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Which is why I no longer watch it. Just get too annoyed. Q & A is only marginally better.
Which is why I no longer watch it. Just get too annoyed. Q & A is only marginally better.I agree. Although I did wonder when I was shouting at my telly this morning if it was the best way to start my Sunday.
+1. The derision and mockery directed, amongst peals of laughter, at Piers Akerman (who can be a bit of a prat at times but with whom I agree on this) is just rude. Cassidy should be sacked on the basis of his overt bias.Upon listening to that, I can understand why Janet Albrechtsen declined to be a regular on Insiders.
+1. The derision and mockery directed, amongst peals of laughter, at Piers Akerman (who can be a bit of a prat at times but with whom I agree on this) is just rude. Cassidy should be sacked on the basis of his overt bias.
The ABC has dominated the TV winners at the 2013 Quill Awards last night.
Best Columnist/Blogger
Barrie Cassidy
The Drum, ABC Online
Is it a truism to say that bias is in the eye of beholder?
History will judge Julia Gillard as one of the greatest Prime MInisters ever in the way she has driven momentum for Australia's future - recognising the need for action on climate change, building a new infrastructure for the commerce of the 21st century, saving countless numbers of jobs during the uncertainty of the Global Financial crisis (every country that embraced Hoover-like austerity is in deep crisis now), reworking education and recognising the need to bring our disabled out of the shadows so that they contribute fully to our society and to release their carers so that they too can contribute more fully to society.
People who cannot see the present through the miasma of lies and misrepresentations of Abbott and his bosses can hardly claim to see the future with any accuracy.
CommenterWhyalla WipeoutLocationDate and timeMarch 18, 2013, 11:17AM
The same question can be asked about the heckling of Piers Akerman on Insiders on Sunday.Was that editorial comment? Or was it just an obscure opinion meant to provoke.
I just watched that Akerman video for the first time.It seems Akerman is his own worst enemy for indulging in exaggeration and irrational comparisons.The world is not going to end.I see Malcolm Farr having a laugh.Are Akerman and him from the same stable?Probably a little FBC there-my guess.
But why worry about it? And why worry what the view of some obscure group from Whyalla is.
I just watched that Akerman video for the first time.It seems Akerman is his own worst enemy for indulging in exaggeration and irrational comparisons.The world is not going to end.I see Malcolm Farr having a laugh.Are Akerman and him from the same stable?Probably a little FBC there-my guess.
But why worry about it? And why worry what the view of some obscure group from Whyalla is.
With reference to bias, I never said I was worried about it. The point was that a lot of political commentary is biased, including on average, my own. Most people are biased in their political views, the same as most people are biased about their driving ability.But why worry about it? And why worry what the view of some obscure group from Whyalla is.
I just watched that Akerman video for the first time.It seems Akerman is his own worst enemy for indulging in exaggeration and irrational comparisons.The world is not going to end.I see Malcolm Farr having a laugh.Are Akerman and him from the same stable?Probably a little FBC there-my guess.
I don't know why Niki Savva bothers when David Marr in on, but she is able to put him in his place with grace.Barrie's modus operandi is to line up two members of the Canberra press gallery (in this case Farr and Middleton) against a conservative outsider. As I've said before it's a stacked deck.
I know what my own biases are and try to compensate for them-always trying not to take myself too seriously.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/polit...s-go-to-war-20130322-2gl96.html#ixzz2OJHlqkmAAn Essential poll released this week showed that only 34 per cent of respondents expressed trust in Federal Parliament - 8 percentage points higher than last year. Given Gillard has been battling both internal and external challenges to the legitimacy of her government and her very legitimacy as leader, it's interesting the figure is as high as that. And only 12 per cent said they trusted political parties - the institutions that select our candidates for political office.
Newspapers were trusted by only 30 per cent, television news the same and online news media by just 27 per cent. (The ABC was a standout exception, trusted by 70 per cent of respondents, an 11 percentage point increase on last year).
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/polit...s-go-to-war-20130322-2gl96.html#ixzz2OJHlqkmA
The poll went on to say the 30% who didn't trust the ABC were mainly members of ASF
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/polit...s-go-to-war-20130322-2gl96.html#ixzz2OJHlqkmA
"The ABC was a standout exception, trusted by 70 per cent of respondents, an 11 percentage point increase on last year)."
IFocus there's no need to shout.
The poll went on to say the 30% who didn't trust the ABC were mainly members of ASF
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