The future of the ABC - Guthrie sacked

[Gethelred]

What else do you expect with a weak CEO who won't stand up to a stacked board and chairperson who doing the bidding of Murdoch and his sock puppet #scottyfrommarketing.

We'll be lucky to have an ABC by the next election.

Labor's not going to reinstitute funding for it, either; Ida's done her work too well. It serves to disenfranchise lefties whilst pandering to progressives and furthering the culture wars.

 

[tandino]

Just reading this Laura Tingle stuff, didn't realise she was in a relationship with Sam Neill. Good stuff.

 

[Firenze]

Just reading this Laura Tingle stuff, didn't realise she was in a relationship with Sam Neill. Good stuff.

Struck oil there. Deserves a break after having to endure Alan Ramsay for all these years.

 

[NSWCROW]

What were the odds it turned out to be Droopy henderson who complained.

Without doubt , the most miserable campaigner who ever lived

 

[Gough]

For some reason a story on being emissions free by 2050 felt the need to have a statement from the chair of the Minerals Council.

 

[Kram]

For some reason a story on being emissions free by 2050 felt the need to have a statement from the chair of the Minerals Council.

Link?

 

[Christopher Buttersnip]

Another step toward the demolition of the ABC by the IPA led Liberals.

*Twitter links not functioning?*

 

[Nickoo]

What else do you expect with a weak CEO who won't stand up to a stacked board and chairperson who doing the bidding of Murdoch and his sock puppet #scottyfrommarketing.

Huh? Murdoch and the ABC, very odd connection you’ve got there.


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[Christopher Buttersnip]

There's a word for governments who attempt to control the output of an independent media organisation. Seven letter word beginning with 'f' and ending with 'm'.

Now we have Fletcher pressuring the ABC over a program. Places the letter on Twitter then turns off replies. Weak as piss.

 

[Christopher Buttersnip]

Neo-liberals loathe scrutiny. They believe they are above it. No surprise they head to their leader and manipulator for a hand. Low lot.

 

[GoldenSky]

Ha exactly the problem these days, and it's the same in the UK with the BBC - the centre and right complain about the ABC being left-wing, and then the HARD LEFT complain about it being not left enough, and somehow these equate to ABC being in the middle, not biased and doing its job. When actually it all equates to the ABC being centre-left.

Look, let me put it this way - why do you think those of the centre and right even waste their time to say the ABC is left-wing biased if it isn't? I mean, when the left spend their time telling me Murdoch is right-wing biased, I listen, and I agree - of course it is biased. Of course they aren't wasting their time complaining about it. The journos of course do a great job, but the bias is clear for all to see, even if there isn't some lurking background "mission statement" to be right-wing.
Why isn't there ranting and raving about Channel 9 being biased a certain way? It has a far greater and more influential audience! Why would the right complain about poorly watched ABC News if it ISN'T biased, and considering the expenditure isn't that great on it anyway?

ABC shows didn't have enough conservative voices, election review finds

A major review found ABC programs The Drum and Insiders lacked conservative voices during the 2019 federal election.

www.smh.com.au

The report labelled the episode of The Drum, aired on May 6, "one-sided" finding it was characterised by "not just a positive impression for policies identified with Labor’s platform but also at times a marked enthusiasm for a Labor victory".
The review also examined four episodes of the ABC's flagship political discussion program Insiders aired across the election period, identifying "similar, but less serious concerns" in two episodes.
"There appeared to be a substantial shortfall in positive reflection of the Coalition’s prospects, policies or performance compared to Labor," the report said.

"This was not related to the expression of opinions but the weight of analysis, where the positive impression for Labor across all contributions in two episodes far outweighed that for the Coalition."

It concluded that the ABC would benefit from broadening its pool of contributors to better reflect the range of perspectives available to discuss a given topic.
"One solution would have been to have secured more conservative-leaning political commentators as panellists. Those conservative voices could have articulated, with conviction, that there was a Coalition path to victory," the report said.

The review also analysed 51 items on the Australia Votes pages of the ABC News website and found that the articles were four times as likely to reflect a negative assessment of the Coalition than to reflect a negative assessment of Labor.

 

[E Shed]

ABC shows didn't have enough conservative voices, election review finds

A major review found ABC programs The Drum and Insiders lacked conservative voices during the 2019 federal election.

www.smh.com.au

The report labelled the episode of The Drum, aired on May 6, "one-sided" finding it was characterised by "not just a positive impression for policies identified with Labor’s platform but also at times a marked enthusiasm for a Labor victory".
The review also examined four episodes of the ABC's flagship political discussion program Insiders aired across the election period, identifying "similar, but less serious concerns" in two episodes.
"There appeared to be a substantial shortfall in positive reflection of the Coalition’s prospects, policies or performance compared to Labor," the report said.

