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SirRumpole said:
No, he's full of bull and bluster no matter how cuddly he pretends to be.
He'll suck up to the media but I think the electorate will work him out.
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Paul Keating would have a field day in Question Time with this current crop of Libs.
"..All tip and no iceberg" was a Keating-ism
 
Here is a typical problem with the ABC. Three articles on their website.
The public is getting sick of the media, but trust what journalists have to say.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-...new-workplace-skill/10209210?section=analysis

We now spend more than we earn.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-...than-than-they-earn/10214552?section=analysis

Guess what we spend a lot on?
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-10/chart-of-the-day-how-aussies-lost-24-billion/10139778
The only other consumer growth industry, from what I've read, is fast junk food.

Why don't the Journalists join articles together? and say hey we are spending more than we earn and a lot is on gambling, cigarettes, alcohol and junk food.

Why do they report it as if everyone has tightened their belt, to the point of passing out, jeez it really is a sad state of affairs.
They try and paint it as Rwanda, or a third World Country where people don't have welfare or money, it actually is a sad indictment, of our society. IMO
 
sptrawler said:
Here is a typical problem with the ABC. Three articles on their website.
The public is getting sick of the media, but trust what journalists have to say.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-10/fact-checking-the-new-workplace-skill/10209210?section=analysis

We now spend more than we earn.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-09/households-are-about-to-spend-more-than-than-they-earn/10214552?section=analysis

Guess what we spend a lot on?
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-10/chart-of-the-day-how-aussies-lost-24-billion/10139778
The only other consumer growth industry, from what I've read, is fast junk food.

Why don't the Journalists join articles together? and say hey we are spending more than we earn and a lot is on gambling, cigarettes, alcohol and junk food.

Why do they report it as if everyone has tightened their belt, to the point of passing out, jeez it really is a sad state of affairs.
They try and paint it as Rwanda, or a third World Country where people don't have welfare or money, it actually is a sad indictment, of our society. IMO
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I think it's more to do with the abilities of the "journalists" themselves.

The ABC is like a hive, with natural literary ability displaced by university drones who pray to the same chapter and verse. Of course that is true of a wider community too, a malaise that has infected many who have a need to belong to farcical mind altering movements (eg Greens, Guardian, LGBTxyz...), any movement that dismisses individual talent and opinions in favour of group hugs and stepford wife humdrum lives.
 
Well Tisme, I looked on the ABC website today, and find this article.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-...ws-liberals-gender-problem-continues/10248138

They have a big problem with the obvious gender bias, in the Liberal Party.

They have a obsession with the ugliness of the Liberal Party leadership change.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-15/laura-tingle-giving-leadership-a-bad-name/10248748

They note a high profile candidate is taking on the Liberals, in the Wentworth by election.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-...-kerryn-phelps-to-run-as-independent/10247658

There was a couple of other negative articles, one about women quotas, the only political news is about the Libs.

Not a peep about Labor, we are 8 months out from an election, you would think they would rate some mention.
For example Bill made a personal appearance at the Alcoa picket line, the strike has been going on for 5 weeks, he gave the guys his support.
You would think the ABC could ask him, to sort it out, Bob Hawke would have. lol
 
sptrawler said:
Well Tisme, I looked on the ABC website today, and find this article.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-...ws-liberals-gender-problem-continues/10248138

They have a big problem with the obvious gender bias, in the Liberal Party.

They have a obsession with the ugliness of the Liberal Party leadership change.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-15/laura-tingle-giving-leadership-a-bad-name/10248748

They note a high profile candidate is taking on the Liberals, in the Wentworth by election.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-...-kerryn-phelps-to-run-as-independent/10247658

There was a couple of other negative articles, one about women quotas, the only political news is about the Libs.

Not a peep about Labor, we are 8 months out from an election, you would think they would rate some mention.
For example Bill made a personal appearance at the Alcoa picket line, the strike has been going on for 5 weeks, he gave the guys his support.
You would think the ABC could ask him, to sort it out, Bob Hawke would have. lol
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I have a feeling that Scott will sidle up with the ABC over the next period in a bid to sell the party's appeal. As a consequence, it will be interesting to see how much the bleed from Australia's social engineering nursery will be.
 
Got sick of Alan Jones this morning so turned back to ABC Radio. Once the News and Current Affairs came on it was like a breath of fresh air - balanced!
 
