ABC is Political

[wayneL]

The "C-Bomb" Pyne launches a private book. He is obviously not busy enough in parliament.

So mean spirited. All sorts of busy high profile people write books; politicians of every colour, CEOs, sportsmen and women, housewives even. Dammit he has a right to some spare time and he has a right to write a book in it ffs!

 

[Macquack]

So mean spirited. All sorts of busy high profile people write books; politicians of every colour, CEOs, sportsmen and women, housewives even. Dammit he has a right to some spare time and he has a right to write a book in it ffs!

Pyne should save writing any books to when he is retired from parliament, still on the taxpayers purse, but being then paid to do absolutely nothing.

 

[explod]

So mean spirited. All sorts of busy high profile people write books; politicians of every colour, CEOs, sportsmen and women, housewives even. Dammit he has a right to some spare time and he has a right to write a book in it ffs!

Yep, seen it through a number of colleges, helps to get it off thier chest, but just rubbish at the opp shops in 12 months, better to lean against wisdom such as yours

 

[DB008]

There is no surprise the ABC News page has opened up yet another Bronwyn Bishop hate fest comments page .
However when the Socialist Uni hire a mob smash public property and create a public nuisance during Pyne's book launch the silence from the ABC is deafening .

For s##t's and giggles, l had a look.

You weren't wrong mate.

 

[wayneL]

Yep, seen it through a number of colleges, helps to get it off thier chest, but just rubbish at the opp shops in 12 months, better to lean against wisdom such as yours

The fact that Pyne's tome is unlikely to generate any lasting interest is irrelevant ( I won't be buying it, even at op shop prices).

The greater point is that in our liberal (in the true politico - ideological sense not in the Liberal political party sense) society, Pyne has a right to write a book, present the same for publication and for the publisher to exercise their mercantile judgement to publish it.

That supposedly liberal (in the true politico - ideological sense not in the Liberal political party sense) ideologues here would seek to construe that he has no right to do so as a/a sitting parliamentarian and b/as someone who disagrees with their personal ideology , exposes their totalitarian motive.

Plod, Quacker, it is against the likes of you I would readily take up arms....

a/ to preserve my right to an opinion, and
b/ ironically to preserve your right to an opinion.

I am truly astonished and appalled at the repugnancy of your views.

 

[explod]

The fact that Pyne's tome is unlikely to generate any lasting interest is irrelevant ( I won't be buying it, even at op shop prices).

The greater point is that in our liberal (in the true politico - ideological sense not in the Liberal political party sense) society, Pyne has a right to write a book, present the same for publication and for the publisher to exercise their mercantile judgement to publish it.

That supposedly liberal (in the true politico - ideological sense not in the Liberal political party sense) ideologues here would seek to construe that he has no right to do so as a/a sitting parliamentarian and b/as someone who disagrees with their personal ideology , exposes their totalitarian motive.

Plod, Quacker, it is against the likes of you I would readily take up arms....

a/ to preserve my right to an opinion, and
b/ ironically to preserve your right to an opinion.

I am truly astonished and appalled at the repugnancy of your views.

Do not deny his rights at all.

Just thinking of the hot air content.

Do you really believe the current pollies (all sides) are trying to keep us tracking. No ideas for productivity.

 

[wayneL]

Do not deny his rights at all.

Just thinking of the hot air content.

Do you really believe the current pollies (all sides) are trying to keep us tracking. No ideas for productivity.

No

But that wasn't the point.

 

[SirRumpole]

Would be interesting to see how many people actually buy political biographies. All they are is a whitewash of the egregiousness of the authors and a desire to paint themselves in the best possible light.

Pure propaganda, whatever side they are on.

 

[Macquack]

Plod, Quacker, it is against the likes of you I would readily take up arms....

a/ to preserve my right to an opinion, and
b/ ironically to preserve your right to an opinion.

I am truly astonished and appalled at the repugnancy of your views.

You are in the wrong country Wayne (we are not the USA), taking up arms to protect yourself from people with different views.

All I said was Pyne should write his book in his own time not at the taxpayer's expense.

Lighten up a bit.

 

[Tisme]

You are in the wrong country Wayne (we are not the USA), taking up arms to protect yourself from people with different views.

All I said was Pyne should write his book in his own time not at the taxpayer's expense.

Lighten up a bit.

I'd suggest his tome would be about as factual and inspiring as the second edition and third reprint of the "Giant Book of Aboriginal Prime Ministers".

