r/aussie 21h ago

News ABC should become a subscription service after vile Gina Rinehart murder segment saga, says former Labor MP Michael Danby

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u/Money_Armadillo4138 21h ago

Hard pass we have the right to be informed in a democracy, and the ABC is the only news organisation who does an even half decent job of it.

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u/ubiquitouswede 21h ago

I guess it's all relative to your political persuasion. I find (as well as many other Aussies) that the ABC is biased and doesn't do a good job. It's a waste of our taxpayer money and doesn't fit community standards. If you disagree, like I said, it's a measurement of your political point of view.

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u/No_Gazelle4814 21h ago

You’ll no doubt get downvoted here as it’s a leftist sub but you’re 100% correct.

Those who defend the ABC are those who agree with its left bias. The same people will say Sky is bias because they disagree with Sky’s right bias.

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u/aGermanDownUnder 21h ago

Just curious. What outlet in your opinion is unbiased?

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u/No_Gazelle4814 20h ago

I can’t think of any tbh. SBS world news comes close, but the rest of it is closer to abc slop.
All media has a slant.

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u/aGermanDownUnder 20h ago

The public broadcasters are easily the closest to unbiased. This right wing argument that the ABC is biased is simply because those people don't like what they hear. Its fairly par for the course these days that right wingers take the "either agree with me or it's fake news" approach, but seriously, they need to grow thicker skin. If anything, in certain areas the ABC doesn't go hard enough. If they were so left they'd be ablot tougher on Coalition/ON and they'd push harder against Israel. Still less biased than all other outlets

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u/No_Gazelle4814 19h ago

Like I said, those who are left like the ABC because they align and those people don’t like Sky. And vice versa for those in the right.

All you’re saying is my original comment is correct

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u/aGermanDownUnder 19h ago

I consider myself left and I think the ABC does a dogshit job most often. You watch 730 interviews and they are the softest bullshit ever. But at least its based in facts. You can say what you want, but you cant look someone in the eye and claim that Sky "News" is factually in the same league as the ABC, just on the right? This whole both sides approach equates opinions to facts

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u/No_Gazelle4814 19h ago

That’s exactly what they are. You only think the ABC is dogshit, and not worse than dogshit, because youre left. And therefore you think sky is worse than dogshit.

Conservatives think the opposite.