This is all our fault. We stopped watching Q A. We stopped watching The Project. We've stopped appointment television unless it's the footy.

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We've changed. As a result, broadcasters, in an attempt to keep audiences, change what they're offering us.

We know The Project lost its way, but believe me, when it started out, it felt young and fresh, brimming with energy.

Did we start to disengage after it lost Charlie Pickering?

Did we lose our sense of humour? Or did they lose their understanding of what we needed to know and how much that's changed?

How much have we really changed?

I'm not the right person to answer this because I listen, read and watch news all day, every day. But I've got some insights into what's going on at the ABC this week and it makes me want to cry.

This week, the ABC announced it would end its panel show Q A after 18 years.

In an email to staff, Hugh Marks, newish managing director of the ABC, wrote: "Much has changed since it launched in 2008 and it's time to rethink how we evolve to continue to engage audiences in national conversations."

Sure.

Despite the fact that ratings for the program, now hosted by Patricia Karvelas, had increased.

She and her team, including the remarkable executive producer Eliza Harvey, kept trying different things.

So is it about the money? Probably.

I think about 10 people will lose their jobs from that program alone, including some who are on the ABC's notorious casual contracts cycle.

We don't need to keep the same thing forever, but it's weird that

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