New Zealanders also can watch this dreck, so I wonder if the new handle incorporates them... B
Mark Jeffries, to Adam Bowie and Kevin M, Oct 4th: As a regular viewer on YouTube of Australian ABC's "Media Watch," I am very familiar with what Sky News Australia does (and that the ABC, being a government-funded public broadcaster, is one of Sky's favorite targets). It should be mentioned that the Australian Sky is owned by the Murdochs, as is the cable/satellite system that Sky is on (the Sky name comes from when Murdoch owned the European Sky). I keep thinking that sooner or later the license to use the Sky name is going to run out and Comcast is not going to renew the license. I assume that Murdoch will just rename the channel Fox News Australia. The Australian Sky News operation is much closer to Fox News than the UK/Global Sky News (which MSNOW is now working with). The Australian version is full of bloviators, extreme right wingers and especially climate change deniers. The UK/Global version is pretty decent and nothing like the Aussie version. It's a real issue for the Sky News brand. Reminding us that racists are not limited to FoxNews, the series “Freya Fired Up” was cancelled mid episode when a guest wearing bacon began espousing anti-Islamic nonsense. As if the bacon taped to his shirt wasn’t going to be an indicator of his instability. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/sep/29/sky-news-australia-program-axed-after-airing-anti-islam-guest-wearing-shirt-covered-in-bacon Some video of the stupidity can be seen here. https://www.instagram.com/share/_7DBVnNeX -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/75da095e-e2c4-4822-91e9-7d8fd55b7c21n%40googlegroups.com.
