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noco said:
The ABC shows bias to the left wing again.....They just don't seem to learn.


http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/...|section|homepage|homepage&itmt=1411768478313
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Why shouldn't they be biased? After all they they make no apologies for being a left wing organisation. And they have a lot to be smug about. We, the taxayers fund them to preach a doctrine which is alien to the majority.

This funding is similar in a lot of ways to the millions we spend funding Muslim schools to indoctrinate their students in radical Islamic facism We pay them so much that they are able to syphon off millions to other radical Islamic institutions..

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/in-...-islamic-fascism/story-fnpdbcmu-1227069667028
 
Julia said:
That link goes to the reporting of the comments of a particular Islamic preacher. How is that the ABC's left bias? The exact same report appears in today's Weekend Australian.
Was I supposed to find a further link? Read further down?
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Julia, you are right....the problem was it hit the button on the wrong link....I generally check out the link before posting but I failed to do so on this occasion.

Here is the link relating to the ABC ....please do also read the sub links as well.


http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/..._unbalanced_it_is_now_a_public_safety_hazard/
 
The ABC is a safety hazard ?

What a load of red neck right wing cr@p from someone very qualified to make that sort of comment.

Not worth the time reading that baloney.
 
Julia said:
OK, thanks. I have Q & A recorded but haven't watched it yet. Will tonight.
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I watched this tonight. It was entirely predictable in that the audience was stacked with muslims. In terms of the panel, though, I found only the woman (Randa???? someone) with shoulder length hair, was vociferously unreasonable. She should have been shut up and more time given to some of the others.

Mr Keenan, although nervous at first, warmed up and made a pretty decent fist of presenting the government's point of view and for the most part was supported by Labor's Mark Dreyfus who seems like a calm and fairly sensible individual.

The counter-terrorism expert (in what capacity we were not told) made some sound points. Scott Ludlum from the Greens was as he always is: articulate and expresses his party's point of view in a not too unreasonable way.

All up, it's a touchy, difficult subject, especially at the moment, and no one behaved in any way I'd not have expected with the exception of a weird young woman in the audience who asserted she had been visited several times by ASIO who had threatened to behead her and display her head in the streets, or some such violent description.

I'd be very, very surprised if ASIO would lay themselves open to anything so outlandish, and there didn't seem to be any positive response to her rant from either the audience or the panel.

Was the ABC biased here? Probably only in the stacking of the audience and in allowing the long haired muslim woman to rant on to the extent she did.
Others will, of course, see it differently.
 
All up, it's a touchy, difficult subject, especially at the moment, and no one behaved in any way I'd not have expected with the exception of a weird young woman in the audience who asserted she had been visited several times by ASIO who had threatened to behead her and display her head in the streets, or some such violent description.
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I think that if you look at that bit again, the lady was referring to the ADL (Australian Defence League), a nasty right wing hate group. She was referring to threats of violence against Muslims on their web site.

Tony Jones misheard her and thought she said ASIO. He corrected his mistake on the show.

Like you, I continue to be impressed by Scott Ludlum. Articulate and to the point. Pity he's a Fabian though. :rolleyes: Agreed about Mark Dreyfuss, sensible and restrained.


Some people think the ABC is biased when they try to present a balanced picture. The fact is that the majority of Muslims are feeling threatened and harassed by the actions of a few. I find that as objectionable as the actions of a few thugs who call themselves Muslims but are just criminals and hoodlums.

I agree that one of the panelists was allowed to dominate the discussion for too long. But the politicians usually try to do that too, nothing new there.
 
Julie Bishop seems to go from strength to strength. She answered all Barrie Cassidy's questions on today's "Insiders" politely and in reasonable detail, but desisted from what seems to have become the prevalent defensive position of almost grovelling to the interviewer.

She is personable, articulate and intelligent imo. Leaves much of the rest of them for dead and, if the nation were to have the stomach for another female prime minister after the debacle that was Gillard, I'd guess in a few years Ms Bishop would be a good choice.

The panel's comments seemed fair and reasonable today to me. Do others agree?
 
Julia said:
Julie Bishop seems to go from strength to strength. She answered all Barrie Cassidy's questions on today's "Insiders" politely and in reasonable detail, but desisted from what seems to have become the prevalent defensive position of almost grovelling to the interviewer.

She is personable, articulate and intelligent imo. Leaves much of the rest of them for dead and, if the nation were to have the stomach for another female prime minister after the debacle that was Gillard, I'd guess in a few years Ms Bishop would be a good choice.

The panel's comments seemed fair and reasonable today to me. Do others agree?
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Julie Bishop certainly had Barry Cassidy's measure and I agree she handled the interview very well in a similar fashion to Scott Morrison.

