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[–] echo@lemmy.today -3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

with widespread news disruption

"news" - That does not mean what they think it means...

[–] phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 11 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

This is Australia not the USA's ABC, not sure if that makes a difference.

[–] echo@lemmy.today 3 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

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

[–] eureka@aussie.zone 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

To add onto what Hanrahan said, it's also one of our state-funded broadcasters (along with Special Broadcasting Service, which has a lot of non-English and international content like films and news) 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.

It was one of the original commissioners of Bluey.

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.

[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 5 points 14 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

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-24/antoinette-lattouf-costs-decision-in-abc-unlawful-termination/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.

[–] DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 3 points 14 hours ago

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