On 24/05/2013 5:13 PM, Russell Coker wrote:
On Fri, 24 May 2013, Tim Josling <tim.josling@gmail.com> wrote:
An ABC employee once explained to me that the ABC had to have a left wing bias, to balance the right wing bias of the commercial media, a view I have some sympathy with. I remember one election night watching the ABC, and one ABC commentater stated "I think **we**'re going to win that seat", meaning the ALP was going to win it.
Who was the commentator and what was their position? Were the supposed to be offering journalistic commentary or personal opinion?
And most importantly, how long ago was this? That is when the employee actually worked there?
No-one seemed to notice this. Yes this is anecdotal but having spent a lot of time listening to the ABC I find it amazing that someone could conclude they are biased to the 'right'.
It's damned obvious to me that the are far more right leaning and they try to make attempts to hide that fact, but it doesn't wash with me. Kind Regards A.