As you would no doubt be aware, last weekend the Liberal Party’s peak council voted almost 2:1 to privatise the ABC. Never have the words "passed a motion" been so apt.
This is just the most recent attack, in a long line of attacks against OUR national broadcaster.
Time to say:
It's clear that it's only in the paranoid and fevered minds of the supporters of this motion that the ABC stands for Anarchists, Bolsheviks and Communists and is staffed by revolutionary fifth columnists with the express desire to undermine Australian democracy...or, in other words, to not let the Federal Coalition Government have a free run in the ABC's coverage of politics.
Yet this is only THEIR warped perception based on THEIR political prejudices, as there is NO objective evidence that it reflects the public's view.
Exhibit A:
The "DIGITAL NEWS REPORT: AUSTRALIA 2018" by Sora Park, Caroline Fisher, Glen Fuller and Jee Young Lee NEWS & MEDIA RESEARCH CENTRE UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA (sample size 2,026) found:
"ABC News ranked the most trusted news brand overall"
"Despite strong perceptions of the ABC being left wing, [the research] shows the national broadcaster’s TV news attracts viewers evenly from across the political spectrum"
The full report can be found here
Exhibit B:
Research conducted between 27 March and 7 April 2018 by online agency Research Now (sample 1,557) concluded:
70% of respondents agreed a “strong, independent ABC is critical to a healthy democracy”.
60% of respondents agreed the ABC needs a “boost to long term funding”, including a majority of voters for all parties.
58% of respondents disagreed “The ABC and SBS should get less funding and provide fewer online and streaming services, so that they don't undermine commercial media”
Exhibit C:
Research published by Essential Research in October 2017 (sample size ~1,000) found:
"The most trusted media were ABC TV news and current affairs (63% a lot/some trust), SBS TV news and current affairs (61%) and ABC radio news and current affairs (58%)."
The full table can be seen here
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