 

[wayneL]

You are in the wrong country Wayne (we are not the USA), taking up arms to protect yourself from people with different views.

All I said was Pyne should write his book in his own time not at the taxpayer's expense.

Lighten up a bit.

You think the taxpayer owns 100% of his time. We don't.

And while the left (or the right) proposes drastic curtails on reasonable liberties, I will never "lighten up"

 

[Macquack]

You think the taxpayer owns 100% of his time. We don't.

And while the left (or the right) proposes drastic curtails on reasonable liberties, I will never "lighten up"

You need to get fired up about something with a bit more substance than protecting that weasel Pyne and his god given right to write a book on taxpayer time.

 

[trainspotter]

You need to get fired up about something with a bit more substance than protecting that weasel Pyne and his god given right to write a book on taxpayer time.

You mean the one that Gillard wrote or the one that Swan wrote?

"Consistent with the past, Mr Rudd has no substantive comment to make on Ms Gillard's latest contribution to Australian fiction," Mr Rudd said through a spokesman.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-polit...tification-20140924-10ljcf.html#ixzz3hkEq76Z9

It was Mr Swan, for example, who triggered a carpet bombing of Mr Rudd's reputation by senior ministers before the 2012 leadership challenge to Julia Gillard when he said the then-foreign minister ''does not hold any Labor values''.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-polit...-kevin-rudd-20140815-3ds93.html#ixzz3hkF9n9hf

Ahhhh Mustelids ... Mustelids everywhere !

 

[SirRumpole]

You think the taxpayer owns 100% of his time. We don't.

They seem to want to charge us for as much time as they can get away with.

 

[Tisme]

You think the taxpayer owns 100% of his time. We don't.

And while the left (or the right) proposes drastic curtails on reasonable liberties, I will never "lighten up"

We are told and witness very long sessions of parliament and extensive travel costs in between to attend call of duty meetings. Add in the spin doctoring + family time.... Chris Pyne would hardly have the"me time" to write a book.

Chris supported Workchoices so he could hardly excuse himself not working 24/7 for the man.

 

[wayneL]

Good Lord! The leftists, those champions of the 35 hour week, suffer a monumental double standard.

Can't say I'm surprised.

 

[trainspotter]

We are told and witness very long sessions of parliament and extensive travel costs in between to attend call of duty meetings. Add in the spin doctoring + family time.... Chris Pyne would hardly have the"me time" to write a book.

Chris supported Workchoices so he could hardly excuse himself not working 24/7 for the man.

Maybe you have heard of a ghost writer? Anyways ... as you stated they spend horrendous amounts of time travelling in First Class .... maybe they jot their memoirs on the back of the serviette and it develops into a missive which in turn becomes a book

Pyne's latest hard back coming to a book store near you ...

 

[sptrawler]

Interesting outcome to the audit of the ABC, by the ABC.

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-polit...-higher-education-debate-20150810-givw4v.html

Very telling comments from the review:

* hosts allowing their apparent personal views to shine through in their journalism
* an over-emphasis on the politics of the issue rather than its policy implications
* exaggerated language, including of a government "crisis"
* a lack of scrutiny of Labor and the Greens' policy alternatives


Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-polit...ion-debate-20150810-givw4v.html#ixzz3iP0HcWVa
Follow us: @smh on Twitter | sydneymorningherald on Facebook

 

[SirRumpole]

Interesting outcome to the audit of the ABC, by the ABC.

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-polit...-higher-education-debate-20150810-givw4v.html

Very telling comments from the review:

* hosts allowing their apparent personal views to shine through in their journalism
* an over-emphasis on the politics of the issue rather than its policy implications
* exaggerated language, including of a government "crisis"
* a lack of scrutiny of Labor and the Greens' policy alternatives


Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-polit...ion-debate-20150810-givw4v.html#ixzz3iP0HcWVa
Follow us: @smh on Twitter | sydneymorningherald on Facebook

I would agree that all the above points are valid criticisms of the ABC however I think they equally applied when Labor was in office.

The ABC did very little analysis of Coalition policies when they were in Opposition, and the used the word "crisis" extensively to describe the Rudd/Gillard governments. And yes, all media outlets emphasize politics rather than policy.

Whether the audit reveals bias or slack journalism is a matter of opinion, but I go for the latter.

 

[drsmith]

Interesting outcome to the audit of the ABC, by the ABC.

At a local (WA) level, the comments about ABC radio 720 mornings host Geoff Hutchinson are unsurprising to me.

I think I heard him say on his show today that someone else will be hosting that program from Thursday.