Oh dear what can the matter be... their scary ABC needs to be less biased. First Yesterdays exposure of the ABC's bias and inability to meet its Charter (unlike SBS which still seems to try to do so)… and now this authors repeat of a critic he made 4 years ago which confirms this bias.

Given this author is a keen believer and follower of the ABC ( and BBC if I recall)… how will yesterdays' mud throwers of Essery's piece respond.. 30 love but will they loose the game. I doubt it, leftie feral shouters never listen to objective critics. They will generate abuse, deny bias, slag of all other media, promote the Guardian, Farifax and CNN as True News warriors.

And what is Ita Butrose or our pollies doing.....silence. About time we had an independent inquiry of the ABC's bias,, and not one like the China/WHO "internal independent review" re Covid-19!

And Allison, I love NPR and PBS.

beats listening to a lot of the other crap around

Allison, you rave on about the ABC bias, but some of the other channels/commentators are merely obsessed with what the ABC does and says.

It seems like undermining the ABC is a holy grail of life ambition.

That is a prime reason why I don't watch Sky after 6PM because they mostly come across a bunch of sooks obsessed about what other people are saying.

I loved it when one of its clowns started beating his chest and demanding that Morrison did what he says. I just .... myself laughing.

I don't see this attack on the right from the ABC anywhere to the same extent besides the occasional Media Watch show .

But thanks for your comment, and keep on ranting.

So are you now contradicting your own current and 4 year old initial comments that the ABC has Bias.. Tell straight is the ABC biased or not, Is it funded to be biased or to fulfil its charter. Odd that an author is so touchy that he acuses comments and being rants... maybe he fears that the other 'Aunty' ABC lovers will turn on him... only a rant from a old 'tart' ( I think that was the latest slur from the leftie luvies who frequent the bowels of the comments on OLO.).

As you write "For example, just as a 2013 Sunshine Coast University survey found that 41% of ABC journalists voted for the Greens, 32% for Labor and only 14% the Coalition".

So the excuse is that the ABC is offering what its journalists want ie left green labour views... No wonder the audience is mainly hip/elitist lefties and 1960's babyboomers….. Those very words reflect that the needs to be a serious debate, and not one led by ABC ex reporters and luvies.. If such a independent review was ever done, they would probably have Mark Scott do it, supporting by Emperor Malcolm Turnball and his legal adviser.

Advice to author, why not let people comment on your 4 year fermented words, wait until you get more than one comment and consider your response, rather than shooting from the hip in defence of your precious words... hey have you every considered applying for Fran Kellys 7.30-9.00 am rant … a but you needed sex change to be eligible for that prime 1.5 hour stress pot program.

By the way, this ranter listens to PBS via the ABC, DW via the ABC but has given up to watching Q&A and Insiders for now what's that word? ah yes BIAS!

no, bias is inherent in all arguments. It is a human trait that comes from personal judgement of any issue.

if you actually read and understood what I am saying, you would recognise my point that a public broadcaster can and should also survive on its own resources, especially in today's era of so much choice.

IMO, ABC haters, if they cannot accept the right to policy choice and individual bias, which is both inherent in all of us given none of us are geniuses, are also anti-democratic because they are really complaining about what the left-wing have to say and don't like it.

So enough crap, and let's look for ways to improve our public policy debate about key issues, and worry less about who gets funding.

The ABC can add to this aim by relying much less on the public purse.

One more thing, I am not saying that the ABC cannot improve. It, like any other broadcaster, can and should, especially as Australia now faces some complex issues (China and global warming alone).

I also believe that US public broadcasting is superior to the ABC, but then my argument would be thwarted by the reality that Australia has much fairer policy outcomes, at least from my perspective which tends to focus on ordinary people outcomes.