In relation to news outlets remaining neutral on every issue, right-wing news consumers (72%) are more supportive than left-wing (54%).Įven more markedly, 87% of right-wing news consumers agree that news outlets should give equal time to all sides, compared to only 69% of left-wing. Left-wing respondents (39%) are more likely to say there are some issues where it makes no sense for news outlets to try to be neutral, than right-wing (21%).
Right-wing news consumers are more likely to say that news should reflect a range of views so people can make up their own mind (85%), than left-wing (72%). Those with right-wing views were far more likely to say that news should be impartial, neutral and balanced than left-wing news consumers. The University of Canberra report also exposed a widening divide between left-wing and right-wing news consumers regarding the importance of impartiality, neutrality and balance in journalism. This appears to be further evidence that the billion-dollar-a-year ABC is neglecting its charter which requires the broadcaster to “gather and present news and information with due impartiality” “not unduly favour one perspective over another” and “present a diversity of perspectives so that, over time, no significant strand of thought or belief within the community is knowingly excluded or disproportionately represented”. Around 40 percent of SBS and ABC viewers are left-wing, compared to just 23-30 percent for other networks.
#Which is right and left wing tv
The study also revealed that viewers of the publicly-funded broadcasters SBS TV and ABC TV tend to be notably more left-wing than all other brands studied, including channels Seven, Nine, Ten, Sky and Fox. Houghton explained that, “there is indeed, as Kevin suggests, a dramatic ideological over-saturation in digital media, but it certainly isn’t to the right, politically speaking.” “And if you are one of those people Kevin has slandered over and over and over again as being a ‘radical’, ‘out of touch with mainstream views’ and ‘downright dangerous’, well I have some news for you: he’s wrong.” “Characterising our nearly two million subscribers as ‘far right extremists’ is a little unfair,” Houghton protested. Houghton proposed that the Canberra-based study is a vindication for his network, following accusations by former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd that Sky News encouraged “far-right extreme views”.
The report was highlighted by Sky News presenter Jack Houghton last week. As noted in the study, “online news brands and public service broadcasters are more likely to have left-leaning audiences.”
#Which is right and left wing Offline
In measuring offline news brands, the spread was more even-handed, with 11 brands falling to the left and nine to the right of an average Australian news consumer. The taxpayer-funded ABC News Online - which had the biggest audience of the websites included in the survey - ranked further left than CNN.com. The other 23 brands were found to be left-of-centre.Īmong the most left-wing sources were the Guardian Australia online, Crikey, The Conversation and The Sunday Paper online. Only two of those brands - and - fell marginally to the right of the average ‘centrist’ Australian (the dotted line, circled in red, below). In the report, 25 news brands were located along a left-to-right continuum according to the mean political views of their audience. Tens of thousands of Australians were surveyed for the study. In June, the Digital News Report: Australia 2021 was published by the University of Canberra’s News and Media Research Centre.
These are among the many findings of a comprehensive report on news media consumption in Australia released last month. Australia’s digital news skews strongly to the left ABC TV is favoured by left-wing viewers and people with right-wing views tend to be stronger advocates for impartial, neutral and balanced news.
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