Media Unmade – Chapter 21: Taking sides
Welcome to the latest Unmade podcast. Today’s edition features another extract from the audio edition of my book, Media Unmade, which is published by Hardie Grant and available online and in book stores.
In today’s chapter, I explore the ever worsening relationship cycle between the Coalition government and the ABC, as PM Scott Morrison and communications minister Paul Fletcher pursued regular confrontations, even after their pick of Ita Buttrose stepped up as chair.
The chapter also recaps the extraordinary 2019 raid on the ABC by Federal Police in response to The Afghan Files revelations.
And relations with the government got worse after Four Corners investigated the conduct of Coalition ministers – focusing on Christian Porter and Alan Tudge – in its “Inside the Canberra Bubble” episode.
