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The ABC’s democracy deficit

Free societies do not need a state-owned broadcaster

19 September 2020

9:00 AM

19 September 2020

9:00 AM

‘The fires. The virus. The crisis,’ intones the ad in the weekly rural paper. ‘Imagine them without the ABC.’

One can, easily. I know people who haven’t watched or listened to the ABC since long before the catastrophic events pressed into service for this advertisement, which goes on to urge us to ‘fight’ for ‘your’ ABC.

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