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Garpal Gumnut said:
As I said, if you listen to the undercurrent of Phil Adams he is a hoot. He has a show and he plays to it.
For example he adores Kevin Rudd, and would love him back as PM.
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All the piss went out of Adams with the demise of John Howard. Adams proudly boasted that he was the country's leading Howard hater. He has been suffering from withdrawal symptoms ever since. He has transferred some of his hate to Julia for what she did to Kevin, whom he loves. But it lacks the real vitriol he had for Howard.

Its strange that he loves Rudd. It has been said that anyone who likes Rudd doesn't really know him.

Another of his great hates was Thatcher.
 
Calliope said:
All the piss went out of Adams with the demise of John Howard. Adams proudly boasted that he was the country's leading Howard hater. He has been suffering from withdrawal symptoms ever since. He has transferred some of his hate to Julia for what she did to Kevin, whom he loves. But it lacks the real vitriol he had for Howard.

Its strange that he loves Rudd. It has been said that anyone who likes Rudd doesn't really know him.

Another of his great hates was Thatcher.
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As I said above, Phil Adams is quite a nice bloke in the flesh. He is nowhere near as radical as he portrays, and I guess with his movie background it is 90% Image and 10% Conviction.

He has an impressive Property portfolio.

gg
 
The behaviour of ABC news in reporting untruths about Tony Abbott and the Tent Embassy should be investigated.

I distinctly heard broadcast on the 7pm news on Australia Day that the Aboriginal activists were enraged by Tony Abbott's statement that he wanted to get rid of the Tent Embassy.

Any reading of Abbott's statement on Sky News earlier in the day would have made any journalist ashamed to pen that ABC News report.

I would be grateful for a transcript of that broadcast, if any ASF members have a link to it, as I have a mind to make a complaint about it.

gg
 
Garpal Gumnut said:
The behaviour of ABC news in reporting untruths about Tony Abbott and the Tent Embassy should be investigated.

I distinctly heard broadcast on the 7pm news on Australia Day that the Aboriginal activists were enraged by Tony Abbott's statement that he wanted to get rid of the Tent Embassy.

Any reading of Abbott's statement on Sky News earlier in the day would have made any journalist ashamed to pen that ABC News report.

I would be grateful for a transcript of that broadcast, if any ASF members have a link to it, as I have a mind to make a complaint about it.

gg
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He reckons he said



Mr Abbott said: "I think the indigenous people of Australia can be very proud of the respect in which they are held by every Australian and, yes, I think a lot has changed since then and I think it probably is time to move on from that."

The protesters had misinterpreted those comments, Mr Anderson said.

Can't find an actual transcript yet
 
macca said:
He reckons he said



Mr Abbott said: "I think the indigenous people of Australia can be very proud of the respect in which they are held by every Australian and, yes, I think a lot has changed since then and I think it probably is time to move on from that."

The protesters had misinterpreted those comments, Mr Anderson said.

Can't find an actual transcript yet
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Her you are GG, full copy :) Go get em mate !

http://www.tonyabbott.com.au/Latest...articleId/8541/Doorstop-Interview-Sydney.aspx
 
ABC mentioned the Chinese year of the dragon and then showed Julie Gillard!

I think generally they are pretty fair but not always.
 
Calliope, GG and others

It was on Media Watch tonight. (Watch it on iview). Much of which is who told the Abbott lies.
The first to say that Abbott said to pull down the tents was 2UE.
They blamed AAP who posted 7 minutes later. It was AAP who said that Abbott said the stuff that was spread on most of the networks.

AAP apologised on Media Watch and said they didn't do it for political reasons. I think compared to the other news services that the ABC were a lot less complicit. Also watch it to see Newscorp do some other nasty stuff to an aboriginal man(not really news).
 
Calliope said:
I can't find a transcript of that broadcast GG, but they were still deliberately repeating the lie next day, viz;

" ...they were angered by comments made by Tony Abbott that it was time for the tent embassy to be taken down."

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-01-27/im-fine-gillard-after-security-scare/3795806
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The exact words from the above ABC news clip were,

" ...they were angered by comments Mr Abbott made suggesting it was time for the tent embassy to be taken down."
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Sloppy journalism at best.

Perhaps the ABC should analyse itself on Media Watch and apologise to its viewers.
 
