On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 10:22:29AM +1000, Trent W. Buck wrote:
Pidgorny, Slav (GEUS) wrote:
ABC look like green left propaganda machine, I'd rather have green left audiences pay for it.
Speaking as a leftist, greenish taxpayer: I do :-)
speaking as another greenish, leftish taxpayer, i'm appalled at how right-wing they are (allegedly in a bogus attempt at "balance", but really to service their Liberal Party-stacked board) i gave up on 7.30 Report and Lateline in disgust years ago because they always take politicians - of all sides - at their word, on even the most transparent lies and self-serving prevarications and mind-numbingly tedious repetitions of their inane dog-whistle key phrases. journalists are supposed to ask hard questions and keep battering away at them until they give decent answers, not go soft on them in exchange for interviews and access. a soft interview isn't journalism, it's advertising. let the politicians pay for advertising - with their own money, not taxpayers' - on the commercial channels if they want, but the ABC should refuse to give it to them for free. even so, privatising the ABC (or SBS) would only serve to make them completely worthless rather than mostly. Keep them public and maybe one day they'll grow back the balls that Howard chopped off. One can only hope. in any case, we need at least one TV channel that isn't beholden to the corrupt influence of advertising money. craig -- craig sanders <cas@taz.net.au>