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[–] WeirdAlex03@lemmy.zip 73 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Worth noting, for those that aren't going to bother reading the first line of the article, this is ABC the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, not ABC the American Broadcasting Company

[–] Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is hilarious. Not only are they only shutting down all but four of their biggest Twitter accounts it's also not even the company people are thinking about. This is literally news about nothing happening and people are still riled up. Well done OP. I love it.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

We're so mad at the changes that we're going to consolidate our accounts to make it easier to use this platform!

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[–] DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

American Broadcasting Company

I've never heard of the American Broadcasting Company. Is that a thing? It's always Australian anytime anyone mentions the ABC.

[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, it’s a private cable news and entertainment network in the states.

[–] Sinnerman@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The US version is one of the big 3 broadcast channels transmitting since the mid 1900s, though it's now also on cable:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company

[–] Reil 3 points 1 year ago

It's a thing, yeah. Disney acquired them in the mid-90s. Pretty reliably top 3 in viewership numbers, just above Fox and Fox News, who round out the top 5.

[–] authed@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It says Australian in the headline

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

... after you click on the title that does not

[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

Looks like your client is hiding that from you. Check it out in the Lemmy web UI and it's there.

[–] ReversalHatchery 1 points 1 year ago

I see the headline in the link preview. I use Liftoff.