Knobby22 said:
Calliope, GG and others

It was on Media Watch tonight. (Watch it on iview). Much of which is who told the Abbott lies.
The first to say that Abbott said to pull down the tents was 2UE.
They blamed AAP who posted 7 minutes later. It was AAP who said that Abbott said the stuff that was spread on most of the networks.

AAP apologised on Media Watch and said they didn't do it for political reasons. I think compared to the other news services that the ABC were a lot less complicit. Also watch it to see Newscorp do some other nasty stuff to an aboriginal man(not really news).
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Thanks mate,

I'm in beautiful Burketown tonight and according to my schedule it starts in 3 minutes for regional ABC.

I best best get some diesel in to the gennie, as I was going to bed before your post.

gg
 
drsmith said:
The exact words from the above ABC news clip were,


Sloppy journalism at best.

Perhaps the ABC should analyse itself on Media Watch and apologise to its viewers.
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I'd agree doc,

Media Watch was reasonable tonight except they let ABC 7pm News off the hook. It was they who transmitted the lie about Tony Abbott's comments 11 hours after they were uttered.

Another ABC coverup, but a good program nonetheless.

I usually watch Sky now, it's the first ABC I've watched for a while.

gg
 
Garpal Gumnut said:
I'd agree doc,

Media Watch was reasonable tonight except they let ABC 7pm News off the hook. It was they who transmitted the lie about Tony Abbott's comments 11 hours after they were uttered.
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It's worse than that. The video link above is from ABC News Breakfast the following day.

It will be interesting to see if Andrew Bolt puts Media Watch, and, by extension, the ABC under the microscope on this.
 
What are peoples opinions of Q & A?

It always seems to me that in an effort to provide a balanced panel, there is often an element of tokenism.

I do not like the way that the host often seems to interrupt and talk down to a coalition MP but lets nitwits like Greer run amok and pull faces.

Last nights show, the first of the season, did seem totally neutral though on balance. There will always be arguments between opposing MP's but the only difference I noticed is that Hockey sweated under the studio light and Wong didn't. :D
 
The ABC botched the math with this piece on the 7:30 Report tonight, and more.

CHRIS UHLMANN: Brett Matthew's $19,000 bill is a $3,500 increase on one he got just six months ago for the same level of usage. At $1,800, carbon tax makes up just under 10 per cent of the rise. His story is one of a procession through Parliament as rising power prices and the politics of carbon collide.
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It's actually 10% of the bill and over 50% of the rise.

JOURNALIST (March 24, 2011): Electricity prices have risen quite a lot over the last few years without a carbon price. Do you think those rises have been reasonable?

TONY ABBOTT, OPPOSITION LEADER: I think that at least some of those rises have been due to the state Labor government's failure to invest and the state Labor government's gouging usurious dividends from the utilities. Effectively, they've imposed a tax on the utilities.

CHRIS UHLMANN: There's no nuance in his argument now.

TONY ABBOTT: Let the public be aware: it is the carbon tax which is what's putting up everyone's power prices.
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With that statement as quoted by the ABC, he hasn't repudiated what he said previously, he's just stated a simple fact.

http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2012/s3569651.htm
 
Can we also add the Channel 10 program, 'The Project'. It's a left wing P.O.S. program. l refuse to watch it anymore.
 
Imo Barrie Cassidy is making a very valid point. Tony Abbott's continuous exaggeration and misrepresentation will eventually be his undoing.

This, from the article:
When Jon Faine interviewed Tony Abbott on ABC's 774 on Tuesday, something unusual happened.

The Opposition Leader's careless use of words was actually challenged.

Abbott, discussing the asylum seekers issue, asserted:

Frankly, we've had 22,000 illegal arrivals, almost 400 illegal boats ...

Faine responded:

They're not illegal. Tony Abbott, do I need to remind you that the use of words in this is critical? They are not illegal arrivals. There is nothing illegal about seeking asylum when you are a refugee.

Abbott:

Well, I'm making my point Jon ...
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Then, according to Barrie Cassidy, Mr Abbott went on to again make the completely incorrect statement about "illegal arrivals" later that same day.

John Howard would never have behaved like this. Neither would he have encouraged/allowed members of his team to engage in the overkill of a whole day of gloating toward the government when the findings of the expert panel were revealed.

Sometimes less is more, Mr Abbott.
 
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