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So what if they do ? It just balances the commercial media leaning to the right.
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The ABC being leftie because of last night is a nonsense. The imbecile Liberal couldn't contain his emotions and baited the other imbecilic young fella. The wise heads on the panel didn't weigh in, but not our assistant to foreign affairs, he just kept it u.
The thing that we should be alarmed at is the implication of having censorship because it doesn't make the government happy. Last night's furore had nothing to do with politics, but as usual Abbott makes it his cause and indignation along party lines .....poor form in my books.
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The ABC in it's own news coverage has provided a video of the exchange that involved the ABC's question asking guest,
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-...d-former-terror-suspect-qa-appearance/6565886
It's well worth listening to as Malcolm Turnbull's slap down in parliament today which is also linked in the above article.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-...d-former-terror-suspect-qa-appearance/6565886
It's well worth listening to as Malcolm Turnbull's slap down in parliament today which is also linked in the above article.
Is the ABC really left wing OR is it just that the "right" wing want it to be further to the right. If it leans a little to the left maybe it is because it is subject to funds cutting by the right. Who is right or wrong may depend on who is left or right. I'm not sure which way it slants except to say I am an ABC watcher. (I hate adds)
Is the ABC really left wing OR is it just that the "right" wing want it to be further to the right. If it leans a little to the left maybe it is because it is subject to funds cutting by the right. Who is right or wrong may depend on who is left or right. I'm not sure which way it slants except to say I am an ABC watcher. (I hate adds)
The ABC has gone too far this time and it time for some action on those at the top including Tony Jones.
I have been trying to get through to many people, the ABC has been taken over by the Fabian Society which in turn controls the Green/Labor socialist left.....They attempt to discredit any conservative government and criticize their leaders....They believe in central control and their starting point is the media....control the media and you control the people.....They are doing it in a very subtle way and chip away at every opportunity without you realizing what is going on..
The Fabians control the Green/Labor socialist and it is a well known fact they will rack up huge debts in both state and Federal governments and then leave it to a conservative government to pay it back and in doing so cause hardships on the Australia public......This results in the conservative governments being branded as unfair and this where the control of the media takes its place....They will promote their propaganda in such a way and often enough through the likes of QandA, Media watch, GETUP, Insiders, the 7.30 report and the ABC late line...
NB. Bill Shorten is a foundation member of GETUP and a recent board member.....Getup just received $1 million donation from from the unions.
Having brain washed their audience through and through, and if ever they get back into power, they will move to central control of the banks, mining, manufacturing and agriculture....This is commonly known as communism but the Fabians would prefer to be known as Democratic Socialists.
BTW....I will be ready for an ear full from the lefties.......NO...NO..NO....NOCO you have got it all wrong there are no REDS under the bed.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/bus...410582895?sv=f7cb2d8291202c6ba5e69996021008db
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You really have to stop using the Rupert Murdoch press and cronies as proofs to your arguments Noco ... it's never going to be taken seriously by those who haven't been brain washed over the years.
I also think we all know the "reds under the bed" routine was wedge politics that Menzies employed to defame the Labor Party, even though the Labor Party was against communism too. I think you'd find many of those looney left ideals from that time are now accepted norms, even in our jackboot controlled parliaments.
I have no love for the Labor Party, the LNP, the Greens, nor secret squirrel organisations and I still say the whole Qanda beatup is just that. I think it's about time Australians saw one of these potential terrorists up front and personal so they can gauge the menace.
It's not like it's a show for other than thinking people, it's like a University conflab, which is encouraged in higher education learning. That is why Liberals don't like it, because it scares them to consider other people might have an opinion that differs from theirs and most of the time "those" people can outgun them with fact or logic over fiction or fairies.
We don't need Mc Carthyism in this country, but it seems we are going to get it thanks to a shrinking violet Labor leader and divide and conquer half wit leading the other team.
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Is the ABC really left wing OR is it just that the "right" wing want it to be further to the right. If it leans a little to the left maybe it is because it is subject to funds cutting by the right. Who is right or wrong may depend on who is left or right. I'm not sure which way it slants except to say I am an ABC watcher. (I hate adds)
As I've said before, people's perceptions of bias are based on their own biases. A Far Right Winger like Tony Abbott sees a middle of the road view as being "lefty". Some people seem to think that the ABC should be an instrument of government propaganda, as long as they are the ones in government. When they are in Opposition, the ABC should be "unbiased". Hypocrisy abounds in politics.
