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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Business
Amanda Meade Media correspondent

News Corp comparing ABC to Netflix subscription ‘unbalanced and agenda-driven’, broadcaster chair says

The Daily Telegraph
On Friday the Daily Telegraph attacked the ABC over three pages as a costly ‘niche indulgence’. Composite: Screenshots from Daily Telegraph

A claim in News Corp publications across the country that the public broadcaster costs taxpayers more than a Netflix subscription is an “inaccurate, unbalanced and agenda-driven attack on the ABC”, the ABC chair, Kim Williams, says.

On The Daily Telegraph’s front page, an inside page and an editorial on Friday, the Murdoch tabloid alleged the ABC “costs Australia’s 11.5m households $105 each a year, compared to $96 for an annual Netflix subscription” and “failed to reach 10.6m Australians”.

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