I’ve followed the ABC News coverage on COVID-19 more than other mainstream news channels, and in my view the ABC is nothing more than a propaganda tool for the Australian Government.
The ABC has done nothing to provide balanced reporting to the Australian public. The ABC has asked Australian governments none of the critical questions that should have been asked all along. Instead, it has unquestioningly chimed into the general fear mongering and sensationalising, in perfect lock step with the government’s agenda, and so contributed to the current climate of irrational fear.
And this is not just an impression I have. I took the liberty of searching the ABC news website for any mention of some of the most outspoken and highly qualified experts from overseas who have been critical of the disproportionate measures taken by governments around the world in response to COVID-19 pandemic. The result? Nothing.
The ABC at the very least failed to do any proper research into COVID-19. It failed to investigate this critical issue and instead trumpeted the governments’ agenda. It effectively blocked out a huge amount of important knowledge about COVID-19, like just about every other mainstream media provider around Australia and indeed the world.
So the ABC is not alone in being completely spineless, but as a taxpayer I find the ABC’s lack of scrutinising issues like COVID-19 and the supposed “climate emergency” downright offensive. This once respected organisation has turned into nothing but a tax payer funded propaganda machine.
