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Is the ABC left, right or centre?

Do you feel the ABC has a political bias?

  • yes, to the left

    Votes: 17 47.2%

  • yes, to the right

    Votes: 1 2.8%

  • no, balanced in general

    Votes: 7 19.4%

  • both, depending on the reporter/moderator/compere - as with any other news source really

    Votes: 10 27.8%

  • other (plus comments)

    Votes: 1 2.8%
  • Total voters
    36
  • Poll closed .
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refined silver said:
Plus Kerry O'Brien was going to wasn't he? What happened there?
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you have me at a loss, silver - maybe he thought he'd end up like Mike Bailey? - out of his big-celebrity job lol.
I'm guessing he enjoys interviewing too much - if you believe the ad anyways.
I personally find him very tough with both sides of politics. Excellent journo/interviewer!

PS some around here would even claim that Mike Bailey leant to the left when he gave the weather forecast :rolleyes:

PS I have a feeling that Barrie Cassidy ("On-Siders") Sunday mornings used to work for Bob Hawke - but again , he's a very fair compere of that program, and gives left and right equal say. :2twocents

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrie_Cassidy
In 1986, Cassidy was approached by the then prime minister, Bob Hawke, to become his personal press secretary. He remained in the job - which he has described as "the most rewarding and interesting period of my life" - until Paul Keating took over the leadership in 1991 following a challenge
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2020hindsight said:
you have me at a loss, silver - maybe he thought he'd end up like Mike Bailey? - out of his big-celebrity job lol.
I'm guessing he enjoys interviewing too much - if you believe the ad anyways.
I personally find him very tough with both sides of politics. Excellent journo/interviewer!

PS some around here would even claim that Mike Bailey leant to the left when he gave the weather forecast :rolleyes:
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He still carries the torch.

Mate he worked for Whitlam.

He had a freudian slip during the last election broadcast

"It seems we're looking at a swing to the ABC ..." he said

He also used the word "we" on a number of occasions when referring to the ALP.

Its on record mate.

He is biased.

gg
 
2020hindsight said:
Barrie Cassidy ... used to work for Bob Hawke - but again , he's a very fair compere of that program, and gives left and right equal say. :2twocents

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrie_Cassidy
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speaking of Cassidy ... used to work for Murdoch ;) Also Channel 10.
(PS That should be Insiders doh.)

Moving to Washington, Cassidy worked as a correspondent for The Australian, owned by Rupert Murdoch. He returned to Australia, where he hosted a program on Network Ten called The Last Shout. Then it was back to the ABC - this time with The 7.30 Report - before he and his wife, Heather Ewart, were sent to Brussels as European correspondents.

Cassidy currently hosts the Sunday morning political discussion show Insiders, and the sports panel show Offsiders. He has a keen interest in horseracing and is a devout fan of Collingwood in the Australian Football League. Cassidy is also a keen jogger.
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Garpal Gumnut said:
He still carries the torch.

Mate he worked for Whitlam.

He had a freudian slip during the last election broadcast

"It seems we're looking at a swing to the ABC ..." he said

He also used the word "we" on a number of occasions when referring to the ALP.

Its on record mate.

He is biased.

gg
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I note nobody has replied to this post.

So it can be taken as accepted by the posters on this thread.

Lets move on to AM .

gg
 
Seems to me that the crossovers on the street reporters is dominated by females with ticks, stutters and stammers. This is probably not surprising given the portend of an article by the then ABC News Director:

(March 2016) ABC News is now making greater diversity a requirement, aiming for 50/50 male/female representation in order to accurately reflect the population. We are talking more about the issue internally and externally, including being transparent with our numbers. For example, public affairs program Q&A has begun publishing “share of voice data” on its website, showing the percentage of time each panelist actually speaks each week.
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Style over substance.
 
Tisme said:
Seems to me that the crossovers on the street reporters is dominated by females with ticks, stutters and stammers. This is probably not surprising given the portend of an article by the then ABC News Director:



Style over substance.
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Pity they are going that way.

Reporters like anyone else have to earn their stripes, do the hard yards and not just be given a sinecure because of their sex, ethnicity or anything else.

There are a lot of words being spoken by the cub reporters at the ABC, more of their opinions and less facts. Continuing the race to the bottom by the ABC, even if they haven't got there yet.
 
SirRumpole said:
Pity they are going that way.

Reporters like anyone else have to earn their stripes, do the hard yards and not just be given a sinecure because of their sex, ethnicity or anything else.

There are a lot of words being spoken by the cub reporters at the ABC, more of their opinions and less facts. Continuing the race to the bottom by the ABC, even if they haven't got there yet.
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Rumpy, perhaps one day you will believe me that Philosophy of the Fabian Society which controls the Green/Labor coalition is to gain dominance of the media......It is used to promote their propaganda......They will always use it to discredit and bring down a Liberal Government which is contrary to the beliefs of the Fabian Society......That is clearly evident in their shows like QandA, GETUP, Insider, Media watch, the 7.30 Report and Four Corners......Just look at the way they attacked One Nation and Pauline Hanson.....The Labor Party and the Liberal Party are both terrified of the recent rise of One Nation....I cannot recall one word from the Liberal Party criticizing Four Cornerss on this particular occasion, so I guess they would have condoned it like the Labor Party.
 
noco said:
Rumpy, perhaps one day you will believe me that Philosophy of the Fabian Society which controls the Green/Labor coalition is to gain dominance of the media......It is used to promote their propaganda......They will always use it to discredit and bring down a Liberal Government which is contrary to the beliefs of the Fabian Society......That is clearly evident in their shows like QandA, GETUP, Insider, Media watch, the 7.30 Report and Four Corners......Just look at the way they attacked One Nation and Pauline Hanson.....The Labor Party and the Liberal Party are both terrified of the recent rise of One Nation....I cannot recall one word from the Liberal Party criticizing Four Cornerss on this particular occasion, so I guess they would have condoned it like the Labor Party.
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Please pardon my computer for the way Four Corners looks......The R and the N run in together to look like an M.
 
