Australian Broadcasting Corporation

corporate media,public broadcaster

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Formation	1 July 1932
Headquarters	ABC Ultimo Centre 700 Harris StreetUltimo 2007, Sydney
Government-funded public broadcaster in Australia.

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is a government-funded public broadcaster in Australia.

Secrets of the Super Rich

On 4 April 2016, the ABC's Four Corners broadcast "The Panama Papers: Secrets of the Super Rich" which Craig Murray praised for having {{#subobject: |Has superobject=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |Has objectClass=Quotation |Has author=|+sep=, |Has text=“The Australian Broadcasting Corporation shamed the BBC by putting out a Four Corners documentary on the Panama leak that had real balls. In stark contrast to the BBC, the Australians named and shamed Australia’s biggest company and Australia’s biggest foreign investor. BBC Panorama by contrast found a guy who sold one house in Islington. The Australians also, unlike the BBC who deliberately and knowing hid it, pointed out that the corruption centred on the British Virgin Islands, and even went there. All in all an excellent job.” |Is about=Australian Broadcasting Corporation,BBC, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, British Virgin Islands, Panama Papers|+sep=, |Has wikipediaPage= |Has location=|+sep=, |Has publicationDate=April 2016 |Sourced from=Craig Murray's blog |Has sourceDetails=A Chink of Aussie Light |Has sourceTitle= |Has sourceName=Craig Murray's blog |Has sourceURL=https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2016/04/a-chink-of-aussie-light/ }}“The Australian Broadcasting Corporation shamed the BBC by putting out a Four Corners documentary on the Panama leak that had real balls. In stark contrast to the BBC, the Australians named and shamed Australia’s biggest company and Australia’s biggest foreign investor. BBC Panorama by contrast found a guy who sold one house in Islington. The Australians also, unlike the BBC who deliberately and knowing hid it, pointed out that the corruption centred on the British Virgin Islands, and even went there. All in all an excellent job.”

Iraq war propaganda

In December 2001, the spook and "freelance journalist" Paul Moran made a television interview with al-Haideri, a defector who claimed he had worked at illegal chemical, biological and nuclear facilities around Baghdad. The revelations made about the - fictitious - WMDs were aired initially by the AB, another of Moran’s regular employers. Thus given credibility, the lie was then picked up spread by the rest of the world's corporate media.

Covid propaganda

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In 2023, ABC Chairwoman Ita Buttrose shilled for Pfizer's covid products, and also for the Priceline Pharmacy chain of chemists, presumably for a handsome payment.

During Covid, the broadcaster repeatedly came under fire after its medical commentator Dr Norman Swan made countless calls for harsher lockdowns, mask mandates and covid boosters - policies that strongly aligned with the government but had little scientific backing. Swan's commentary rarely provided an impartial perspective and he was eventually called out for failing to publicly disclose his financial interest in seeking government contracts related to covid-19.

Maryanne Demasi

Dr. Maryanne Demasi is an Australian science reporter and presenter, best known for her work with the ABC Catalyst television program, where she was fired after pressure from Big Pharma. In 2013, she produced a two-part series called "Heart of the Matter," which cited evidence challenging the role of cholesterol in heart disease and the overprescription of statins (cholesterol-lowering drugs). She also produced programs on possible health effects from low level microwave exposure from Wi-Fi and mobile phones.

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