Save Share Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has unloaded on Rupert Murdochâs News Corporation, accusing the media company of being âutterly liberated from the truthâ and campaigning against his government in an âcrazy agendaâ to restore Tony Abbott to the Liberal leadership. Appearing before the Senate inquiry into media diversity, Mr Turnbull said the media empire acted like a âmafia gangâ as it pursued its own corporate interests and held vendettas against politicians and other opponents. Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull appears via videoconference during the media diversity hearing on Monday. Alex Ellinghausen âNews Corp now is like a political party, but with just one member, or one family of members and that is an absolute threat to our democracy,â he said.