News Corp Australia chair says outlets not part of climate crisis ‘denial machine’

Michael Miller tells Senate misinformation inquiry platforming climate deniers and net zero critics part of ‘great democracy and healthy debate’

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A senior News Corp Australia executive has defended the company’s platforming of climate science deniers, saying its news outlets were not part of a “denial machine” spreading misinformation.

News Corp Australia’s executive chair, Michael Miller, told a Senate inquiry into climate and energy misinformation there was no coordination across the organisation’s news outlets to feature voices sceptical of climate action or Australia’s current goal to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions.

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