Australia to hold media inquiry after News Corp 'bias' claim

Australia’s government has promised a media inquiry amid complaints by MPs that Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp is biased and owns too many of the nation’s newspapers.

Calls have been growing for an Australian inquiry into News Corp since the New York-based media company closed its top-selling British newspaper the News of the World in July over illegal phone-hacking allegations. News Corp owns 70% of Australian newspapers.