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ABC expected to axe Q+A in fresh round of cuts (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 4 days ago by Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone to c/australia@aussie.zone

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[–] Ilandar@lemm.ee 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I do wonder how many people are still watching that show now, though. Politics is so divisive today, people really do no not like listening to anyone other than "their side". Politicians also seem less willing to engage with the mainstream media and outside of their own curated interviews. There is nothing stopping them from running the show without politicians, but they've always made up at least 2/5 guests on a standard panel so it would be a big shift. Back in the day, the live Twitter watchalong where they'd broadcast your tweets was also a big selling point of the show (one that The Chaser enjoyed spoofing) but social media is also becoming increasingly fragmented and this kind of thing no longer works like it used to (I believe they dropped it years ago anyway).

[–] Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone 1 points 3 days ago

I've wondered how many people must be watching it, i think its on their programming later at night now.

Politics being divisive is a reason politics opportunities like QandA should be available. It forces the members of the Partys together to discuss the topics on the same platform.

For example, i think it was on the latest episode of Rest is Politics - Leading, where Johnathan Haidt talked about Newt Gingrich forcing a policy of Congress meeting only Tuesday-Thursday to ensure the representatives wouldn't feel a need to move to Washington DC, and instead fly in then fly home again. Newt Gingrich's theory, he claims, was the Republicans got too cosy with the establishment once they got to Washington DC.