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Julia said:
Presumably this is part of the ABC Local Radio network? This network seems content to leave focus and content pretty much to individual presenters/producers, unlike Radio National which would suit you much better Explod with its incessant and determined left bias.
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Probably correct Julia as I rarely listen in to radio or watch TV.

And I do need to mind my own business a bit more on some of the threads.
 
explod said:
You should listen to Country ABC from Bendigo, it is so biased right wing that it keeps hitting the truth wall.

And on the global hysteria it leaves wayneL for dead.:D
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Either you are joking or it has changed a lot since I listened to it for many years up until about 18 months ago. I found it incredibibly left leaning, just as bad as it's Melbourne counterpart. They way they kowtowed to the local Labor pollies was pathetic (Jacinta Allen being their favourite).
 
Whilst I am as irritated as most here with the ABC's political bias, I'd be sorry if an incoming Liberal government slashed their funding too much.

They have some wonderful and thoughtful programs on Radio National on literature, music, medical and psychological innovation plus many panel discussions and interviews on an extraordinarily wide range of topics
For those of us living in regional areas it can be an oasis in a cultural desert.
 
Julia said:
Whilst I am as irritated as most here with the ABC's political bias, I'd be sorry if an incoming Liberal government slashed their funding too much.

They have some wonderful and thoughtful programs on Radio National on literature, music, medical and psychological innovation plus many panel discussions and interviews on an extraordinarily wide range of topics
For those of us living in regional areas it can be an oasis in a cultural desert.
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I would have to disagree with you there Julia.

I have many mates from the former Eastern Bloc, Iron Curtain countries, and for those who know me, I am an inveterate hater of North Korea, on the "Caption a Photo" thread on ASF. Left is not good.

There is a common argument to sustain left groupthink.

They do some things good, but intertwined with it all is a leftist agenda.

I remember when Cathy Freeman won gold, and the sports commentator on ABC National was deprecating about Australians in general, when many good Indigenous and White Australians at her home Athletics Club in Slade Point Mackay had spent years fostering her incredible talent to excellence.

The ABC will be just as good when the left groupthink luvvies are paid out.

The BBC in the UK is in convulsions over a paedophile scandal, and the basis of that is groupthink.

Nobody questions, there is no recourse to evidence or fairness in either the ABC or the BBC.

If every leftie, left the ABC, it would still deliver excellent programmes.

It is in large part due to a Sydney and Melbourne clique, who decide what is best for the rest of Australia.

gg
 
Well, gg, we will all comment as a result of what we experience. If I'm listening to Richard Gill explaining the nuances of a symphony, or being prompted to read a new writer as a result of an insightful interview with the author, I am not overcome by political groupthink, much as I acknowledge its existence in many areas of the ABC.
 
Climate lunacy rules at Aunty.

These days it is the green movement and the apocalyptic anxiety about man-made global warming that have become the cults du jour, "the opiate of the masses". However, Australians are generally rather pragmatic and, as the climate has failed to conform to most of the doomsayers' computer modelling, popular support for measures supposed to combat global warming has waned.

This presents problems for those journalists and public intellectuals who embraced the cause uncritically in the early days, and haven't seen the need to express any reservations
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http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opi...y-rules-at-aunty/story-e6frg7ko-1226541450970
 
Garpal Gumnut said:
That derived that conclusion from daily sticking that's head out that's window and observing.

gg
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Thank for so kindly and helpfully identifying my grammatical error thus providing me with the opportunity to correct a substantial error :)

Calliope said:
"as the climate has failed to conform to most of the doomsayers' computer modelling"
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Did they indicate where they derived that assertion from? Serious question as I have not seen an analysis of climate modelling that substantiates that assertion and I would like to review where they derived that from.
 
Some Dude said:
Did they indicate where they derived that assertion from? Serious question as I have not seen an analysis of climate modelling that substantiates that assertion and I would like to review where they derived that from.
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You should direct your "serious question" to "they" whoever "they" are.:rolleyes: This is the paragraph in the article;


However, Australians are generally rather pragmatic and, as the climate has failed to conform to most of the doomsayers' computer modelling, popular support for measures supposed to combat global warming has waned
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If you really want to know, try Google.
 
