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[–] ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 47 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Sky News Australia is complete batshit, as opposed to Sky News in the UK which is more "normal" mainstream news.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Curious, is this a joke? I'm not familiar with their broadcasts in Europe or Australia

[–] Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago

Took me a while to find this, sorry, but here is a bias fact check for Sky and for Sky Australia

[–] ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 48 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Nope, it's serious. Sky News Australia is owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, which explains the far-right lunacy that it is known for.

Sky News UK is owned by Comcast, and is generally considered to be a much more professional and respectable news outlet. Not perfect, but more BBC than Fox News.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 days ago

I was more familiar with the UK one and thought I came across a fake account when I first saw the Australian one. It felt like an over exaggerated caricature of far-right rage bait

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ah that makes sense, so Sky News UK is basically NBC in the U.S. (Also owned by Comcast)

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 8 points 2 days ago

Yes but only because Comcast bought UK Sky a few years ago off of Murdoch.

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Are you insane? It’s just as biased and rage bait in the Uk and the comments on their YouTube videos are just right wing monsters.

[–] Allemaniac@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

in Germany all public broadcasters have turned off comments because of russian bots and right wing nutjobs. It's a sad state of affairs everywhere

I'm talking about the actual television channel and news site. They're very different to the Australian Sky News which is just a soapbox for crazies.

the comments on their YouTube videos are just right wing monsters.

What do you expect? YouTube comments are always a cesspit.