...Your such a “Cynic” Individual…Keep up the good work…!!

diver dan - .Your such a “Cynic” Individual…Keep up the good work…!!

He's a mere babe in the woods compared with moi :) :) :)

Individual, obviously a fan of "the Biggest loser", "My kitchen Rules", "Deal or no Deal" etc etc of commercial televisions contribution to society !!

Greetings again,

More interesting observations. Thanks.

@Runner, Hasbeen, Atman and Individual, you all seem dismissive of the article’s argument. But it’s not clear why.

One big advantage of the alternative online media is that we can reference other sources to bolster our claims – as Cohenite does here diligently.

This opinion piece tried to also, as indicated by the 30 or so links.

So if you are able to point to a specific claim in the article that you think is unfair or unsupported, please do so. With links to evidence supporting your counter-assertion where available. Thanks.

@Prompete, can you understand how curious it is to claim “The ABC supporting the coalition? What planet is this guy living on?” while also asserting “I have ceased to watch any current affairs program's on the ABC.”

Is it possible there has been a shift while you weren’t looking?

@Shadow Minister and Aspley, regarding the ‘recent survey of the various news media’, how recent? Did the survey break down ABC staff into departments?

The observations in this article relate to News and Current Affairs.

@ybgirp, re, “The ABC exhibits no independence, it is a reflection of mainstream opinion.”

Not sure, Ybgirp. The assertion is that ABC News and Current Affairs reflect the opinion and agenda of the global criminal Murdoch network. Not sure how mainstream that is. Perhaps so. The experience of the USA last year may be instructive. All Murdoch-owned news outlets and polling agencies confidently predicted a win to Mr Romney, didn’t they?

@Cohenite, thanks for the links. The Virginia Trioli one was hilarious. Excellent!

The Andrew Bolt one failed to convince. Just too many dodgy statements there, as usual.

@Praxidice, regarding “workable control system that functions in the face of effectively unlimited money and/or influence, leastwise none that involve either self-regulation or ostensibly 'independent' gubmunt/bureaucratic controls.”

Europe doesn’t seem to have this problem, Praxi. Seems to be confined to the English-speaking world, and particularly those countries where Murdoch’s corporation is influential. In one country, of course, it dominates.

Such is Australia’s doom.

Cheers,

Alan Austin - particularly those countries where Murdoch’s corporation is influential.

I understand Murdoch effectively owns the US hard copy press game although I don't follow yankee news. Surely the problem must be as entrenched though ?? .... after all a hyenas spots are pretty well attached (was going to say leopard, but that clown looks much more like a hyena)

Alan , The survey is very recent, Late April, done by the Sunshine Coast University, It covered almost 900 News Jurnos in Print and TV.

The ABC is the one Organization out of kilter in The survey.

Actually, I did the figures off the top of my head.. it's closer to 40+% Green , Just under 40% Labor and 8% Coalition.

That % is well reflected in the ABC Bias.