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Every week there are an increasing number of conspiracy theory articles claiming that News Limited is now in the business of censorship. It is unfortunate though that these articles seem to be of the crazed fan type - where journalists go out to games in search of the craziest, most devoted fan they can in an attempt to find a story.

This is what seems to have been undertaken by Brad Walter of the Sydney Morning Herald who has written a story about a fan's anger at AAMI Stadium staff who allegedly asked him to take down his supporter signs because they provided anti-News Ltd sentiments.

You can read this thrilling piece of news here.

This particular article provides the reader with what seems to be only one (very opinionated) side of a dispute.

The article begins by making reference to the election, claiming that the free speech our democracy strives for is being taken away from football fans by media conglomerates. However, the article goes on to only offer the view of the crazed fan who believes he is being censored due to his wayward opinion

Only in the final paragraph are we offered any sentiments from the opposing side – a legitimate excuse is made being that the man’s signs were blocking advertising - which we can even see in the provided picture.

To sum it all up, the sensationalist nature of the man's remarks perhaps blinds the reader to the fact that this article has very little factual basis and is merely an over the top, one sided opinion piece.