To justify taxpayer support, ABC News 24 needs to at least match, if not better, Sky News’s coverage of important issues.  But, as reported in the Fairfax papers (Sky high on Rudd as ABC protects its saucers), the channel is failing to cover important breaking news stories – i.e., it is failing in the role that would justify its existence.  For further information, see my previous post:

Do we need ABC News 24?