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What does acquitted on a technicality mean? Either Mr Mallah was judged guilty or not.
Because the ultimate word on who gets his citizenship stripped is the court's, surely this is a case of horse before the cart and the cart doesn't like the outcome? Why would Ciobo publically imply the court system was wrong? I'm wondering who has the worst case of playground maturity, the pollie or the jihadist.
Because the ultimate word on who gets his citizenship stripped is the court's, surely this is a case of horse before the cart and the cart doesn't like the outcome? Why would Ciobo publically imply the court system was wrong? I'm wondering who has the worst case of playground maturity, the pollie or the jihadist.
Shame on the Courier Mail, disgrace of a tabloid. This is their front cover today http://imgur.com/CXbyX1y
To insinuate that our public broadcaster is supporting one of the most oppressive terrorist groups we have ever seen is straight out shameful.
This whole thing has been blown out of proportion from the right who ironically were the ones that gave this man too much publicity at the time he was charged. Now the ABC were wrong to put this man on live television given that the judge said
but note this was about the right wing media at the time giving this man a platform.
I thought the right were all about free speech.
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That then raises another question. Will the ABC admit to being biased and should a taxpayer funded organisation be biased and take a side. Commercial media is different as the tax payer does not contribute to it and they as a consumer can decide to purchase or consume said media. As a tax payer you have no choice, therefore it should be impartial and non biased.
State media is not there to be a counter weight to the prevailing story of the day.
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It's there to publish stories and points of view that don't get published elsewhere.
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Yeah, the ABC, SBS and Crikey are basically the only centre left media organisations..everything else including all the commercial TV networks, newspapers and talk radio is right wing.
Have just watched the Q & A in question and don't see a problem.
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One good thing is that we all know who this fella is and what he looks like. The community can keep an eye on him now.
Firstly, neither you or anyone else will stop me from expressing my opinion even though you don't agree with me nor do you need to tell me to stop using Rupert Murdoch press and his cronies....Murdoch has nothing to do with my opinion of how the ABC operates...The Green/Labor socialist party control the ABC for their own advantage and perhaps one day you and many naive people will come to realize when it is too late.
Secondly,I have taken in my own observation over the years to form my own opinion as to how the Labor Party has converted to collectivism....The Labor Party and the unions are a different party today as to when it was in the late 1890s.
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What about "The Age" and "The Sydney Morning Herald"? And I'd hardly call Channel 10 "right wing". Yes they might put Bolt on in the deadslots of Sunday morning and afternoon, but Waleed Aly gets primetime weeknights!
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Here is another example of media control orchestrated by the ABC......It is a known fact, the balance of the audience is not made up of what Tony Jones makes out it is......the percentage of Liberals to the Labor party and the Greens is fictitious and shows up when there is anything anti government gets an over whelming support by the audience.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opi...nder-of-judgment/story-e6frg71x-1227411737212
Mallah’s inclusion on Q&A was a betrayal of moderate Muslims who would have been appalled by his comments and, understandably, dread being tainted with the same brush. Q&A, as usual, claimed its studio audience was balanced, made up of 34 per cent Labor voters, 36 per cent Coalition voters, Greens 13 per cent, others 1 per cent and unspecified 15 per cent. But as regular watchers of the program have noted week in and week out, it was the most outrageous left-wing statements, as usual, that drew the loudest applause. Had the audience breakdown been as claimed, Mallah would never have received the cheers he did, suggesting the breakdowns are a fraud. As many of the audience applauded Mallah, perhaps it didn’t occur to them how Islamic State or any fundamentalist Islamic regime would treat one of the show’s panellists, transgender singer Antony Hegarty.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opi...nder-of-judgment/story-e6frg71x-1227411737212
Mallah’s inclusion on Q&A was a betrayal of moderate Muslims who would have been appalled by his comments and, understandably, dread being tainted with the same brush. Q&A, as usual, claimed its studio audience was balanced, made up of 34 per cent Labor voters, 36 per cent Coalition voters, Greens 13 per cent, others 1 per cent and unspecified 15 per cent. But as regular watchers of the program have noted week in and week out, it was the most outrageous left-wing statements, as usual, that drew the loudest applause. Had the audience breakdown been as claimed, Mallah would never have received the cheers he did, suggesting the breakdowns are a fraud. As many of the audience applauded Mallah, perhaps it didn’t occur to them how Islamic State or any fundamentalist Islamic regime would treat one of the show’s panellists, transgender singer Antony Hegarty.