Good riddance to the Australia Network. It just told the world that Australia is a nation of uneducated bogan racists who hate the environment.
and the broadcasting of the bias views of the ABC collective.
Contradiction in views perhaps? Yes ABC is really biased and full of uneducated bogan racists who hate the environment.... :!:
Actually, it's the Australian shows that make it to the regular cable networks (think cooking, renovation & "top model" type shows) that do provide a snapshot of Australlia .... not sure if these snapshot are all that accurate ..... or are they ?
Anyway, I found the Australia network did little to perpetuate certain views of Australians (such as bogan environment hating) ... the internet, and our tourists in certain places, do that far more effectively. I actually found a good smattering of programs ranging from Business News, Australian Story, Landline, Four Corners, various series and Mini Series (eg Howzat, Paper Giants etc) that actually were interesting. Not to mention the sports and childrens programming. Probably the program that it aired, that is fairest to allege bias against would have to be Q&A.
God forbid, I even have turned on Home & Away a couple of times (something I would never do in Australia) just because it wasn't yet another US crime drama, (un)reality show or unfunny sitcom .... or a 14th re-run of what was once a good BBC program on the BBC network. Just nice to have the TV on in the background with Australian rather than American accents.