Squeers,
What part of this particular complaint do you consider "Right Wing"? ABC's environmental editor has exposed herself as someone who has based her views on Steve McIntyre on nothing more than internet gossip. Is this behavior somehow considered acceptable by those on the left?

Individual,

"on weekends ABC Radio is just like a commercial station with fewer ads but tripple the promos."

Remove the ABC shop with ads for DVD's CD's, magazines, promos and on, and you could have an acceptable format. It is incredible the amount of time taken up with unnecessary prattle, self-promotion, all of which just skirts the ABC Charter. But it is time for a major change back to what it used to be, years ago, a servant of the people and entertaining as well. No network has as many repeats as the ABC. How can any network with FOUR channels afford decent programming?

It is indeed a long time since we have seen decent TV and radio. Perhaps a change of management might be well regarded.

The ABC & SBS have become self-serving familiy businesses. Just read the credits at the end of the shows & you see many names the same. As for classis Radio FM well here on Cape York we don't have a choice. Either you like sport or you don't. Night time radio is good but who has the time to stay up when you've got to go to work in the morning.
I had a week off with a flu recently & I made a point of watching as much TV as I could simply to see the content. I tell you it was scary. The ABC & SBS were the top performers whn it comes to utterly non-sensical childrens viewing. If I had my way the ABC & SBS programmers would be sent to a labour camp for a month just to make them get off the drugs they're on & make them wake up. Here on OLO we constantly debate for improving our society whilst government funded outfits such as the ABC & SBS create such utter nonsense. A child in Australia these days has no hope in hell of developing a healthy mentality courtesy ABC & SBS.

MarcH

There are many in the MSM and blogosphere that woefully report on global warming and the science behind it - you know this.

While your objective is to publicise the errors, omissions, and substandard reports produced by the ABC, you would gain more credence if you had/would demonstrate it goes BOTH ways ... you never do.

It is understandable however, the reason behind your being would make that difficult. This is unfortunate, it is important that 'joe & jane 6-pack' have access to accurate and unbiased reporting, from all sources.

individual, two things (off topic I know) but;

1. Can you suggest a few good examples of commercial channels' children shows?

2. Can you defend your statement that ABC and SBS programmers are on on drugs?

March,
no it's not acceptable to base views on internet gossip.
But it's also not fair to lambast the whole ABC as left wing when it's nothing of the kind. Nor does its "demographic" constitute, according to your cliched thinking, "middle class welfare". The ABC's audience (radio and television) covers the entire spectrum and offers the only commercially unpolluted quality-content available. The ABC's self-promotion is a minor irritation that helps to pay for the service, thus saving tax-payers money. Heaven forbid it should ever be privatised and thus made the puppet of corporate interests!
You also imply the ABC "should" be accountable to government; why the hell should it? It should be accountable to journalistic standards, and certainly they need greater governance, but much more so on the commercial stations!
But this is just a witch hunt, like climate gate, pursued by right-wing, free-market blow-holes who celebrate every tacky new commodity private interests spew out.

Individual,
I have young kids and with few exceptions I think the children's programming is excellent, though we need more social-satire for little kids. Start teaching to think critically early I say!