Darc Knight said:
Got sick of Alan Jones this morning so turned back to ABC Radio. Once the News and Current Affairs came on it was like a breath of fresh air - balanced!
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Gee fancy abandoning a bloke that just got done for vexations behavior verses Australia's most trusted news source. :):)
 
sptrawler said:
It didn't sound as though she resigned, thought I read she was given the heave ho, must have done something right. :rolleyes:
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This guy seems to have hit the nail on the head, regarding her sacking, well my other half thinks so.lol

https://www.theage.com.au/entertain...e-guthrie-ever-do-for-us-20180924-p505p6.html

The missus loved 'Dr Blake mysteries', it was rating well and then dumped. Considering the wife isn't interested in anything at all, in any way political, it meant she now doesn't watch the ABC. Just reads bloody books, one after another, does my head in.
Anyway getting back to the story, it appears the MD was trying to attract a younger audience, to the ABC.
I reckon this quote from his article, was priceless.

In short, Guthrie was right to see the need for the ABC to engage a younger audience, and right to embrace the digital platforms she knows so well in a bid to reach them. But she was misguided in disregarding the concerns, needs and likes of its existing audience in chasing the chimera of this new one.

Audience renewal is a challenge for all legacy media. But throwing the baby boomer out with the bathwater is not the way to achieve it.
 
sptrawler said:
This guy seems to have hit the nail on the head, regarding her sacking, well my other half thinks so.lol

https://www.theage.com.au/entertain...e-guthrie-ever-do-for-us-20180924-p505p6.html

The missus loved 'Dr Blake mysteries', it was rating well and then dumped. Considering the wife isn't interested in anything at all, in any way political, it meant she now doesn't watch the ABC. Just reads bloody books, one after another, does my head in.
Anyway getting back to the story, it appears the MD was trying to attract a younger audience, to the ABC.
I reckon this quote from his article, was priceless.

In short, Guthrie was right to see the need for the ABC to engage a younger audience, and right to embrace the digital platforms she knows so well in a bid to reach them. But she was misguided in disregarding the concerns, needs and likes of its existing audience in chasing the chimera of this new one.

Audience renewal is a challenge for all legacy media. But throwing the baby boomer out with the bathwater is not the way to achieve it.
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She didn't agree with the vision for Project Jetstream ...odd for someone previously immersed in tech delivery.
 
Tisme said:
She didn't agree with the vision for Project Jetstream ...odd for someone previously immersed in tech delivery.
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I just think it is a sign of the times Tisme, we as 'baby boomers' have worked our usefull life, and today's society is throw away.
We become irrelevant and invisible, that's why talking about how hard it was means nothing today, the reset button has been pushed.
We are now there to be 'pumped, primed', untill we cough up anything of value, when that has been spent they will leave us alone, and start looking at themselves that won't end well.:eek:
 
sptrawler said:
I just think it is a sign of the times Tisme, we as 'baby boomers' have worked our usefull life, and today's society is throw away.
We become irrelevant and invisible, that's why talking about how hard it was means nothing today, the reset button has been pushed.
We are now there to be 'pumped, primed', untill we cough up anything of value, when that has been spent they will leave us alone, and start looking at themselves that won't end well.:eek:
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You're a hard man to disagree with sometimes and this one of those occasions. I thought I was the poster boy for hedonism, but the current opinion leadership group have taken that to a new DILLIGAF level.
 
Darc Knight said:
Hopefully the ABC loses some of the LGBT, Feminism etc segments and focuses on what it does best: news and current affairs.
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Agreed, more representative of the demographic that pays its bills. Give up all the social engineering and gender bu11shit

Can you imagine the spears Guthrie is going skewer the ABC with: female, race, gender, religion, etc .... ABC hoisted by its own petard.:)
 
Tisme said:
Agreed, more representative of the demographic that pays its bills. Give up all the social engineering and gender bu11shit
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It doesn't appear that is going to happen.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-...our-most-precious-asset-gaven-morris/10308744

Independence isn't their most precious asset, impartiality is, that is the root cause of their problem they think they can take sides. IMO
They can't take sides, they are paid for by all sides of political persuasions, they can't decide which is the 'right' argument, they must present them all equally.
If the presenter can't do that, they should buy a tambourine, then go and beat it at their own expense not the taxpayers.
 
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