A very small article appeared in the Australian edition of the Heraldsun on the 11th of June 2011.
Towards the back of the newspaper a small 4 lined article appears that states that the world's largest software company must pay another software company $272,000,000 or over a quarter of a billion dollars.
The article states:
Microsoft rip-off fine
THE US Supreme Court says Microsoft Corp must pay $272 million to a small software company in a patent lawsuit.
Nowhere in the article is mentioned what sort of patent Microsoft stole from the software company.
The article does not mention the other software company's name.
This is another example of mass media misinformation.
Rupert Murdoch's new.com.au is co-owned by Microsoft, and the result is ninemsn.com.au.
It is not conducive to a good business partnership to print stories that at not flattering to any of the above companies.
No one can accuse the Herald Sun for not printing a story on Microsoft's fraud, but the full details are deliberately omitted.
If some person makes the spotlight, then the media outlet goes to great lengths to obtain person details, but when it comes to a significant article regarding one of the worlds largest company's a small mention is made.
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