Sydney (AFP) - Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott Thursday came under pressure from his own communications minister over his criticism of the national broadcaster, with Malcolm Turnbull saying the ABC must not be accountable to politicians.
Abbott on Wednesday accused the Australian Broadcasting Corporation of being unpatriotic by taking "everyone's side but Australia's" in its coverage of asylum-seekers and the leaks by US intelligence fugitive Edward Snowden.
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