Hasbeen, I'd like to see the US Navy information as a thread on the forum. I was unaware of it. I have a special spot for the Arctic as my Dad spent a number of summers sailing around up there on US vessels servicing the Direct Early Warning line in the 60s.

Mikey, I think you'll find that OLO is as transparent as you are going to get. What other publication gives you reasons when comments are deleted? And we do enforce our rules.

And speaking of transparency, our information is that it was an IBM employee who got the IBM advertising pulled, not Gregory Storer.

Have you outed yourself yet as that employee and I've missed it on the threads? I'm interested in your commitment to transparency.

It amazes me that the ABC always attracts complaints about left wing bias, whether political, environmental or what have you.
In a country where the commercial media in general is overwhelmingly conservative on these issues, if not pollyannaish (notably, however, the commercial media has no problem with vulgarity), in line with populism---racist (euphemistically reported as "border protection"), punitive [lock-em-up; three strikes and you're out etc.), protectionist [buy Australian campaigns), quotidian (the dole-bludger staple) elitist (sports mad celebrity culture) and anti-intellectual (inane pet names: "Heals", "Pagey" etc.), has it occurred to the critics that against that kind of puerile relief, whatever editorial line the ABC takes, or content it airs, is bound to look radical?
Moreover, in a context of overwhelming scientific concensus on AGW, it is almost pardonable to infer that denialism is nothing more than rightwing rat-baggery--seems perfectly reasonable to me..
I suspect that if the research challenge were taken up, McIntyre could be legitimately painted in the lurid hues of minimifidianism.
More to the point, why aren't the commercial News outlets (whose content surely constitutes an insult to the minutist intellect?) being held to the same rigorous account as Aunty?
Because they reflect popular consensus of course!
It comes down to the simple fact that left is thoughtfully self-reflective and right is not reactionary.
Where's the right-wing Mark Twain?
The ABC is not biased, it's just not co-opted, but the pressure's mounting

Correction: the right "is" reactionary.

"Use of tax payers funds to provide free entertainment and information to a demographic that can well afford to pay for it is just another form of middleclass welfare."

How painfully true, I plead guilty because I don't know what I would do without ABC Classic FM. I'm certainly not willing to turn on a radio-station with ads, and I don't have a TV either (much for the same reason).

I suppose it's just another addiction of mine. In a perfect world I would need to live without a radio, but what's true is true and what's just is just!

turn on a radio-station with ads,
Yuyutsu,
on weekends ABC Radio is just like a commercial station with fewer ads but tripple the promos.

Individual, are you listening to the same station?

I listen to ABC Classic FM and all it has is classical music and the news on the hour. Well, except that annoying Margaret Throsby in the mornings who does not know how to shut her mouth, and just a few annoying announcements here and there, but there are no ads.