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sptrawler said:
Even if they dust off the old professor Julius Sumner Miller, "Why is it so" stuff, National Geographic etc and dump some of the chit chat gossip crap.
Just my opinion, but let's be honest the junk is dumped, if they get a top shelf sporting event. They soon find space then.o_O
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Harry Messell's Summer Science skool of the 60's, another good one.
 
SirRumpole said:
Harry Messell's Summer Science skool of the 60's, another good one.
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Wouldn't it be wonderfull if the ABC did what it was designed for, a public service and this is the exact time we need it to be that.
It will be interesting to see what happens, my guess is all channels, full of reporters opinions of the virus and parroting each other endlessly.:mad:
 
sptrawler said:
Wouldn't it be wonderfull if the ABC did what it was designed for, a public service and this is the exact time we need it to be that.
It will be interesting to see what happens, my guess is all channels, full of reporters opinions of the virus and parroting each other endlessly.:mad:
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All of whom will be criticizing right wing governments and praising the opposite side and extolling the wonders of those kind considerate people in charge of a certain germ factory somewhere in Asia
 
macca said:
All of whom will be criticizing right wing governments and praising the opposite side and extolling the wonders of those kind considerate people in charge of a certain germ factory somewhere in Asia
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You suggesting that the ABC has a lefty agenda....gee I would have never picked that :laugh::laugh:
 
macca said:
All of whom will be criticizing right wing governments and praising the opposite side and extolling the wonders of those kind considerate people in charge of a certain germ factory somewhere in Asia
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Very unlikely given that right wing govts are throwing money around with... gay abandon :)

However, they will of course be immune from criticism by the right wing media regardless of how left they go... at least until Dutto aspires to lead the country again. LOL
 
sptrawler said:
I wonder if the ABC will become a public service, while the corona virus shutdown is on and concentrate on quality educational school children focused content?
There must be plenty of free archived school level educational content available.
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It looks as though they are going to put something together, which is great, it may actually motivate them to continue and build on this base.

https://www.smh.com.au/national/abc...-lessons-on-kids-channel-20200401-p54g59.html
 
Privatisation of the ABC will never happen, it would be political poison.

Of course slicing their budgets year by year can be done with less political risk, up to a point.
 
PZ99 said:
OK... on one condition - ban all Murdoch media in this country.

We don't need another clone of prejudged hate speech undermining our democracy and replacing our Prime Ministers at will.
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I would go for banning all press, IMO they are all someones b^%$, be it advertising, politicians, big business or fringe dwelling social engineers.:roflmao:
 
I would go for banning all subscription press. I think it's wrong when they block you from accessing online articles about a national emergency unless you pay for it. By sinking that low they are merely confirming their irrelevancy to anyone with higher IQ than a sheep.
 
Hate speech isn't speech that you hate, it's called balance.
I'd just like the ABC to meet it's charter. What are we paying Ita for?
 
Logique said:
Hate speech isn't speech that you hate, it's called balance.
I'd just like the ABC to meet it's charter. What are we paying Ita for?
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Exactly.

The long march through the institutions simply must be halted and a fair balance restored. I'm strongly in favour of a national broadcaster but on the proviso that it is unbiased and balanced.

the reality is that some individuals within an organisation will of course be biased one way or the other, but at least if you have a rabid left wing presenter then you should go and that out with a rabid right green presenter.

Or how's thist for an idea? How about having people from somewhere around the centre, with some balance between centre left and centre right?

F****** radical I know but that's my thoughts.
 
Logique said:
Hate speech isn't speech that you hate, it's called balance.
I'd just like the ABC to meet it's charter. What are we paying Ita for?
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That is not correct - hate speech isn't balance - it's prejudgism - nothing more or less.
 
PZ99 said:
That is not correct - hate speech isn't balance - it's prejudgism - nothing more or less.
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Oh come on, in current practice, hate speech is anything the extreme left doesn't agree with, and extremely subjective I might add.

In any case, unless there is an explicit call to violence, purported hate speech should merely be matched with objectivism and deserved ridicule on that basis.

That is far more effective than sending truly hateful bastards underground
 
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