Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-07-10 09:40:27 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 73BCD60021E04DD9F568C865C9DC89971D69E969A2414581F5B9F6C4FDEB34E7
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The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is wholly government (ie taxpayer) funded and receives more than A$1 billion dollars of taxpayer funding every year. While ABC journalists consider themselves "independent", staff polling indicates a left-wing bias. https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/abc-news-australia/ https://theconversation.com/whose-views-skew-the-news-media-chiefs-ready-to-vote-out-labor-while-reporters-lean-left-13995 https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/its-easy-being-green-at-the-abc-survey-finds/news-story/4b36bb728fa752f563182f69208eb03d https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9039093/Independent-review-ABC-finds-lack-conservative-voices.html https://www.afr.com/companies/media-and-marketing/left-wing-bias-proves-it-is-clearly-their-abc-20210111-p56taq https://www.heraldsun.com.au/blogs/andrew-bolt/abc-complains-were-just-three-times-more-green/news-story/62e31fc61442524202e58336e0b83ffc
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