ABC is Political

[wayneL]

Make of it, what you will.

Why ABC won't screen Clive Palmer speech at National Press Club live

The billionaire - who opposes jab mandates and is unvaccinated himself - is scheduled to launch his United Australia Party's election campaign at the National Press Club at 12.30pm on Tuesday.

www.dailymail.co.uk

The ABC is out of order here. No matter what anybody thinks of Clive Palmer or the united Australia party it is now the biggest party in Australia in terms of membership.

That alone deserves equal treatment with the rest the viable parties in this country.

As a matter of full disclosure regarding my opinion on this point, I will probably not be voting for UAP.

 

[sptrawler]

Now this is concerning, if it is a reflection on people becoming tone deaf to the ABC message IMO.

ABC continues its slide as listeners desert Szeps in latest radio ratings

Concerns for the national broadcaster as ABC Radio takes a hit in Sydney in the latest radio ratings.

www.smh.com.au

ABC Sydney has posted rating dips across every session in the second radio survey of the year.
In the all-important breakfast slot, James Valentine saw his Sydney audience share drop from 11.6 per cent last survey to 10.7 per cent this survey, according to new data from measurement provider GfK.

 

[Knobby22]

Now this is concerning, if it is a reflection on people becoming tone deaf to the ABC message IMO.

ABC continues its slide as listeners desert Szeps in latest radio ratings

Concerns for the national broadcaster as ABC Radio takes a hit in Sydney in the latest radio ratings.

www.smh.com.au

ABC Sydney has posted rating dips across every session in the second radio survey of the year.
In the all-important breakfast slot, James Valentine saw his Sydney audience share drop from 11.6 per cent last survey to 10.7 per cent this survey, according to new data from measurement provider GfK.

Always goes up during bushfires, elections etc. Watch next figures.

 

[IFocus]

The ABC is out of order here. No matter what anybody thinks of Clive Palmer or the united Australia party it is now the biggest party in Australia in terms of membership.

That alone deserves equal treatment with the rest the viable parties in this country.

As a matter of full disclosure regarding my opinion on this point, I will probably not be voting for UAP.

Don't know about live but watched it?

TBH could only stomach about 1/2 as he mostly sprouted total BS.

Has he paid his workers at the Qld refinery yet?

 

[PZ99]

If it's not OK for the ABC to repeat Labor lies then presumably they can't repeat UAP lies either.

Equality and all that...

 

[sptrawler]

If it's not OK for the ABC to repeat Labor lies then presumably they can't repeat UAP lies either.

Equality and all that...

That unfortunately is true, equity in a taxpayer funded broadcaster is required, whether it is unsavoury to some or not.
All taxpayers help fund it, some will be Labor, Liberal, Green and UAP voters, all have the right to expect similar representation and access to the platform.
Unfortunately that seems to have been lost in translation by the ABC, which is a shame and probably one of the reasons they are in constant audience decline, pandering to one sector makes them fully reliant on that audience for their survival.

It would be interesting if the NBN chose to ostracise and restrict a companies access to the internet, because they don't agree with their social or political agenda, twitter can because it is a private company, whether a public funded company can without showing due cause would be debatable IMO.

 

[mullokintyre]

If it's not OK for the ABC to repeat Labor lies then presumably they can't repeat UAP lies either.

Equality and all that...

I'm all for it.
If we had that policy there would not be a single Political ad or statement from anyone in the media.
Suit me admirably.
Mick

 

[wayneL]

Don't know about live but watched it?

TBH could only stomach about 1/2 as he mostly sprouted total BS.

Has he paid his workers at the Qld refinery yet?

Totally irrelevant to the point.

I didn't even watch it and I'm not going to. The point is equal treatment of viable candidate parties no matter what their politics are.

I think they should even give the Labor Party and the Greens equal treatment, despite their potential to completely f№k our country up.

That is how a functional democracy works.

 

[sptrawler]

ABC presenter ‘takes a break’ after accusations of bias

A couple of lists on Fauziah Ibrahim’s private Twitter account that appear to show anti-Labor sentiment could spell big trouble for the ABC News presenter.

www.smh.com.au

ABC Weekend Breakfast presenter Fauziah Ibrahim has “taken a break from on-camera duties” while the broadcaster is “reviewing recent social media activity” by her that may constitute a breach of its recently updated guidelines.
Ibrahim, one of the hosts of the ABC TV news program from 7am on Saturdays and Sundays, was absent from the show at the weekend following revelations that her personal Twitter account contained a couple of so-called “shitlists” that appeared to indicate disdain for some of those on the Labor side of politics.

 

[mullokintyre]

Funny how the ABC manadarins didn't suspend the catty blonde Laura Tingle over her tweeting that Scomo was guilty of "idealogical Bastardry" , but hey, its their ABC.
Mick

 

[mullokintyre]

From the Evil Murdoch Empire

An academic about to be interviewed by the ABC says he was asked “not to make any anti-China comments” just days after ambassador Xiao Qian visited the broadcaster’s Sydney HQ.

