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I feel like this is part of the problem that adds to peoples perception of bias, the government of the day is always going to draw more media attention than the opposition, after all they are the ones that by and large implement policy in this country. It's not the norm for oppositions outside of election cycles to outline their policy platform, so one would expect that outside of election periods the government of the day is going to be under a greater microscope than the opposition. The last 22 years has seen the coalition govern for 16 of those, naturally they are going to receive a greater coverage than the opposition and thus the perception of bias is there. Perhaps if someone can prove that during 2007-2013 the Libs had more coverage critical of their policies than Labor did then they would have a point but I very much doubt that to be the case.

As for selling off the ABC and being left to media organisations with no charter that requires them to remain impartial, well it's a long way down that rabbit hole, the result is media like Fox news in the US this week that actually edited out the laughter at Donald Trump during his speech to UN world leaders. I guess some might find this their utopian society.
 
Agreed. The Govt will always face more scrutiny than the opposition.

The reason (in my view) why the ABC well never be sold off is because it simply isn't worth a million dollars a year to operate.

No one will buy it unless a> Someone like Murdoch wants it to smother it and b> the media laws allow such evil to eventuate

If we did manage to sell it we could probably start up another media for a fraction of the cost.
 
Darc Knight said:
... Imagine the next generation being brainwashed... The ABC needs to improve but it needs to remain independent and it's funding guaranteed.
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It's not something we need to imagine, any school kid will tell you AGW is an established fact, and stop being a 'denier'. And then there are the gender whisperers messing with the poor little kids heads.

And recently a nine year old very publicly refusing to stand for the national anthem, admittedly not the school's fault in this particular instance.

The ABC is 'Pravda', a swamp that needs to be drained (regional radio apart, which is invaluable).
 

I thought Schools taught Science. Science via Scientists have determined Global Warming is occurring, thus it is taught in School.

As for some kid not standing for the National Anthem, I fail to see how the ABC is responsible for that.

ABC needs to remain Independent and have its funding guaranteed or we go further down the path of inequality like the U.S. due to too much commercial propoganda.
 
Many scientists have a more nuanced view of cc, according to the science.

Also, if we look at the gender theory taught in schools, it directly contradicts what is solid science.

Pulleeze, lets not cite the education system as any competent arbiter of science, that is objectively false.
 
That just made me realise, ScoMo came out saying he supports a strong ABC, last week I think.
This week Steve Price filling in for Alan Jones seemed to return to the old tactic of attacking ScoMo. They were giving ScoMo a chance prior to this.
 
Darc Knight said:
That just made me realise, ScoMo came out saying he supports a strong ABC, last week I think.
This week Steve Price filling in for Alan Jones seemed to return to the old tactic of attacking ScoMo. They were giving ScoMo a chance prior to this.
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Yes, all the commercial media hate the ABC. The ABC are eating their lunch as Murdoch once said.
 
My point is that not a single peer reviewed scientific paper definitively proves Anthropogenic GW. As distinct from the background low level inter-glacial period warming. Spoon fed politicized science to frighten the poor little kids.

As for the ABC, just hire a few conservatives, it's not rocket science. Hire one conservative even.
 
Logique said:
As for the ABC, just hire a few conservatives, it's not rocket science. Hire one conservative even.
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Yeah... I can agree with that. Put the Bolt report, the Peta Credilin show and the Alan Jones show on a few nights during the week. Of course, they'll all decline such an offer because there's no real money there
 
PZ99 said:
Yeah... I can agree with that. Put the Bolt report, the Peta Credilin show and the Alan Jones show on a few nights during the week. Of course, they'll all decline such an offer because there's no real money there
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You saying Andrew Bolt, Credlin and Jones should be educating the next generation?
 
Darc Knight said:
You saying Andrew Bolt, Credlin and Jones should be educating the next generation?
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If you are suggesting the ABC grooms generations, then it is very important Bolt/Credlin/Jones have their countervailing views put too.

Even more important is that the ABC be sterilised so that it doesn't keep pushing the socialist agenda that it patently does. A good start would be:

include unaligned hetero opinionated males on the Drum;
include unaligned hetero opinionated males on QANDA;
cleanup the matrilineal practice of appointing anchor presenters;
start reporting news without having a gaggle tear it apart in subsequent programs, just report the news more;
bring back Lateline its Kerry O'Brien format;
stop producing and flooding the calendar with fringe dweller programs that promote diminution of the nuclear family and christian values (not necessarily the religious brand);

in short we need the ABC to go back to being an Aunty who doesn't stick her nose into her relative's family affairs.
 
Darc Knight said:
You saying Andrew Bolt, Credlin and Jones should be educating the next generation?
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The next generation won't be watching the ABC - they'll be immersed in the fifth estate and all the conspiracy theories that come with it. Same goes for the Joneses. The only people that listen to Alan Jones are the over 60's - like everything else in media, Jonestown has a dusty dead end.
 
SirRumpole said:
Appoint a Board that is broadly representative of the population and and MD who has some knowledge of the business and what the public want and need.
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do you remember how they censored our contributions? The big change happened around that time.
 
Tisme said:
do you remember how they censored our contributions? The big change happened around that time.
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Yes, and they used to have reader comments on online news stories and those have now disappeared.

Too hard for them to moderate was the reason, which indicates that the funding is being squeezed.
 
Tisme said:
If you are suggesting the ABC grooms generations, then it is very important Bolt/Credlin/Jones have their countervailing views put too.
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Then shouldn't the ABC be demanding equal time on the Ray Hadley, Andrew Bolt and Alan Jones shows ?

The people you mentioned don't need their views put on the ABC, they already have their own megaphones.
 
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