday age, however, supported coalition, rejecting weekly s counterpart editorial labor had vision , election amounted choosing lesser evil, noting during election campaign genuine contest of ideas [had] not materialised , campaign [had] contained no vision or policy clarion call commanding our attention , demanding our vote , subsequently in absence of policies , detailed economic information, voter decisiveness depend on 1 issue: trust. whilst fairfax s publications unanimous in support of coalition, news corps larger stable of publications were. during period, various news corps papers published numerous front-page articles supporting coalition , denigrating labor. during campaign, daily telegraph ran front-pages depicting labor nazis, displaying picture of rudd above headline telling readers kick mob out, and, on election day, ran headline after 33 days campaigning, 18 babies kissed, 104,275 km flown , 6 years of incompetent labor government, s... turn. sunday telegraph, meanwhile, printed front-page editorial headline australia needs tony . additionally, courier mail used front-page depict labor clowns, , ran headline of guy ever shut alongside photo of rudd during debate.similarly, in weeks preceding election, herald sun ran headline trust me alongside photo abbott , on day of election ran front-page consisting of headline s tony s time alongside photo of abbott.

national daily newspapers

national sunday newspapers

international press