Malcolm Davis, senior analyst at think tank ASPI, was appearing on Geraldine Doogue’s Radio National program, which was being hosted by Kathryn Robinson, in an interview about space-based solar power.

Dr Davis told The Australian a producer facilitating the interview made the request, claiming the ABC was seen to be “anti-China”.

The request came just two days after the Chinese ambassador visited ABC offices on Thursday.

“This person then said to me, ‘Oh, look, we’ve come under a lot of pressure because we’re seen to be anti-China, so can you please not make any anti-China statements?’” Dr Davis said.

He said he responded to the request by saying he would only be speaking “factually about space-based solar power” and that he had no intention of making anti-China comments.

Images posted by the Australian Embassy of the People's Republic of China showing Chinese Ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian meeting staff at the ABC headquarters. Picture: Chinese Embassy Australia
“The actual request was completely out of order, in my opinion,” Dr Davis said.

“You don’t ask someone not to have freedom of speech, which is what this person was asking me to do.”

The ABC said Dr Davis had misunderstood the request.

“Before the interview, the producer explained that Greg Sheridan had just been on that morning’s program talking about the Chinese ambassador’s speech, including making criticisms of China,” the ABC said.
“The intention for this story was to remain focused on the technology of space solar, and not further discussion of geopolitics.

“Unfortunately it appears this was misconstrued as being a request to not criticise China, which was not the intention.”

Dr Davis later acknowledged to The Australian that the ABC had referenced Sheridan in their request. “Even so, not to ask any anti-China statements is out of order,” he said.

Why shoot yourself in foot I keep asking.
Mick

 

[PZ99]

Heh heh.... the alternative is Dr Davis can say whatever he wants and the ABC cop another AFP raid.

I think I"d prefer ABC self regulation thanks.... at least until Peter Dutton loses his seat

 

[sptrawler]

Happiness and joy returns to the Kingdom. ?

PM says ABC must have greater voice in Indo-Pacific region

Speaking at the ABC's 90th anniversary, Anthony Albanese says if the ABC does not have a stronger presence in the Indo-Pacific, others will fill the gap and Australian national security will suffer.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Knobby22]

Happiness and joy returns to the Kingdom. ?

PM says ABC must have greater voice in Indo-Pacific region

Speaking at the ABC's 90th anniversary, Anthony Albanese says if the ABC does not have a stronger presence in the Indo-Pacific, others will fill the gap and Australian national security will suffer.

www.abc.net.au

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Australia needs to show our cultural presence on the island nations. We used to have Radio Australia amd Australia TV but it was closed down by Abbot.

We need to get it going again though how we broadcast it now, I don’t know. China owns the equipment we used to have .(and they use it!) Another dumb decision.

As well you know SP, I thought you were the one that alerted us.

 

[sptrawler]

Australia needs to show our cultural presence on the island nations. We used to have Radio Australia amd Australia TV but it was closed down by Abbot.

We need to get it going again though how we broadcast it now, I don’t know. China owns the equipment we used to have .(and they use it!) Another dumb decision.

As well you know SP, I thought you were the one that alerted us.

I'm just pleased that the ABC can get back to what they are paid to do, report news and current affairs stories, which affect everyday Australians.
It will be a breath of fresh air, after they have been tied up for the last 10 years, being solely a politically focused news source.
Maybe they will have interesting current affairs programmes, that will encourage my wife to start watching them again, she isn't interested in politics so hasn't watched the ABC for years. ?

 

[SirRumpole]

I'm just pleased that the ABC can get back to what they are paid to do, report news and current affairs stories, which affect everyday Australians.
It will be a breath of fresh air, after they have been tied up for the last 10 years, being solely a politically focused news source.
Maybe they will have interesting current affairs programmes, that will encourage my wife to start watching them again, she isn't interested in politics so hasn't watched the ABC for years. ?

I'm sure the ABC will appeal to female viewers in the Solomon's and Fiji, it seems to be run by women these days .

 

[sptrawler]

It's great to see the ABC is choking on its lack of content, now they are reaping what they sowed. Lol

 

[mullokintyre]

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

As a follow up to this story, Heston Russel, the ADF SAS man at the centre of these ABC allegations, sued the ABC and today has has won his first battle against the ABC in Court,
Today the Supreme court struck out the ABC defence of truth, with costs awarded against the ABC.
So now the ABC and its lawyers have to go back and redo their defence strategy and represent it to the court to see if the judge thinks it worth going to trial.
Could be a long an expensive process this one.

Mick

 

[sptrawler]

Another example of "It's your ABC", as long as your beliefs follow the ABC's, if they don't well tough luck. ?

ABC’s impartiality training flunks first hurdle​

One would have thought that Aunty’s recent ‘deep dive’ session into ‘impartiality’ awareness would have an impact – yet the Coronation coverage proved otherwise.

 

[SirRumpole]

Another example of "It's your ABC", as long as your beliefs follow the ABC's, if they don't well tough luck. ?

ABC’s impartiality training flunks first hurdle​

One would have thought that Aunty’s recent ‘deep dive’ session into ‘impartiality’ awareness would have an impact – yet the Coronation coverage proved otherwise.

Do you have a link for that ?