Sky News In a 2018 tweet, Bongiorno, then an ABC radio political correspondent, defended the number of left commentators on the ABC and criticised Sky News for having too many conservatives by tweeting that the National Broadcaster had as many "lefties"as there are "righties" on Sky "after dark panels and that includes ‘Uncle Tom’ lefties craving relevance." Aboriginal Sky News commentator, and former Labor Party president Warren Mundine objected to the use of the racist epithet "Uncle Tom," and called the ABC "hypocritical and disgraceful" for not criticising the remark. Honours In the January 2014 Australia Day Honours List, Bongiorno was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) "for significant service to the print and broadcast media as a journalist, political commentator and editor." References External links Australian political journalists Australian people of Italian descent Members of the Order of Australia Laicized Roman Catholic priests Australian television talk show hosts People educated at St Patrick's College, Ballarat Living people 1944 births Place of birth missing (living people)