News Corp comparing ABC to Netflix subscription ‘unbalanced and agenda-driven’, broadcaster chair says

In strongly worded statement, Kim Williams says allegations in Murdoch-owned tabloids do not stand up to scrutiny'

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A claim in News Corp publications across the country that the public broadcaster costs taxpayers more than a Netflix subscription is an inaccurate, unbalanced and agenda-driven attack on the ABC", the ABC chair, Kim Williams, says.

On The Daily Telegraph's front page, an inside page and an editorial on Friday, the Murdoch tabloid alleged the ABC costs Australia's 11.5m households $105 each a year, compared to $96 for an annual Netflix subscription" and failed to reach 10.6m Australians".

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