On Wed, 22 May 2013, Petros <Petros.Listig@fdrive.com.au> wrote:
This morning I thought it was a joke (I listened to PBS FM and they have the radio festival to attract subscribers - so they want to make up how important they are).
Well, the Victorian Liberals really wants to discuss it this weekend:
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/political-news/state-liberals-propose-priv atising-abc-sbs-20130521-2jz5d.html
The Victorian Liberal Party's state conference this weekend will vote on a motion urging the federal Coalition to make a full-scale ''operational review'' of the ABC and SBS to ''look at the feasibility of partial or full privatisation of both''.
http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/19/the-boys-who-cried-fox/ The problem is that some bad memes from the US are infecting Australian political discussion. One meme is that the media is biased towards left-wing ideas. The above article has some interesting background information on this. The fact that Fox News gets accused of a left-wing bias is proof that such bias claims are not based in reality. I doubt that this crazy plan by the Victorian Liberal party will get far. Not because the Liberals are afraid to do crazy things (they want to cancel the NBN after most of the money has been paid but before the benefits are obtained), but because it would hurt too many people. One thing to note about the ABC is that it has the best content for young kids. As the Liberal party is trying to project an image of supporting families it would be a real vote loser to cancel Play School or cause Sesame Street to go off free TV. In regard to the SBS the policies of both major parties in regard to the treatment of illegal immigrants are disgusting. If on top of that one party was to cease funding for TV shows about other cultures then it would become more obviously racist.
I sent my comment to the State Liberals:
Well, okay, who needs movies from the rest of the world, news of a world beyond Broadmeadows, programs that are not fit-in between ads, programs that can inspire thinking, intelligent programs about science or history, something kids can watch without getting bombed with ten ads per minutes?
That's probably not the best argument. The Liberal party wants Australia to be a stupid country with lots of people competing for minimum wage jobs. They don't want a well educated population.
Keep your hands off ABC and SBS - the only TV stations worth watching here!
Maybe you would like to do the same? I think they get crazier here by the day!
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