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''Not to be confused with the'' [[American Broadcasting Company]]

''Not to be confused with the'' [[American Broadcasting Company]]

The '''Australian Broadcasting Corporation''', shortened to '''ABC''' is a public broadcaster in Australia. The ABC is operated on a budget of over $1 Billion (Australian) <ref> http://www.budget.gov.au/2009-10/content/bp4/html/bp4_agency_resourcing_04_bcde.htm </ref> and has been criticized for it left leaning bias by conservative figureheads in Australia. <ref> http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/column_your_abc_of_bias/ </ref>

The '''Australian Broadcasting Corporation''', shortened to '''ABC''' is a public broadcaster in [[Australia]]. The ABC is operated on a budget of over $1 Billion (Australian) <ref> http://www.budget.gov.au/2009-10/content/bp4/html/bp4_agency_resourcing_04_bcde.htm </ref> and has been criticized for it [[left-wing|left]] leaning [[liberal bias|bias]] by [[conservative]] figureheads in Australia. <ref> http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/column_your_abc_of_bias/ </ref>

==History==  

==History==  

==Politics and allegations of bias==  

==Politics and allegations of bias==  

The ABC been accused by Australian conservatives over allegations of left wing bias in its journalism especially when it over represents leftist issues in Australia such as immigration, republicanism, multiculturalism, reconciliation and its support for the centre-left Australian Labor Party. <ref>http://candobetter.org/node/17</ref> <ref>http://www.themonthly.com.au/monthly-essays-robert-manne-new-teeth-aunty-reinvigorating-national-broadcaster-749</ref> Conservative commentators in Australia such as Andrew Bolt as well as Coalition members have stated that they believe the ABC to contain bias from the left. <ref>http://newmatilda.com/2009/08/24/small-l-liberal-not-left</ref> John Howard who was the Liberal Party Prime Minister of Australia from 1996 – 2007 had cut the funding to the ABC by close to 10% for what he believed to be left wing bias. In a 2004 poll of journalists the ABC came in second to the question of “the most politically biased media organisation in Australia”.  <ref>http://www.roymorgan.com/resources/pdf/papers/20040903.pdf</ref>

The ABC been accused by Australian conservatives over allegations of [[left wing]] bias in its journalism especially when it over represents [[leftist]] issues in Australia such as [[immigration]], [[republicanism]], [[multiculturalism]], reconciliation and its support for the centre-left Australian Labor Party. <ref>http://candobetter.org/node/17</ref> <ref>http://www.themonthly.com.au/monthly-essays-robert-manne-new-teeth-aunty-reinvigorating-national-broadcaster-749</ref> Conservative commentators in Australia such as Andrew Bolt as well as Coalition members have stated that they believe the ABC to contain bias from the left. <ref>http://newmatilda.com/2009/08/24/small-l-liberal-not-left</ref> John Howard who was the Liberal Party Prime Minister of Australia from 1996 – 2007 had cut the funding to the ABC by close to 10% for what he believed to be left wing bias. In a 2004 poll of journalists the ABC came in second to the question of “the most politically biased media organisation in Australia”.  <ref>http://www.roymorgan.com/resources/pdf/papers/20040903.pdf</ref>

==References==

==References==

[[Category:Australia]]

[[Category:Australia]]

[[Category:Broadcasting]]

[[Category:Broadcasting]]