ABC’s former chairmen Maurice Newman nailed the problem with the ABC: Groupthink. Groupthink on climate change, the environment, industrial relations, gender, marriage, the middle east. Name any issue and the ABC’s response can be predicted. In a multiple choice poll the ABC always promotes the response that characterises the loony left. This wouldn’t be a problem if the organisation was privately owned like the Green-Left Weekly, but it isn’t. It’s owned by the Australian people and its charter provides for the views of all Australians, not just the views of ABC’s city (ec)-centric staff.
With a new government in place it is time the ABC was placed back in the hands of the Australian people through its board. The ABC board, like the board of any organisation must be provided with the authority to run the ABC according to the ABC’s charter, not according to the whims of its groupthinking staff.
An eye on ABC NEWS: Keeping the bastards who keep the bastards honest - honest.
Saturday, September 7, 2013
ABC ALP
Kerry O'Brien wheeled out to once again host the ALP's (sorry) ABC's election night coverage.
How long for the gaffe?
How long for the gaffe?
at about 0:30
Congrats to ABC's other O'Brien, Joe for keeping the ABC/ALP gaffe alive on the night.
Congrats to ABC's other O'Brien, Joe for keeping the ABC/ALP gaffe alive on the night.
Friday, September 6, 2013
Their ABC part 2
Simon at ACM has an interesting post....
It is galling that taxes paid by all Australians go towards funding that Lefty/Green echo-chamber, which caters for a small urban elite, staffed with inner-city Ultimo types who couldn’t run a chook raffle.
It is galling that taxes paid by all Australians go towards funding that Lefty/Green echo-chamber, which caters for a small urban elite, staffed with inner-city Ultimo types who couldn’t run a chook raffle.
Their ABC
Comments from this week's Media Watch Dog....
The fact is that the ABC managing director does not run the ABC. Nobody does. Rather the ABC is controlled by a number of collectives which preside over the public broadcaster’s key television, radio and online products. The members of these collectives are invariably on the left and they appoint one another to key positions. This explains why the ABC remains a Conservative-Free-Zone without a conservative presenter or producer or editor for any of its main outlets. The contemporary Liberal Party understands the problem – as is evident from the comments of the likes of Senator Eric Abetz during Senate estimates committee meetings on the ABC. It remains to be seen what, if anything, the Coalition will do if it is elected to office on Saturday.
The fact is that the ABC managing director does not run the ABC. Nobody does. Rather the ABC is controlled by a number of collectives which preside over the public broadcaster’s key television, radio and online products. The members of these collectives are invariably on the left and they appoint one another to key positions. This explains why the ABC remains a Conservative-Free-Zone without a conservative presenter or producer or editor for any of its main outlets. The contemporary Liberal Party understands the problem – as is evident from the comments of the likes of Senator Eric Abetz during Senate estimates committee meetings on the ABC. It remains to be seen what, if anything, the Coalition will do if it is elected to office on Saturday.
Monday, September 2, 2013
Missing news: 50 to 1
ABC appears to find news of crowd sourced and community funded projects worthwhile. For instance it recently spent sometime reporting on the use of crowd sourced funding to finance an investigation into the genetic health of sugar gliders (Link Here).
How long then will the ABC, who is supposed to represent the views of all Australians, take to report on a recent community sourced project that demonstrates that it is 50 times more costly to tackle climate change through taxes and emission trading schemes than to do so by adapting to change as it occurs.
To see the results of this community effort and to learn a thing or two about the economics of climate change follow the link below.
http://topher.com.au/50-to-1-video-project/
Well done to topher and the team!
How long then will the ABC, who is supposed to represent the views of all Australians, take to report on a recent community sourced project that demonstrates that it is 50 times more costly to tackle climate change through taxes and emission trading schemes than to do so by adapting to change as it occurs.
To see the results of this community effort and to learn a thing or two about the economics of climate change follow the link below.
http://topher.com.au/50-to-1-video-project/
Well done to topher and the team!
