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sptrawler said:
I agree, watching ABC produced 'comedy' they seem to focus on Abbott, who the majority voted for.

I think they would get a lot more laughs focusing on the Labor Party, Shorten and Albanese are a natural comedy skit.IMO

Also the majority of taxpayers would obviously agree.:D
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Well people with conservative leanings are generally no good at comedy. There are libertarian comics but you can count decent socially conservative comedians on one hand.
 
banco said:
What the ABC pretends not to realise is that while some individual stories are presented in a biased fashion the chief source of their bias lies in the story selection and emphasis ie if an NGO criticises Australia's detention centers they will give it a lot of prominence.
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Agree. This was actually briefly covered in a self-congratulatory segment on ABC Radio's "PM" this evening when host Mark Colvin ' interviewed' Mr Spigelman, Chairman of the ABC, about the report:
http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2014/s3961952.htm
in which they generously agreed that the stories covered by the ABC may not be those of interest to the majority of listeners. Gay marriage was quoted as an example.
Let's wait and see if they actually reduce their devoted coverage of this, climate change and other Left agenda. I won't be holding my breath.

DocK said:
The tone and expression used by the presenter also plays a large part.
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Yes, exactly. This is hard to pin down in terms of lodging a complaint. It's possible to convey a huge amount by simply going "uh, huh" in response to some outrageous assertion by a caller.
 
Let's wait and see if they actually reduce their devoted coverage of this[gay marriage] , climate change and other Left agenda. I won't be holding my breath.
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I've heard little about gay marriage on mainstream ABC lately (fortunately)

As for climate change, it's been acknowledged around the world that AGW is a real phenomena, the problem being that no one wants to do anything about it. If it's not real, why are the Libs proposing "Direct Action" against nothing ?

But, as to ABC coverage, as I've said before IT'S THEIR JOB to cover the ongoing debates of all issues in the public domain.

Just because you are not interested in an issue don't expect them not to cover it. You have the choice not to listen.
 
Julia said:
Agree. This was actually briefly covered in a self-congratulatory segment on ABC Radio's "PM" this evening when host Mark Colvin ' interviewed' Mr Spigelman, Chairman of the ABC, about the report:
http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2014/s3961952.htm
in which they generously agreed that the stories covered by the ABC may not be those of interest to the majority of listeners. Gay marriage was quoted as an example.
Let's wait and see if they actually reduce their devoted coverage of this, climate change and other Left agenda. I won't be holding my breath.
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I was interested to see on ABC's four corners (which was about a particularly heinous pedophile couple) that the couple had previously been featured (obviously before the pedophile allegations) on ABC radio in a feel good story about how great gay dads are.
 
banco said:
I was interested to see on ABC's four corners (which was about a particularly heinous pedophile couple) that the couple had previously been featured (obviously before the pedophile allegations) on ABC radio in a feel good story about how great gay dads are.
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Thanks for that, banco. While watching this week's 4 Corners I had the strong sense of having seen such a program a few years ago, but thought I must have been mistaken.
 
banco said:
I was interested to see on ABC's four corners (which was about a particularly heinous pedophile couple) that the couple had previously been featured (obviously before the pedophile allegations) on ABC radio in a feel good story about how great gay dads are.
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That's true, and the reporter later wrote a piece about how fooled she was by the two men.

Should she have taken a more sceptical approach in the first place ? It's hard to say if all seemed well at the time, but the whole concept of buying children overseas stinks to me, no matter who does it, and the child trafficking aspect seems to have been ignored in the original report in favour of a PC approach to same sex parenting.

This is the journalists retraction of her story.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-07-10/gorman-second-thoughts/4809582
 
rumpole said:
That's true, and the reporter later wrote a piece about how fooled she was by the two men.

Should she have taken a more sceptical approach in the first place ? It's hard to say if all seemed well at the time, but the whole concept of buying children overseas stinks to me, no matter who does it, and the child trafficking aspect seems to have been ignored in the original report in favour of a PC approach to same sex parenting.

This is the journalists retraction of her story.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-07-10/gorman-second-thoughts/4809582
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I think you are missing the point. I have no problem with the original story as a piece of journalism (how was she to know?) but can you see the commercial stations deciding to do a feel good story on gay parents? It's about the number of stories ABC runs on certain issues (gay parenting, gay marriage etc.). I must have heard at least half a dozen stories about gay rights in Russia in the past few months on the ABC.

Funnily enough if you read her second throughts article she doesn't even pretend she doesn't have an agenda:

"Sure, life had thrown me a few curve balls. But I'd never been routinely discriminated against. The people I know who are gay are not treated the same as everyone else. They are not equal. That's not just my opinion.

