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Talking Politics
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Yet to hear the much proclaimed left wing bias on the ABC. They are, if anything, traditional conservatives. The opinions given on the ABC range from soft left to soft right.
Then again, traditional conservatives are regarded as pinkos according to the mad right who control most of the media.
What people don't see is the shift in the agenda over the last few decades which means that anything left of QAnon is labelled as radical left these days.
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Whether the ABC is right wing or left wing is beside the point. What matters is how it is funded. Some people want to force others to subsidise their consumption of the ABC, which is an immoral position.
You should move to Somalia, seems to be a dog eat dog system with no government or community control, sounds like just your kind of place.
I doubt they have a government funded media either, you should go for it, I'm sure you could get a visa for a few dollars, actually isn't that just the way you like these things to be decided?
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sounds interesting. tell us more about this belief system of yours.
I don't think that's right Ridley, there has always been a code of conduct as there is for any government funded job. The incidents took place before the "bonk ban"
You may be right but I read something about Scomo specifically introducing something along those lines in 2018. Can't recall where I read it though.
Greg Sheridan from The Australian is all over the ABC as well. The Drum is hosted 2 times a week by Julia Baird, the sister of the ex Liberal premier of NSW . ( I should add that I think Julia Baird is a terrific host )
The ABC has gone so far to trying to be seen as non biased it's almost ridiculous but clearly some will always see it another way.
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He may have changed the Code of Conduct in 2018 but there would have always been one. I don't know if what porter and Tudge did would have contravened the COC when the incidents happened although I am sure there was a catch all about putting yourself in a position where your conduct could see yourself compromised as a Minister of the Crown.
It should be added that the snogging incident with Porter was 2 weeks before he was appointed AG by Malcolm turnbull !!
Lucky they didn't have a code of conduct at Buckingham Palace or Westminster, as "The Queen" would be nowhere near as entertaining.
Does the BBC face the same accusations in UK? I often go to BBC sites for global news as they have a lot of correspondents on the ground.
And I'm not smart enough to work out if the Brit reporter in say Turkey is pushing an agenda.
Like the way Gareth Evans "influenced" Cheryl Kernot to bail on the Democrats.
From the BBC chairman's mouth:
People over the age of 50 believe the BBC is dominated by liberals, while students think it is part of a right-wing establishment, the corporation’s chairman has said.
Speaking during an online event, Sir David Clementi said accusations of BBC bias are “very age-related” because “once you get over 50 there are a significant number of people who are convinced that we all live in Islington”.
“If you speak to a younger generation they occasionally think we are part of the establishment and we lean to the right,” he continued.
It's probably the same here in Australia about the ABC. Personally for World News, the BBC is the place I tend to go to first.
Sometimes, but more of an embedded institution there than even our beloved ABC here.
They pay for it through the "Television licence" so if you buy a TV you have to pay a separate tax fee somehow. They used to have men in vans with special detectors who drove through the streets looking for unlicensed tvs -LOL . dunno if they still do that. I illegally watch BBC tv through the internet using a VPN, quality TV sometimes.
This was probably the worst piece of evidence presented in the show. A young woman crying, not happy, distressed........ Not nice state of being, but hardly a smoking gun.
Thing is when it comes to newspapers I don't think there has ever been in English speaking democracies a serious government run one. Papers have since the days of Fleet St been owned by individuals or corporations. And all with some "ethos" or bias. All with a profit motive and many made their owners rich but the papers became entrenched culturally and politically. It is what makes the press free. The Age often runs the founder Syme creed and it sits pretty well with what it tries to do today, but it has been unable to fully resist the urge to be counterweight to the Sun .
If you ever want to know what a govt mouthpiece looks like Singapores Straits Times is your poster paper.
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