The ABC’s political editor Chris Uhlmann said there was an online “vigilante mob” who loved to attack him for what they perceive as his rightwing bias. “Quite frankly, there is now this vigilante mob that exists online, that basically congregates the minute it smells blood,” Uhlmann told Guardian Australia after he was criticised for linking the South Australian blackout to the state’s use of renewable energy. ABC viewers go dark on Chris Uhlmann after South Australian blackout 'heresy' | Amanda Meade Read more“For whatever reason, years ago, they decided that in their estimation I was too conservative to be on the ABC. Photograph: Mike Bowers for the GuardianHe said online critics read his Wikipedia profile and assumed he is on the conservative side. ABC coverage of the SA blackout was clearly driven by its political editor Chris Uhlmann.

Source: The Guardian October 14, 2016 21:12 UTC