Something is going on the ABC + Cathy Freeman.

This is the 5th or so Cathy Freeman article in the last fews weeks. Is she planning on running for politics? I hope she is doing well, she is/was a great role model for the Aboriginal community.






 
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DB008 said:
Something is going on the ABC + Cathy Freeman.

This is the 5th or so Cathy Freeman article in the last fews weeks. Is she planning on running for politics? I hope she is doing well, she is/was a great role model for the Aboriginal community.
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Would they be allowed to push a candidate for politics?
Seems like it would break rules.

Actually there is a lot of Olympic stuff around. 20 year anniversary isn't it?
 
DB008 said:
Something is going on the ABC + Cathy Freeman.

This is the 5th or so Cathy Freeman article in the last fews weeks. Is she planning on running for politics? I hope she is doing well, she is/was a great role model for the Aboriginal community.






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I think Kathy would be well advised to keep out of politics, party politics anyway.

She's got a great reputation , it would be a pity to see it sullied by the dirty politics which would inevitably arise from the side that she doesn't support.
 
SirRumpole said:
I think Kathy would be well advised to keep out of politics, party politics anyway.

She's got a great reputation , it would be a pity to see it sullied by the dirty politics which would inevitably arise from the side that she doesn't support.
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Unless she was prepared to join the Permanently outraged victim society she would be vilified from every side.

Please do not do it Kathy, by what we have seen of you in public, you are far too nice a person to be a Pollie
 
DB008 said:
This is the 5th or so Cathy Freeman article in the last fews weeks. Is she planning on running for politics?
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Or perhaps she's written a book or something?

Pretty standard that someone who was famous years ago for something (sport, music, whatever) suddenly starts appearing everywhere just before their book, tour or whatever is announced. :2twocents
 
Smurf1976 said:
Or perhaps she's written a book or something?

Pretty standard that someone who was famous years ago for something (sport, music, whatever) suddenly starts appearing everywhere just before their book, tour or whatever is announced. :2twocents
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No she runs a charity to educate Aboriginals and Torres Strait islanders. She has been involved for many years and this is helping the charity. She keeps a very low profile.

No book, no politics, Murdoch press is just upset that she appeared in a 20 year anniversary doco about her part in the 2000 Olympics with the ABC that got huge ratings.

She probably won't deal with them as they attacked her for carrying the Aboriginal flag as well as the Australian flag when she won the gold medal, not to mention all the other continuous anti aboriginal rhetoric from some of their commentators.

I bet though someone is now writing a biography and hoping she will endorse it.
 
In the end the ABC will tow the line of the government that is in at the time.
They are reliant on governments for their funding and their boards are stacked by governments.
 
It is sad to admit, but politics is everywhere today. And it is the same everywhere in the world regardless of the country. I am from https://populationstat.com/mexico/mexico-city, and here it is exactly such a situation. Everybody is promising you a fortune, but it all finishes right after the elections. Politicians are not interested to improve people’s lives.
 
Last night I watched an old ABC TV program regarding the environment and conservation originally aired about 1991 and recorded at that time.

I'd describe it as extremely balanced and intellectual compared to anything that would be aired today on similar subjects by any media organisation either commercial or government run. :2twocents
 
Sick of ABC lies and twisting.judge by yourself:
www.abc.net.au

We fact checked Dick Smith on whether a country can run entirely on renewables. Here's what we found

Entrepreneur Dick Smith says no country has ever been able to run on renewables, labelling the idea "impossible". What do the experts say?
www.abc.net.au www.abc.net.au
Dick Smith has the temerity to tell some truth: a country can not run solely on renewables
and the ABC fact checkers "prove" him wrong by saying that..the electricity grid can be 😭
this is not the question morons...
and I pay taxes for these pravda parrots with pea brains.
let me sell that farm and spend my money and taxes in a better deserving place..
the lack of knowledge is sickening...
 
qldfrog said:
Sick of ABC lies and twisting.judge by yourself:
www.abc.net.au

We fact checked Dick Smith on whether a country can run entirely on renewables. Here's what we found

Entrepreneur Dick Smith says no country has ever been able to run on renewables, labelling the idea "impossible". What do the experts say?
www.abc.net.au www.abc.net.au
Dick Smith has the temerity to tell some truth: a country can not run solely on renewables
and the ABC fact checkers "prove" him wrong by saying that..the electricity grid can be 😭
this is not the question morons...
and I pay taxes for these pravda parrots with pea brains.
let me sell that farm and spend my money and taxes in a better deserving place..
the lack of knowledge is sickening...
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Yes, you are right, it's not the question as every country is different. And we will need gas to firm up the renewables for a long time.

But whether nuclear is a viable option for us, as opposed to say hydro is another question.

No doubt that renewables are the things most companies want to invest in, simple infrastructure, immediate return.

Is there any nuclear power company that will build a reactor in Australia without massive subsidies?
 

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