Increasingly, however, the tenor of News Corp attacks has shifted from challenging not merely the existence of a publicly funded news source, but attacking its perceived ideology. While the trope of a left-wing ABC has been standard for decades among conservatives, increasingly the ABC has been targeted by the Murdochs as part of the culture wars that the company has found so rewarding in propagating.
The Murdochs and the ABC: it’s not just about competition, but about identity