Good piece, John. I am philosophically supportive of an independent, publicly funded ABC because some of its output is still of high quality. This cannot be said of news and current affairs shows - which have been captured by a number of dominant players (such as Laura Tingle). Laura is not - and never will be - a broadcast journalist. She is a print journo and should not have made the switch into broadcasting. What passes for analysis is anything but and remind me of a story she has broken this year. Exactly - there isn’t one. The ABC audience has fled the battle field and gone in search of respected, balanced coverage. This has left ABC operatives chatting to themselves in the battle for ideas. It’s just that we have stopped listening and may once again if Kim Williams can actually deliver on his claimed aspirations.
I stopped listening to and watching theirABC in about 1997. My life is a theirABC free zone. There are lots of ways of staying informed without raising my blood pressure or wanting to throw the presenter off a cliff. Any media outlet is at the mercy of their audience, theirABC hadn’t realised it yet. Even when Sky go off on their neocon rants or have Labor politicians or say anything I disagree with - it is easy to switch over to a streaming service.
Why on earth would you write "s-x" and not "sex"? Does not seem to me to be congruent with a champion of free speech.
Re the ABC, it will be interesting to see whether Kim Williams can actually make a difference to the activism posing as journalism which seems to be the modus operandi of the ABC at the moment.
The ABC are the leaders of the real ' Misinformation ', indoctrinating innocent Australians.
Good piece, John. I am philosophically supportive of an independent, publicly funded ABC because some of its output is still of high quality. This cannot be said of news and current affairs shows - which have been captured by a number of dominant players (such as Laura Tingle). Laura is not - and never will be - a broadcast journalist. She is a print journo and should not have made the switch into broadcasting. What passes for analysis is anything but and remind me of a story she has broken this year. Exactly - there isn’t one. The ABC audience has fled the battle field and gone in search of respected, balanced coverage. This has left ABC operatives chatting to themselves in the battle for ideas. It’s just that we have stopped listening and may once again if Kim Williams can actually deliver on his claimed aspirations.
I have noted 9 reports of anti-semitism at Sydney University, and Inner West Council. None were reported by the ABC.
Rodney
I stopped listening to and watching theirABC in about 1997. My life is a theirABC free zone. There are lots of ways of staying informed without raising my blood pressure or wanting to throw the presenter off a cliff. Any media outlet is at the mercy of their audience, theirABC hadn’t realised it yet. Even when Sky go off on their neocon rants or have Labor politicians or say anything I disagree with - it is easy to switch over to a streaming service.
Why on earth would you write "s-x" and not "sex"? Does not seem to me to be congruent with a champion of free speech.
Re the ABC, it will be interesting to see whether Kim Williams can actually make a difference to the activism posing as journalism which seems to be the modus operandi of the ABC at the moment.