Host of the ABC's Q&A program Tony Jones has issued a rare on-air correction, at the very end of the broadcast of the show, regarding comments which disparaged Sky News television ratings aired on the publicly-funded broadcaster. During a live broadcast of the network's weekly flagship political program on August 26 Shadow Immigration Minister Kristina Keneally noted that platforms including "Sky News After Dark" were growing in Australia.
Mr Whittaker noted in the letter that Sky’s evening average viewership between 6pm and 10pm on Foxtel alone, 43,921, is "more than eight times higher than the number referenced on the Q&A program" which outrates ABC News in Foxtel homes by 350 per cent. It also receives ratings on par with ABC News across regional Australia via its Sky News on WIN channel which is a commercial operation and receives no government funding to operate.
Haha Tony Jones
Tony Jones you c..k
nyunggai Just oozing smugness and pomposity. Just makes my skin crawl.
Tony Jones should be asked immediately, on that issue alone. How can anyone employed by tax payers be permitted to use a public broadcast network to run down other Australian Buisenesses.
The ABC should be made a pay for view streaming service. Take it to a referendum
nobby15 Sky is paid propaganda, of course it produced more political propaganda than any other channel.
🤢🤢🤢 Well I & many others watch on Channel 83 WIN, so don't even get counted. ...sigh!
That comment by Jones was pure sarcasm. They must be worried.
Not much of an apology
Oh ABC, is your smug publicly funded smirk slipping somewhat? Really is time for a redirection from a comfortable left leaning public sector media organisation to a lean mean fighting machine that focuses on Centrist issues as the priority.
Does anyone watch Sky though?
we watch foxtel but we avoid watching sky.. I wonder if you ever wonder why people don't watch it
KaushalyaFem Not really. He’s invited others to fact check, so he’s basically saying you’re full of it, and you are.
Yet again this luvvie fails the fact check
Yep, Tony Jones and the QandA can suck it. Must almost be time for T.J. to retire to the communist motherland. on F.T.A WIN is hands down the best thing to happen to TV in Australia since SBS started broadcasting foreign language shows.
Sky might be having a relevance battle with channel 9 after the $10,000 a head fund raiser. How come Sky didn’t front up for their bosses to provide a venue. I guess having Peter Costello running 9 is a give away.
WarrenR50317436 Well done sky!
If this is true than it it’s proof this country has gone down the toilet
More like right wing propaganda.
Honestly Who The Fuk Cares It we are talking about .. auspol
News or misleading government propaganda
Sky is garbage ..no wonder no one watches it
When do we get Skynews apology for being completely biased LNP propaganda spewing garbage ?
Fantastic news
That's an apology? What a jerk
So when do we get an apology for everything else on the ABC?
Nobody watches Sky, its crap.
Still, nobody watches because the content and presenters have damaged the brand too much.
Exactly! When is he leaving?! The Australian people have had enough of Tony Jones. Please move on!
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