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IFocus said:
Afraid not two of them have been criticized because of their public opinions of vulnerable minority groups in our society.
One of them for their behavior regarding pedophile priests and charges stemming from a witness whose testimony was not challenged but was found not guily on appeal due to the likey hood of the circumstances.
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Publicly criticised due to their personal beliefs, it is only my opinion, but that to me qualifies as persecution.

But these days it seems to depend who has the opinion and who the press deem fit to persecute, Court and Folau were persecuted.

Neither of them have been accused of anything to do with children, but as with most things people jump to conclusions without reading what was said, this is based on their own perception of what they want to believe was said.

Just my opinion and I don't mind being persecuted.:D

Persecution:

hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of race or political or religious beliefs.
 
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sptrawler said:
I just saw this article on the ABC website and thought this typifies the problem the media have, when Morrison was away on holidays at the outbreaks of the bushfires, the media said he should be here and didn't let upon it for a long time after he rushed home.
When in actual fact bushfires and bushfire departments are a State function.
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Here is another example of the P.M meaning well, but what he is calling for he can't invoke because it is a State function, so what the press should really do is lay responsibility where it really belongs when being critical. (this article is only for example purposes)

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04...-to-know-about-payment-and-evictions/12151188
From the article:
Australia's 8 million residential renters remain in limbo as governments sew together a meagre patchwork of laws that leave both tenants and landlords with questions and growing problems.

Despite Prime Minister Scott Morrison declaring a six-month "eviction ban" in late March, it's merely a slogan until each state and territory parliament passes bills to make it law. Fewer than half have.

Tenants in financial trouble are urged to negotiate a rent reduction with their landlords, but there's no Plan B for if the landlord refuses.

Sometimes I think journalists don't understand how a Federation works, or chose to ignore how it works, to put their spin on things.
 
When you have the most trusted news service in Australia what do you do as a government.........kill the news service of course.

May the rorts continue unabated.

Fascists state and you are all cheering them on.

We all need to watch Fox for the truth.
 
IFocus said:
When you have the most trusted news service in Australia what do you do as a government.........kill the news service of course.

May the rorts continue unabated.

Fascists state and you are all cheering them on.

We all need to watch Fox for the truth.
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Most trusted????? Most biased - Yes!!!!
 
As biased as the ABC may be (and I don't think it's all that biased), it's still not as biased as the commercial media.

As far as TV is concerned, the ABC shows very few entertainment programs that are of interest to me, my main viewing is News24 which I reckon is ok , although a bit repetitive and generally dumbed down.

Maybe the ABC should ditch entertainment and let the public dine on and probably choke on things like Masterchef, and Celebrity get me out of here's and concentrate on investigative journalism and more educational programs.
 
IFocus said:
When you have the most trusted news service in Australia what do you do as a government.........kill the news service of course.

May the rorts continue unabated.

Fascists state and you are all cheering them on.

We all need to watch Fox for the truth.
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I don't trust any mainstream news source, they are all biased.... And leaving aside the commercial stations, the ABC has been caught out misrepresenting the truth so many times it's ridiculous.

It is hard not to be biased. of course the commercial stations are biased they have an agenda. but the contention that the ABC is unbiased is absolutely laughable.

Twitter is actually better, you know what everyone's biases are and if you really want to get somewhere remotely close to the truth, with a little bit of digging you can find it there... And note I said "somewhere remotely close".
 
IFocus said:
When you have the most trusted news service in Australia what do you do as a government.........kill the news service of course.

May the rorts continue unabated.

Fascists state and you are all cheering them on.

We all need to watch Fox for the truth.
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It's not as simple as The ABC is good or bad.

Their News service is great. They tend to report on fact, and proved their value during the bushfire crisis, as others mentioned.

Then there's absolute crap like Q&A, or some ridiculous crap on gender fluidity (which totally ignores science), or even their Marxist views on how some races get uneven outcomes so we must all be racist.

If they cut the ABC back to just news, they'll have done the country a favour. But if you get rid of the news too, then we're left with really poor journalism.
 
wayneL said:
I don't trust any mainstream news source, they are all biased.... And leaving aside the commercial stations, the ABC has been caught out misrepresenting the truth so many times it's ridiculous.

It is hard not to be biased. of course the commercial stations are biased they have an agenda. but the contention that the ABC is unbiased is absolutely laughable.

Twitter is actually better, you know what everyone's biases are and if you really want to get somewhere remotely close to the truth, with a little bit of digging you can find it there... And note I said "somewhere remotely close".
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Have to disagree on the Twitter comment. If you want a place where every third person is posting rude, hate-filled responses, go there. To add to the problem, you can't have a decent discussion, because you're limited to 140 characters (or w.e the current limit is).

I couldn't think of anything worse for one's mental health.
 
Klogg said:
Have to disagree on the Twitter comment. If you want a place where every third person is posting rude, hate-filled responses, go there. To add to the problem, you can't have a decent discussion, because you're limited to 140 characters (or w.e the current limit is).

I couldn't think of anything worse for one's mental health.
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Ohhh. Yes I certainly do agree with you on that!!

I do limit myself as far as possible to the fintwit community. If I cross over for news
I limit myself to sensible voices on both sides.... You really HAVE to manage it that way for sure.
 
You are all supporting a Stalinist state where the news has to tow the line, as long as government MP's and commercial interests attack the ABC you know they are doing it right.

Most trusted news source in Australia by a massive %.

Keep cheering everyone you will soon be goose steeping.
 
IFocus said:
.... as long as government MP's and commercial interests attack the ABC you know they are doing it right.
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That is not a good criterium for assessing whether they are doing it right. That would also be the case if they were a biased left wing media organisation.
 
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