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Episode: Kim Williams on the future of the ABC
Description: ABC chair Kim Williams has been slammed for recent comments made about broadcasters like Joe Rogan, as the national broadcaster undergoes a wave of structural changes.During his first Press Club address, Kim Williams took aim at the podcaster, saying commentators such as Rogan “prey on fear”.Mr Williams was there to deliver a speech calling for greater investment in the ABC, which he said had lost $150 million a year over the past decade, and to talk about the importance of public broadcasting in an age of disinformation designed to sow division.Williams’ tenure...