ABC calls for apology after Bronwyn Bishop tells Sky the public broadcaster is ‘aligning’ itself with Nazi policies

Former Howard government minister tells Sharri Markson the ABC is aligning themselves with policies in place with national socialism during world war two'

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The ABC has lodged a formal complaint with Sky News Australia after Bronwyn Bishop said the public broadcaster was aligning themselves with the policy of Germany's national socialist party for the elimination of Jews" in its coverage of the Israel-Hamas war.

A regular guest on Sky, the former Liberal senator was responding to the Sky News host Sharri Markson's claim that the ABC was so biased, so one-sided, so anti-Israel".

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