Single J, 2 Corners: Gallows humour at #ABCbudgetcutshows

After the announcement of cuts to the ABC budget yesterday, a satirical twitter hashtag has begun trending, with revised names for post-cut ABC programs.

The national youth network has been renamed Single J, The Conversation Hour became The Conversation 5 Minutes, and a range of tv shows have been renamed.

The hashtag, , was trending all afternoon yesterday, overnight and is still in the top ten Australian twitter trends this morning, although some fo the most recent messages appear to be from Americans who think the American ABC network is being cut.

Friends of the ABC has also announced a campaign to show support for the ABC and opposition politicians are using the hash tag to make their views known.

A range of renamed programs have been proposed at the hashtag and one ABC staffer, tweeting as Que Sarah Sarah, has thanked contributors for keeping spirits up with a good laugh.





 

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