What sheer arrogance on the part of the ABC to broadcast AT HOME WITH JULIA.

It not only pokes fun at the Prime Minister, but also her partner, at a time when the PM is under extreme pressure. How biased and insensitive.

The ABC introduces an offensive TV program at a time when it is upsetting thousands of regular viewers by axing such favourites as THE NEW INVENTORS and BOWLS.

The ABC has wasted thousands of dollars on buying the program. Yet it has the audacity to plead for greater funding , ignoring the fact that the Government is under enormous pressure to cut Federal spending.

This warrants nothing short of a rigorous inquiry into all aspects of the ABC.

“The 62 presenters on Radio National are being judged on the bias of three or four presenters.”

That by-line of Valerie Yule’s article says it all really but again we have a coterie of OLO’s usual suspects demonstrating they can’t read past a headline, or discern the contents of what really is a very good article.

Metaphorically, all these denouncers (of the ABC) are doing is behaving like a pack of jackals circling their quarry snarling and sniping from the periphery.

However, what they are literally displaying is their own confirmation bias, cognitive dissonance, and motivated reasoning.

http://whywereason.wordpress.com/2011/09/07/psychologys-treacherous-trio-confirmation-bias-cognitive-dissonance-and-motivated-reasoning/

While some commenters here champion rhetorical populism (demonstrated by the likes of 2 GB’s Alan Jones) and denounce ‘elitism’ (demonstrated by the likes of ABC and SBS presenters) – I would ask, what is so inherently wrong with the aspirational goal of elitism?

The corollary (imho) is much worse: the dumbing down of society to its lowest common denominator by an ever increasing clique of whingers, whiners and grovellers who can’t aspire to much more than a bunch of green bananas in pyjamas. Apologies to B1 and B2.

bonmot, so apart from abusing other posters .. anything to "contribute"?

No, thought not. Hollow vesseling and whining again I see.

To the author, now you can see trolling in action .. bonmot is a troll, he deliberately posts to get reactions from other posters by insulting and berating them, without addressing the issue.

Using foul (rude) language is not trolling, it is just that, foul language.

Trolls deliberately try to get under the skin of other posters, and rarely address the topic.

Thanks bonmot ..

I'm not up with medical issues these days. Have they developed a pill for verbal diarrhoea? I hope so.

There are a couple of posters who could certainly use one.

Thank you Amicus, you reminded of this (also to the author):

http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=12454#215461

Like you say, get over it.