‘Let them do it without our tax dollars’: ABC grilled for scheduled Hasan Piker interview

​News24 host James Morrow grills the ABC for inviting “clown” Hasan Piker on their Planet America show.

​“On the American left he’s something of a big deal with more than 3 million followers on the streaming service Twitch and millions more on other platforms,” Mr Morrow said.

​“He professes to hate capitalism… but grew up affluent in the New Jersey suburbs.

​“He has accumulated this fortune by ranting at his followers and taking positions that, were they uttered by someone on the right, would have the e-Safety commissioner move to ban his videos and Tony Burke slapping a ban on him ever getting a visa to Australia.

​“He’s also a big fan of Hamas, as long as Israel is on the other side.

​“The crazy thing is, wild-eyed, anti-American, anti-Israel, anti-free market rhetoric has been credited, or blamed, for helping the radical left get up a swag of candidates for this November’s Congressional elections and even put socialist Zohran Mamdani into the New York City mayor’s office.

​“One has to wonder: is there something in the water at the ABC’s Ultimo HQ that makes them think they are immune to consequences?

​“If the ABC wants to have this clown on their network, that’s their business, but let them do it without our tax dollars.”