There's evidence that if you are gay, bisexual or transgender it can be a tough journey. You are more likely to have physical and mental health problems. You are more likely to have depression, experience violence, be homeless, take drugs and have suicidal thoughts.

The more I researched, the more compelled I was to cover the issue. This struck me as a significant opportunity to explore diversity in our community and hear the voices of those who usually aren't heard. While we don't always get it right at the ABC, we try to reflect a complex, changing society with many faces."
 
banco said:
While we don't always get it right at the ABC, we try to reflect a complex, changing society with many faces.[/I]"
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That's what they should be doing, but yes they can push too far.

There is a difference whether the stories are print or broadcast, in print you can just go on to the next story, but broadcasting takes up time that could be used on stories with broader interest.

IMO the ABC overdid the gay marriage debate on the station I watch most, ABCNews24. I hope they have had enough of it for a while, I certainly have.
 
Actually the ABC is probably no different to any other station, regarding their bias.

That is why the PVR has become so important.

You can tape all the shows you want to watch.

Then watch them, when the crap is being shown on the pleb t.v.
 
sptrawler said:
Actually the ABC is probably no different to any other station, regarding their bias.

That is why the PVR has become so important.

You can tape all the shows you want to watch.

Then watch them, when the crap is being shown on the pleb t.v.
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I have one word for you sptrawler - Foxtel.
 
DocK said:
I have one word for you sptrawler - Foxtel.
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Yes, Foxtel is quite good. It's box has a built in PVR which you can program over the Internet to record .

All free to air channels plus the Foxtel stations can be accessed and recorded.
 
That's fine if you're a TV watcher. I'm not with the exception of a very few programs.
Much prefer radio and in a regional area - unless you are fascinated by advertisements for local lawn mowing businesses etc - it's the ABC only.
 
A lovely piece written by Mike calton

In dogged pursuit of a mongrel act

The Tories and their army of media toadies wage their war on the ABC with increasing fury, sniping here, a charge from the big battalions there.

Whimpering in the trenches is one Chris Kenny, once a factotum to Lord Downer at the peak of his global glory, now a minor columnist for The Australian and a hugely unwatched talking head for Sky News. As he tells anyone who'll listen, he is much insulted by a Chaser comedy sketch on ABC TV last September which showed him Photo-shopped, pants down, apparently in carnal congress with a canine.

The party line pumped out from the News Corpse fortress in Surry Hills is that "the highly respected" Kenny would have settled for a simple apology. But the Green-Left ideologues at the ABC arrogantly spurned his approaches, forcing him to sue for defamation.
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This is economical with the truth. I have it on good authority that a month ago Kenny's lawyers fired off a letter to the ABC – without prejudice, blah blah – demanding:
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1) $95,000 in cash.

2) A formal apology acknowledging that Kenny's contribution to public debate has always been "fair, reasonable and rational".

3) That apology to be broadcast in prime time, 9.30pm on a Monday evening after Media Watch and before Q&A.
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And this

Kenny's behaviour is pathetic. There is an ancient convention that if you have your own media outlet, you don't sue. You are able to hit back. But this is typical of the ratbag right, which dishes it out but can't take it. Clamouring for attention, he bathes in the warm glow of wounded amour propre.
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Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/comment/in-dogged-pursuit-of-a-mongrel-act-20140314-34s7s.html#ixzz2vzcVH0f3
 
When overwhelmed by the Left political content on ABC Radio National and the Local Radio network, I seek refuge in Classic FM. So it was this evening.

Lo, I'm regaled with a musical (?) version of Julia Gillard's infamous misogyny speech, i.e. endless repetitions of "I will not be lectured about sexism and misogyny by that man" in increasingly hysterical tones.

Is it worth emailing Classic FM with an objection?

No. Because they would, as always, find a way to justify their programming, however obscure such a reason might be.

At least George Brandis is on the right track as he suggests any arts organisation rejecting private funding (eg that of Transfield for the biennale) should consider themselves no longer a candidate for any government funding.
Go Mr Brandis.
 
Julia said:
When overwhelmed by the Left political content on ABC Radio National and the Local Radio network, I seek refuge in Classic FM. So it was this evening.

Lo, I'm regaled with a musical (?) version of Julia Gillard's infamous misogyny speech, i.e. endless repetitions of "I will not be lectured about sexism and misogyny by that man" in increasingly hysterical tones.

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Can't wait for the musical

:D
 
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