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Eric Beecher is a journalist, editor and media owner who has written an excoriating new book about his experiences working as an editor for Rupert Murdoch's NewsCorp, and more generally about the danger of media moguls and the power they wield.
Eric Beecher was hired by Rupert Murdoch as editor of the Melbourne newspaper The Herald.
He describes News Corporation as "a kind of medieval fiefdom where we all lived in the shadow of a proprietor whose predilections - commercial, editorial, ideological, personal, political, economic, philosophical, racial, sociological - were insinuated into every important decision and direction we took."
Years later Eric Beecher was sued for defamation by Lachlan Murdoch - who ultimately dropped the case.
His book is The Men Who Killed the News: The inside story of how media moguls abused their power, manipulated the truth, and distorted democracy.
