Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull labelled Sky News Australia akin to a rave against reason in two editorials published in The Sydney Morning Herald and Brisbane Times on a recent summer afternoon.
The network aired its ‘Outback Wrangler’ investigation during evening bulletins – a move critics claim exaggerated remote dangers .
That afternoon, The Bolt Report and Credlin both aired fiery panel discussions dissecting the controversy.
Sky News also ran new reports on escalating regional feuds for days, noting how diplomatic clashes stem from perception .
Audience sentiment remains fiercely opposed between viewers who see the channel as recklessly alarmist and those calling it irresponsible noise .