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In that case free speech is off again as well....

The reporter called it as it was IMO.
 
Probyn is probably right, although one may argue that Rudd was pretty destructive too.

I don't think that sort of opinion should be a function of journalism, but there seems to be a fine line between journalist and commentator these days.
 
PZ99 said:
In that case free speech is off again as well....

The reporter called it as it was IMO.
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It's not a matter of free speech it's a matter of code of conduct whilst in the employ of an organisation.

If he wanted to say the same thing in his own time is quite welcome to do so even if absolutely inaccurate.
 
wayneL said:
It's not a matter of free speech it's a matter of code of conduct whilst in the employ of an organisation.

If he wanted to say the same thing in his own time is quite welcome to do so even if absolutely inaccurate.
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Yeah, right :rolleyes:

The broadcasting act of 1992 has the same impartiality requirement as the ABC act. Yet the likes of 2GB, the Australian newspaper and other Murdoch media violate this act with regular monotony and they do it under the guise of "free speech"

Code of conduct my arse.
 
PZ99 said:
Yeah, right :rolleyes:

The broadcasting act of 1992 has the same impartiality requirement as the ABC act. Yet the likes of 2GB, the Australian newspaper and other Murdoch media violate this act with regular monotony and they do it under the guise of "free speech"

Code of conduct my arse.
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Maquarrie et al are not state broadcasters. 2gb never pretends to be anything but conservative. Likewise, the Guardian never pretends to be anything but neomarxist, post modern tw@ts.

On the other hand, the ABC's charter is for impartiability and advertises as such... "without bias or agenda" I believe is their slogan.

That is a downright lie.
 
wayneL said:
Maquarrie et al are not state broadcasters. 2gb never pretends to be anything but conservative. Likewise, the Guardian never pretends to be anything but neomarxist, post modern tw@ts.

On the other hand, the ABC's charter is for impartiability and advertises as such... "without bias or agenda" I believe is their slogan.

That is a downright lie.
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It doesn't matter whether they are state broadcasters or not.

If they are violating the code of conduct the ownership is irrelevant.
 
PZ99 said:
It doesn't matter whether they are state broadcasters or not.

If they are violating the code of conduct the ownership is irrelevant.
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Yes, I haven't seen any ABC commentators suspended over cash for comment.

:)
 
Tisme said:
Don't you remember when ex ABC man, Mike Carlton dropped a bucket over two ABC presenters back n the 1990s?
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No I don't . I used to liten to MC regulary but missed the bucket drop. Who did he get ?

(My guesses would be Richard Carleton and Paul Lyneham).
 
SirRumpole said:
No I don't . I used to liten to MC regulary but missed the bucket drop. Who did he get ?

(My guesses would be Richard Carleton and Paul Lyneham).
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I'd have to troll the net for that. It was around the time of cash for comment and John Laws saga.
 
PZ99 said:
It doesn't matter whether they are state broadcasters or not.

If they are violating the code of conduct the ownership is irrelevant.
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A small detail you may have missed is that it seems that the breach is of the ABC code of conduct, not broadcasting Services Act 1992.

Therefore what Macquarie, Fairfax, news, The Guardian, or whoever else, is irrelevant, it does not even apply to them.

In fact the term impartiality does not even appear in the 1992 act at all, not that I can find.
 
wayneL said:
A small detail you may have missed is that it seems that the breach is of the ABC code of conduct, not broadcasting Services Act 1992.

Therefore what Macquarie, Fairfax, news, The Guardian, or whoever else, is irrelevant, it does not even apply to them.

In fact the term impartiality does not even appear in the 1992 act at all, not that I can find.
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Nope, I didn't miss any detail. I clearly covered it in post 2771 when I said the broadcasting act of 1992 has the same impartiality requirement as the ABC act.

The broadcasting act for television and radio have the same code of impartially and a separate one for print / internet and they all have the same code.

TV (3.4)
Radio (3.1)
3.
1.1 Impartiality
1.1.1 In broadcasting a news Program, a Licensee must:​

a) present news fairly and impartially;

b) clearly distinguish the reporting of factual material from commentary and analysis.

https://www.acma.gov.au/theACMA/Abo...schemes-index-radio-content-regulation-i-acma

All forms of media in this country are supposed to be impartial when it comes to news reports.
 
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