Comment on ABC journalists to strike for first time in 20 years with widespread news disruption expected

• echo@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Ah, thanks… I know nothing of the Australia ABC…

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  • hanrahan@slrpnk.net ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It’s ok but I’d regard it as center right after years of fuckery from the LNP. You just have to look at the Lattouf incident

    www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-24/…/105810052

    and its coverage if our left party The Greens is appalling, while a lot of sucking up to the loony ONP

    It’s closest to the PBS in the US and the BBC in the UK I guess, and certainly not dissimilar to the BBC and their similar fawning obsequiesness to Reform.

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  • eureka@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    To add onto what Hanrahan said, it’s also one of our state-funded channels (along with Special Broadcasting Service) so it’s a lot less commercialised. There are plenty of good shows started there and it’s sometimes a lot closer to indie content.

    I highly recommend trying to find episodes of You Can’t Ask That (even if you have to torrent it), and if you like mockumentaries like The Office, I recommend Utopia (not to be confused with other shows elsewhere called Utopia), many clips are on YouTube to sample.

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  • DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The ABC in Australia was the original ABC before the Americans copied us. Kind of like the Office.

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