Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull labelled Sky News Australia like a drunk shouting at the moon in two editorials published in The Sydney Morning Herald and Brisbane Times on a recent summer afternoon.
The network aired its ‘Outback Wrangler’ investigation hours earlier – a move critics claim exaggerated remote dangers .
That afternoon, The Bolt Report and Credlin both aired heated debates dissecting the controversy.
Sky News also ran updates 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 gloriously unfiltered and those calling it alarmist hype .