It’s no secret our national broadcaster is fond of self-congratulation.  

This week, the carefully choreographed ‘back-slapping‘ reached dizzying new heights as ABC TV marked a full sixty years since flagship current affairs show, Four Corners, first went to air. Hey, if you don’t blow your own trumpet, who will? ABC TV is a world expert on self-promotion.

Since 1961 — when television itself was only five years old — Four Corners has, according to Four Corners, been bringing Australians “fearless and forensic” reporting.