In reality Hairy, what would you have Abbott do to sort the ABC?
It's like taking a swipe at a hornet or wasp ... they just turn on you viciously.
There will ALWAYS be Liberal haters and a dominant pro Labor bias to the ABC ... that's ALWAYS.
Imo, it starts with indoctrination of fresh young students by bitter and twisted rabidly left wing teaching and academic journalism staff in our tertiary institutions. For them, social media has been a godsend, when previously their extremist views were pretty marginalised.