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I was pretty disgusted by the antics exposed in Leigh's story.

On the other hand I find myself banned from posting on most but the most trivial ABC stories on a couple of their Facebook sites. This is pretty unacceptable to me as I have never disparaged any ABC journalist and have actually complimented some. It amounts to censorship of reasonable content.

I've said for some time that the ABC using commercial social media sites was a mistake. If the ABC allows social commentary then it should employ their own moderators and be responsible for their own content instead of passing the buck to commercial operators.
 
The ABC and other media, could do worse than read some of that which they print and take notice.
Sometimes some people just get it. :2twocents

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Billy Connolly says life with Parkinson's disease 'has its moments'

Comedian Billy Connolly was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2013. While he tries not to dwell on his diagnosis, he admits it has been challenging.
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From the article:

The 78-year-old now resides in Florida with his wife Pamela, but says if he was a younger man he would happily live in Australia.

"I love Australia," he tells 7.30.

"It's a beautiful country and ... the treasure it has is its optimism.

"It has optimism, and not many people have [that]. Most people are living in misery."
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Connolly says in his early days working at a Glasgow shipyard, he never understood why the workers were so negative.

"They didn't like being welders, and they didn't like where they lived, and they didn't like their wives," he says.

"I never understood it. There was a lack of optimism, the [lack of] caring about the future."
 
Late breaking news.

Peter Dutton named new ABC news anchor


Defence Minister Peter Dutton’s portfolio has been extended to including hosting ABC’s seven o’clock bulletin, in a move designed to ensure Australians hear the right news.

Mr Dutton – who will take on the role in addition to his existing responsibilities – has extensive media experience and is seen as having a better grasp than his predecessors of the types of stories Australians should hear.

“Peter will decide what news comes in, and the circumstances in which it comes,” a colleague explained, saying it was a coup for the ABC. “The ABC will really set the agenda with Dutton behind the desk,” he said.

A senior ABC executive said it was a positive step for the national broadcaster, and part of the ABC’s vision to appeal to a broader range of Australian MPs. “I think it’s true that we have become a bit niche, that we’ve been slow to modernise. And I think it’s fair to say we’ve lost sight of what Australian Governments in the 21st Century want from their news”.

Peter Dutton named new ABC news anchor — The Shovel

"It's important that Australians hear the right news"
www.theshovel.com.au
 
Great idea.
At least with Dutton, if we don't like the way he is doing his job, and letting the wrong sort of news through, we can vote him out at the next election.
Which of course is exactly the opposite of the current set of unelected self serving egos. who run the ABC.
Mick
 

He's obviously the new anker, as opposed to the old one.
 
it would be hilarious if Mr photo head was an ABC news anchor!
what id give to be a fly on the wall just to see the looks on the faces of those useless marxist ABC employees
 
The ABC is not having a good time of late.
They have had a few problems with some shoddy reporting, but now a slightly bigger problem has been uncovered.
From Veteran Support Forum

By far the biggest problem for the ABC comes from one of the November platoon members who appears in a You tube video
November platoon did not arrive in Afghanistan until mid July, and did not even commence operations until mid August of 2012.
Records show that November Platoon did not commence operations in the province where the murder was supposed to have taken place until November 2012, some two months later.
The really galling part about al of this is that neither the ABC or its reporters contacted any of the November platoon members.
And in what is even more galling, is that the defence department nor veterans affairs had contacted any of the platoons members up to the time the video was made.
I marched against the Vietnam war when at Uni, much to my parents horror.
I was eligible for the Vietnam era conscription, but did not get called up.
Some of my friends did.
The way they were treated when they returned mad me feel ashamed, not for marching against the war, but for the way they were discarded and abandoned and were made scapegoats for a disastrous war when they had little or no choice in the matter.
At least in the next fruitless wars in Iraq and Afghanistan there were no conscripts.
It seems that times have not changed much.
Mick
 

+1 from me.
 
I suspect our resident leftists might want to push back on this, but the IPA has an ongoing series about problems with the ABC.

It's actually pretty interesting and obviously I'm listening from a centre right point of view, and I think a lot of the points, especially in regards to metropolitan vs regional stations is really spot on.
 

You wouldn't expect the IPA to be pro ABC since the IPA's policy is to privatise it, but in my opinion the ABC is becoming too woke, too PC , and not concentrating enough on the common needs of all the population.

Have a look at the ABC's home page and it looks more like a women's magazine than a news site. The ABC appears to think that it should be a spokesperson for minorities when in reality we all share the same needs regardless of what our ethnicities or religions are and that should be reflected by the ABC.

The ABC was totally biased in the gay marriage issue, giving overwhelming coverage to the yes side while almost completely ignoring the alternative view. It concentrated on picking winners rather than giving both sides a fair go.

If you try and put a comment on some of the ABC's Facebook page and say something "unwoke", you get banned, I know it happened to me.

Some of the stories say the ABC have 'restricted who can post on this topic' ! That's unacceptable in a democracy.

I usually support the ABC, but their bias is becoming obvious and irritating, even to me as a "hard core Lefty" (eh wayne ).

 
And I've said it before. I'd share a beer with anyone on here.... Face to face, it's easier to see each other's point of view.

So that's genuine, even with bas, red, humid, whomever.
 
wayneL said:
And I've said it before. I'd share a beer with anyone on here.... Face to face, it's easier to see each other's point of view.

So that's genuine, even with bas, red, humid, whomever.
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They are actually some of my favourite posters. But God I love giving them stick.
 
wayneL said:
And I've said it before. I'd share a beer with anyone on here.... Face to face, it's easier to see each other's point of view.

So that's genuine, even with bas, red, humid, whomever.
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moXJO said:
They are actually some of my favourite posters. But God I love giving them stick.




If we didn't have posters with differing views, the forum wouldn't survive, it would be as boring as duck $hit.

As long as we can have robust debate, that doesn't degenerate into name calling, it helps broaden our perspective on subjects.

That is the really endearing quality of ASF, it very seldom falls into infantile mud slinging, which is the reason we have so many long term quality contributors IMO.
 
For all those ASF members who care to add to the debate, the ABC has announced that it will allow the general public to make submissions to the independent enquiry into the complaints processes of the ABC.
Andrew Bragg , who had announce a senate enquiry into the complaints process before getting shutdown by his own party is taking the credit for forcing the ABC into allowing the general public to make submissions.
It may or may not be true, but is also irrelevant.
When the ABC announced the inquiry, the terms of reference made no mention of the allowance for public input.
The change in the terms may have been prompted by outside influences, but what most important is that us long suffering owners of the ABC will get to have our twenty cents worth.
The announcement of the change in terms came via The Oz which is not surprising as they are the dreaded Murdoch Press .
However, I failed to find a similar announcement on the ABC website.
Mick
 
The ABC Chair was appointed by a Coalition government. She must have been a good girl in a past life.
Nice bit of retirement superannuation. Easy money, as everyone knows the staff collectorate runs the place.

She came out of private enterprise. From which she'd long have been sacked by now -on performance basis to the ABC Charter.

$1.1Billion p.a -paid by taxpayers to the ABC, just fyi Ita. By taxpayers Ita.

Ita Idle.
"quango
a semi-public administrative body outside the civil service but receiving financial support from the government, which makes senior appointments to it.
Definitions from Oxford Languages"
 
Good post Bas. Although I actually like and support Dutton, we all need to lighten up sometimes!
 
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