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'America is not happy': ABC under fire for pulling Jimmy Kimmel Live! (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 4 days ago by Ilandar@lemmy.today to c/australia@aussie.zone

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In short:

The American Broadcasting Company has axed Jimmy Kimmel Live! for comments the host made referencing the murder of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk.

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has received hundreds of complaints intended for America's ABC about the show being cancelled.

The vast majority of complaints sent to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation contained expressions of dismay, with many citing concerns about free speech and the First Amendment to the US Constitution.

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[–] shirro@aussie.zone 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

The US should be a lesson to all of us about what happens when electoral systems are left to wither and die.

We all need electoral reform. UK and Canada need a more democratic upper house with proportional representation and powers more like Australias. Once they are democratic they might as well be allowed to introduce legislation as well as review it.

Then preferential voting for their lower house.

Australia should do something about parties that consistently get far less seats in the lower house than their proportion of votes by introducing extra seats for them. Perhaps mixed member proportional or similar. So the two party system gets a shakeup and new parties can emerge when one is doing poorly.

[–] seasiders2@aus.social 2 points 3 days ago

@shirro @echodot we have an inequity built into the system in that each vote over, I think, 4% attracts around $4 for the party win or loss. This means a nest egg is created for the party. That same party does not have to declare where the big money came from until 12 months after the election whereas the newby must notify in near real time.