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Yes and no. ABC investigations on child care abuse for example is not politically motivated and great journalism you'd have to agree. 90% of what's on the ABC front page is good journalism without an agenda. (And them and the The Guardian are just about the only 2 you see doing investigative stuff in Australia. Murdoch sure as hell ain't. Defund the ABC and what's left? News.com.au and Sky FFS?!)
Just have a scroll through any of those stories from the ABC and tell me there isn't good journalism going on. Beats getting your 'facts' from a tik-tokker.
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Political reporting you may have a case but I saw Ita Buttrose once say they get emails and letters from just about any interview of a politician from both sides complaining of bias which patently can't be true.
Most public broadcaster's that run a large newsroom or news service like the ABC or BBC are the same. Whether journalists are poltically aligned with one side of politics or not.
Most if not all journalists want their work to have real newsworthy relevance and not picked apart by those who are construed to be in political opposition....
Ideally news media should be unbiased. But I’m not sure where you can find a reporter withour beliefs.
Reporters are human. Humans, especially those in the midst of these political tsunami's, have beliefs that naturally influence what details they consider important for their audience to know, so each one reports any incident from a different point of view.
Having said that, we also know that every media has it's core audience. It’s a minefield in that sense....