Media Watch host calls for the ABC to burst out of its bubble to ensure its survival
The ABC’s future is dependent upon breaking out of its inner-city bubble and getting out into the suburbs, Media Watch host Paul Barry said last night.
“We represent what we regard as common sense well-educated objective point of view and you know what? Maybe it’s not. Maybe you’ll agree with me but there’ll be a whole lot of people out there who will say ‘That guy is fucking nuts’,” Barry told a book launch in Sydney.
What rubbish.
The ABC’s “survial” is dependent ONLY on it receiving taxpayer money every year.
It got $1.2 billion last year, FYI.
These two shouldn’t be talking about left or right for the ABC. It’s publicly funded and that means left and right. And maybe play safer and not have opinions published, aired or otherwise by staffers in opinion pieces.
If the supporters of right wing politics and the parties that support them have a problem with perceived bias of the ABC, then they should make it part of their political parties platform to abolish the ABC if Morrison wins this years election. This would mean running an honest campaign based on your actual beliefs and if you win you will have a mandate to withdraw public funding for the ABC. If you lose then accept that the majority of Australians support public funding of the ABC and stop your whingeing until the 2022 election. An honest campaign run by the Left, Right and extreme right would be a refreshing novelty.?
Why not have the ABC really focus on being the middle ground. The crazy right is equally horrible to listen to as the loony left.
This needs to be the presenters of all the chatty news shows. Morning breakfast the Drum, Q & A etc. I really would prefer presenters that don’t add their left bias to every topic , which they do constantly.
Honestly, claims of ‘bias’ need to be backed up by evidence. As seen by multiple, independent reports across many years, ABC is in fact the opposite of biased. It is a highly reliable, FACT-CHECKING new source which covers claims made by all political parties.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/audits-exonerate-abc-over-bias-claims/news-story/3ad4ba13a0751a74c2b417c13dcb52d6
https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/abc-cleared-of-antibusiness-bias-in-independent-review-20160722-gqbp68.html
https://www.abc.net.au/news/factcheck/
Hitchens’s razor applies here: That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence. Conservative commentators can scream ‘bias’ all they want, without consistent evidence, it can be safely ignored.
If you’re trying to find the book “On Aunty”, it’s here: http://www.mup.com.au/books/on.....k-softback
Ok let’s start with the fact that the ABC is funded by ALL taxpayers
To eliminate any chance of bias, left or right, the ABC should be expressly prohibited from expressing ANY and ALL political opinions FULL STOP. That includes programs such as Q&A, Four Corners and so called satirical tv shows. It should stick to reporting factional news only. Like it once used to do….when everyone came to trust Auntie.
To believe Tony Jones and weekly audiences of predominately Getup and Fellow Travellers is not biased is an insult to everyone’s intelligence.
Media Watch is the most biased opinion show on the ABC. It continually focuses it’s leftest/green agenda on Fox and News Ltd and hardly ever on the ABC. How is this balanced reporting.
It’s time slot preceding Q&A is a perfect warm up for the main course.
Ita, stop hiding, it’s time to get involved.