Nation-building to 'national shame': the ABC's complex debate over its role as sports broadcaster
- Written by Michael Ward, PhD candidate, University of Sydney
ABC once viewed sports coverage as integral to its mission of nation-building. But in recent years, it has grown far more ambivalent about sports.Dean Lewins/AAPThe ABC has announced it will not provide live radio coverage of the Olympics for the first time in 67 years for budgetary reasons, and because Australians now have the “increased...