Calliope said:
You should direct your "serious question" to "they" whoever "they" are.:rolleyes: This is the paragraph in the article;


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If you really want to know, try Google.
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As I already stated, I have not seen analysis (caveat: serious analysis) of the modelling that substantiates the assertion. Setting aside for the moment that I don't have access to the content of the article, it would be pointless to randomly search google without knowing specifically what the source or sources they have used in drawing their opinion. As it contradicts my experience and knowledge, I would like to avail myself of how they came to that position and given that you seem to want to inform others of the article, you are the obvious person to ask.

I will continue to direct such questions to "those" who post items of interest.
 
Julia said:
Whilst I am as irritated as most here with the ABC's political bias, I'd be sorry if an incoming Liberal government slashed their funding too much.

They have some wonderful and thoughtful programs on Radio National on literature, music, medical and psychological innovation plus many panel discussions and interviews on an extraordinarily wide range of topics
For those of us living in regional areas it can be an oasis in a cultural desert.
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Really well said, Julia.

I think this thread basically boils down to the following (very) human conundrum: somewhere on a radio station, that is funded by the government for the people, there is a person or persons, that disagree with my political opinion and I am not happy about this because I could not imagine anyone disagreeing with me, so I will ignore everything else good that the ABC do until these people stop or at least start agreeing with the political party that I follow!

That's my satirical imput for today.
 
We love to sink the slipper when the political commissars get wound up on Radio National.

However in this case, credit where it's due - ABC Local Radio have been outstanding during the NSW fire emergency, providing a great community information service.

Well done ABC Local Radio. Keep at it guys and gals, because the hot weather is coming back.

It got to 41C here yesterday, I wanted to stab myself. But phew, a southerly came in, thank goodness.
 
Logique said:
We love to sink the slipper when the political commissars get wound up on Radio National.

However in this case, credit where it's due - ABC Local Radio have been outstanding during the NSW fire emergency, providing a great community information service.

Well done ABC Local Radio. Keep at it guys and gals, because the hot weather is coming back.

It got to 41C here yesterday, I wanted to stab myself. But phew, a southerly came in, thank goodness.
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I got to say I love the warmer weather but a week of mid high thirties edging up to 40 and I've absolutley had it.

Good to be reminded of that before I move north one day from Vic.
 
Logique said:
We love to sink the slipper when the political commissars get wound up on Radio National.

However in this case, credit where it's due - ABC Local Radio have been outstanding during the NSW fire emergency, providing a great community information service.

Well done ABC Local Radio. Keep at it guys and gals, because the hot weather is coming back.

It got to 41C here yesterday, I wanted to stab myself. But phew, a southerly came in, thank goodness.
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:xyxthumbs
 
Logique said:
We love to sink the slipper when the political commissars get wound up on Radio National.

However in this case, credit where it's due - ABC Local Radio have been outstanding during the NSW fire emergency, providing a great community information service.

Well done ABC Local Radio. Keep at it guys and gals, because the hot weather is coming back.

It got to 41C here yesterday, I wanted to stab myself. But phew, a southerly came in, thank goodness.
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ABC Local Radio are excellent.

We do not consider them "proper" leftie ABC millionaires, like the Radio National ones , in Queensland.

Great coverage from all the Radio National crew kept us going over those days and nights of Cyclone Yasi.

It is a shame they are drowned out by the Commissars.

Good people, working hard for all the community as a public broadcaster should.

My 8 cents worth anyway.

gg
 
Garpal Gumnut said:
ABC Local Radio are excellent.

We do not consider them "proper" leftie ABC millionaires, like the Radio National ones , in Queensland.

Great coverage from all the Radio National crew kept us going over those days and nights of Cyclone Yasi.

It is a shame they are drowned out by the Commissars.
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It's amazing how differently people perceived things once the luxury of not needing it dissipates. It's all the same people, just that sometimes they are going to say things you don't like.
 
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