"This was not related to the expression of opinions but the weight of analysis, where the positive impression for Labor across all contributions in two episodes far outweighed that for the Coalition."

It concluded that the ABC would benefit from broadening its pool of contributors to better reflect the range of perspectives available to discuss a given topic.
"One solution would have been to have secured more conservative-leaning political commentators as panellists. Those conservative voices could have articulated, with conviction, that there was a Coalition path to victory," the report said.

The review also analysed 51 items on the Australia Votes pages of the ABC News website and found that the articles were four times as likely to reflect a negative assessment of the Coalition than to reflect a negative assessment of Labor.

Perhaps look a little deeper next time, unlike the review.

Comments labelled pro-Labor in ABC election review were by Liberal Kathryn Greiner

Impartiality review found comments by Greiner – the former wife of a NSW Liberal premier – on The Drum were ‘negative for Coalition’

www.theguardian.com

 

[E Shed]

Ita is no stooge. I'm liking her more and more.

ABC chair Ita Buttrose accuses government of 'political interference' in draft letter to Paul Fletcher

Exclusive: Buttrose mounts robust defence of broadcaster’s independence in response to questions about Four Corners’ episode Inside the Canberra Bubble

www.theguardian.com

 

[Kram]

http://about.abc.net.au/statements/australia-day-invasion-day-or-just-the-26-january/

 

[FredLeDeux]

it turns out that all the right-wing dingbats were right.

The ABC is biassed.

https://johnmenadue.com/abc-country-hour-mouthpiece-of-liberal-national-party-and-rural-elites/

ABC Country Hour is marketed as the “voice of the bush”; but whose voice and whose bush? A recent investigation reveals how Country Hour does the bidding of the Liberal and National Parties and their powerful friends while glossing over the likes of climate change, Indigenous issues and the #watergate scandal.

 

[hamohawk1]

Leigh Sales finally revealed herself to the general public that she's no more than a liberal shill.

Spare me her excuse she was 'stuck' here. We have political correspondents/ journalists working VIC.

 

[imadodgyumpire]

Cracking comment from the latest friendlyjordies video.

ABC sliding to the right so quickly I wouldn’t be surprised if they give Alan Jones a job soon

 

[random260]

Congrats to 7news and scomo for the deal with Google. Hope murdoch join the party. And then there is the *ed step child abc. Worst of the worst strike a deal and stop taking our tax money.

The sooner we can defund abc the better.

 

[Retzlaff]

Congrats to 7news and scomo for the deal with Google. Hope murdoch join the party. And then there is the ******ed step child abc. Worst of the worst strike a deal and stop taking our tax money.

The sooner we can defund abc the better.

Thanks Basil

 

[Kram]

Cracking comment from the latest friendlyjordies video.

Wow, how incredibly witty.

 

[madmug]

Congrats to 7news and scomo for the deal with Google. Hope murdoch join the party. And then there is the ******ed step child abc. Worst of the worst strike a deal and stop taking our tax money.

The sooner we can defund abc the better.

Just watching 4 corners expose on Russian 'dark' money laundering in Australia.

You just don't get that sort of investigative journalism in the Murdoch press.

I wonder why?

 

[Christopher Buttersnip]

It's the modus operandi of the Liberals to bludgeon the ABC under instructions from the dirt bags at the IPA. Who are listed as a charity for tax purposes. Go figure.

How "Charitable" is the Institute of Public Affairs? - The Stirrer

Not so charitable, even by their own standards

thestirrer.com.au

 

[NSWCROW]

It's the modus operandi of the Liberals to bludgeon the ABC under instructions from the dirt bags at the IPA. Who are listed as a charity for tax purposes. Go figure.

How "Charitable" is the Institute of Public Affairs? - The Stirrer

Not so charitable, even by their own standards

thestirrer.com.au

Yeah no " show cause " letter to Samantha Maiden at newscorpse though, hey

 

[Christopher Buttersnip]

Many a true word ..............

ABC renames ‘Insiders’ to ‘Sky News After Dawn’

The show where the Canberra bubble defends LNP better than the LNP do

chaser.com.au

 

[Christopher Buttersnip]

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
― Edmund Burke