Friday, August 30, 2013
Election bias
ABC have an obligation to be impartial. Its staff whose voting patterns were revealed in a recent study are simply unable to fulfill this obligation. Articles in today's Australian emphasize this point:
The politics of Media Watch
Funny how it's only a huge misstep for Mr Rabbit to launch a policy at Christian school
The politics of Media Watch
It is proof, if proof were needed, that the political establishment no longer trusts the ABC to act as an honest broker. Indignant complaints that the Opposition Leader has refused for the umpteenth time to appear on this or that program are broadcast as regularly as the weather these days. Its presenters seem to think this is Tony Abbott's problem, instead of a damning indictment on the public broadcaster's integrity. In federal politics, Sky News makes a more substantial contribution to public life than the ABC, an institution colonised by perpetually adolescent Triple J graduates who count doltish shows such as The Hamster Decides, Gruen Nation and The Roast as a serious civic debate.
rest rest at link
ABC radio's PM, yesterday:
MARK Colvin: Tony Abbott today launched one of his last major policies to be released this campaign. The Opposition Leader chose a Christian school in western Sydney to release his full education policy ... But there was a distraction because the school's website describes homosexuality as an abomination.
Journalist: On your education policy, do you think it is appropriate to announce the Coalition's education policy at a school which on its website says that homosexuality is an abomination?
Tony Abbott: Obviously I don't agree with that statement. Obviously I don't agree.
Lexi Metherell: The Opposition Leader's strategists are normally assiduous in setting up highly controlled campaign events but it seems they missed the school's statement of faith on its website, which declares homosexuality an abomination to God.
Abbott: Look, this is a good school and it's a school which has been supported by people like David Bradbury and Peter Garrett, and look, I respectfully disagree with lots of things that are said on that particular subject and obviously I disagree with that statement.
Metherell: The school would have been chosen for its location. It's in the seat of Lindsay, held on a slim margin by the Labor minister David Bradbury.
Sarah Blake, News Limited Network, tweets yesterday:
HUGE misstep for Abbott? Penrith Christian School's website describes homosexuality as an abomination under God ... Interesting that the Coalition leader's only school visit is to a religious school
Latika Bourke, ABC journalist, tweets yesterday:
TONY Abbott launching education policy at a school that teaches homosexuality is "abomination unto God".
Government media release, April 16:
MINISTER for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth, Peter Garrett, and Federal Member for Lindsay David Bradbury officially opened the new Trade Training Centre at Penrith Christian School.
David Bradbury Facebook post, November 11 last year:
PARENTS at Penrith Christian School are campaigning for a bus service direct from the school to Claremont Meadows. Help support their campaign by signing our petition here: Penrith Christian School needs a new bus service!
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Reggae-loving parrot joins Vanuatu's climate change fight
Reggae-loving parrot joins Vanuatu's climate change fight.
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well not quite....
Thank you for your email of 9 August concerning the headline “"Reggae-loving parrot joins Vanuatu's climate change fight".
As your correspondence raised concerns of a lack of accuracy, your email was referred to Audience and Consumer Affairs for consideration and response. The unit is separate and independent from ABC program areas and is responsible for investigating complaints alleging a broadcast or publication was in contravention of the ABC's editorial standards. In light of your concerns, we have reviewed the story and assessed it against the ABC’s editorial requirements for accuracy, as outlined in section 2.1 of the ABC’s Code of Practice: http://about.abc.net.au/wp-
We agree that the headline was slightly misleading in that it suggested that the video was part of the fight against climate change as against part of the effort to prepare for it. The relevant part of the script said:
Climate change may intensify some of the impacts of El Nino and la Nina in the future. Learning how to adapt to the natural ups and downs in our climate will help prepare for long-term climate change
The headline has been modified and an editor’s note attached.
Audience and Consumer Affairs are satisfied this adequately resolves the problem.
Thank you for taking the time to write; your feedback is appreciated.
For your reference, the ABC Code of Practice is available online at http://about.abc.net.au/wp-
Yours sincerely
Mark Maley
Audience & Consumer Affairs
Editor’s note: (August 20) The original headline mentioned “Vanuatu’s climate change fight”. The headline has been changed to reflect the fact that the piece is more about information and preparations for weather events.
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