ABC viewers are being quizzed about the public broadcaster’s impartiality

The public broadcaster is asking its audience to rate its key news and current affairs programs and determine whether their programs are “accurate and impartial.”

David Speers, host of ABC's Insiders program.

ABC viewers have been asked a series of questions about the taxpayer-funded broadcaster’s news and current affairs programs including whether they are “accurate and impartial” and a “trusted source” of information.

Several questionnaires have this month been issued to the ABC’s YourSpace community asking their views about programs including Insiders, 7.30, Media Watch and the nightly 7pm news bulletins.

The group has been asked to rate from one to 10 the four key news programs and whether or not they would recommend them ABC News to friends and family.

The YourSpace community has also been questioned on whether they watch the ABC on broadcast or via its streaming platform ABC iview.

A series of statements were also put to viewers including whether they agreed that the four programs accurately reflected the diversity of Australia and if the shows were well represented.

Media Watch remains on the hunt for a new host after Paul Barry, who has led the program for 11 years, will depart at the end of the year.

The show’s executive producer Tim Latham will also leave the program in 2024.

Members of the YourSpace group were quizzed about how frequently they consumed ABC news in the past week and also they had tuned into the broadcaster’s new channel, ABC Entertains, which was introduced in June.

The station replaced ABC ME to provide viewers with comedy and entertainment programs.

In the survey, seen by The Australian, it also asked viewers about which of the following programs they had recently watched including News Breakfast, 7.30, Four Corners, Media Watch, Monday’s Experts, Stuff the British Stole, Landline and Ladies in Black.

ABC viewers were also questioned about their viewing habits and what other streaming services they have watched in the last month from a list of 12 providers including 7Plus, 9Now, 10 Play, Foxtel, Netflix, Binge and Paramount Plus.

On Friday, the YourSpace community issued another survey to viewers asking further questions about ABC News including what other news apps consumers accessed recently.

Respondents were provided with 10 choices including news.com.au, The Australian, Herald Sun, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The Age, Daily Mail Australia, and 9 News websites.

The ABC would not comment.