Cassidy tried his best to catch her out but without success.
 
noco said:
Julie Bishop certainly had Barry Cassidy's measure and I agree she handled the interview very well in a similar fashion to Scott Morrison.

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After the Lambie fiasco anything would be an improvement but Bishop is making a mark as a good communicator, probably the best they have at the moment as Turnbull is taking a back seat.
 
What do people think of this story ?

After all, we don't see Chinese reporters in Aboriginal communities reporting on the squalid conditions there.

Is reporting adversely on foreign countries a proper function of a national media organisation in a democracy, or should we mind our own business ?
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Chinese embassy warns of 'wider implications' over Foreign Correspondent story on Xinjiang conflict



Senior Chinese officials have warned the ABC there will be "wider implications" over tonight's Foreign Correspondent story about unrest in western China.

ABC China correspondent Stephen McDonell and cameraman Wayne McAllister recently travelled to China's western province of Xinjiang to investigate reports of conflict in the homeland of Turkic-speaking ethnic Uighurs.

Hundreds of people have died during the past year in the province – sometimes as a result of knife or bomb attacks on random members of the public, sometimes following what appear to have been disputes which have spun out of control.

ABC communications director Michael Millett confirmed "fairly senior" officials from the Chinese embassy had met with the ABC at its Ultimo headquarters in Sydney to ask it not to screen the show, which will go to air at 8:00pm tonight.

"The meeting was about two weeks ago and lasted about an hour," he said.

"They were polite and forcefully aired concerns about the Foreign Correspondent program, which will air tonight.

"I think they were concerned about being unfairly portrayed in the story about the situation in the north-west region."

Mr Millett said the officials did tell the meeting there would be "wider implications" if the program aired.

The ABC has business relationships with CCTV and Shanghai Media Group, where the broadcaster's content is aired and published.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-30/abc-warned-of-wider-implications-from-china-story/5779218
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Julia said:
Julie Bishop seems to go from strength to strength...if the nation were to have the stomach for another female prime minister after the debacle that was Gillard, I'd guess in a few years Ms Bishop would be a good choice...
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Initially thought Julie a bit prim and proper, but I've become a fan.

She has risen above her colleague's intrigues and Labor's jibes, and now has a world profile. Her career currently going in the opposite direction to Joe Hockey's.

We could do a lot worse. Team up with Scott Morrison, it would be a decent ticket.
 
SirRumpole said:
After the Lambie fiasco anything would be an improvement but Bishop is making a mark as a good communicator, probably the best they have at the moment as Turnbull is taking a back seat.
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Foreign Affairs isn't such a tough gig as long as you parrot the right lines (see Alexander Downer). Let's see how she does with a messy domestic portfolio.
 
Calliope said:
Why shouldn't they be biased? After all they they make no apologies for being a left wing organisation. And they have a lot to be smug about. We, the taxayers fund them to preach a doctrine which is alien to the majority.


http://www.theaustralian.com.au/in-...-islamic-fascism/story-fnpdbcmu-1227069667028
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So why are they a left wing organization?.....It is because the Green/Labor left wing socialist put them there just to control their propaganda.

Calliope, I believe if you check out their charter, they have to be impartial in their reporting and they are far removed from the contents and should be pulled into line....I cannot believe the present government has allowed their bias.
 
Logique said:
Initially thought Julie a bit prim and proper, but I've become a fan.

She has risen above her colleague's intrigues and Labor's jibes, and now has a world profile. Her career currently going in the opposite direction to Joe Hockey's.
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Maybe she could be Australia's first >successful< female PM?
 
Logique said:
Initially thought Julie a bit prim and proper, but I've become a fan.

She has risen above her colleague's intrigues and Labor's jibes, and now has a world profile. Her career currently going in the opposite direction to Joe Hockey's.

We could do a lot worse. Team up with Scott Morrison, it would be a decent ticket.
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wayneL said:
Maybe she could be Australia's first >successful< female PM?
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Anything is possible but I doubt if JB will become PM.

SM more likely.

And if we can get rid of this useless tradition of a Nat being Dep. PM, then Julie would be a good deputy to Scott.

gg
 
banco said:
Foreign Affairs isn't such a tough gig as long as you parrot the right lines (see Alexander Downer). Let's see how she does with a messy domestic portfolio.
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Absolutely, wait untill she has to tell an Aussie, they have to pull in the belt.lol
 
sptrawler said:
Absolutely, wait untill she has to tell an Aussie, they have to pull in the belt.lol
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The ABC will have her on Q & A and lateline, with a full audience of people who will tell her why they shouldn't.

Shame they can't get an audience, that are prepared to pull in their belt, but that wouldn't be good viewing.:D

I would recommend, putting people like Tony Jones on a normal salary, then they could really feel for the causes they support.
 
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