ttbn,

<<This has been adequately dealt with in the media.>>

Yes of course it has in the minds of some in the media as they want her out. You only have to look at some of the comments in the mainstream media like The Australian, Sky News, Murdoch media, Ben Fordham on radio and others.

Sky News: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFNM3Y7OxM0
Ben Fordham: http://www.2gb.com/abc-v-laura-tingle-host-pulled-up-over-racism-claims/
4BC Brisbane: http://www.2gb.com/podcast/laura-tingles-racism-rant-highlights-abc-bias/

These are just a few examples. Personally, I can only see the calls for her to resign continue to increase from so many sides in the media and by politicians, until she is pushed out from the ABC or resigns. I don't see this going away in that context.

I don't know where this will end up going, but I don't think she'll come out of it well at the end of the process.

To say other wise is to ignore the history of this country
Aries54,
It is one thing to view ignorance as racism & a totally other thing to criticise criticism of racism with the benefit of hindsight.
Much of the perceived racism is merely pointing at unpleasant fact which is opportunistically criticised as racism by the actual racists.
Of course there is racism, to say otherwise would be stupid after all, its instinct-based but what is stupid is to claim that Australia is a racist Nation. Only stupid racists claim that.
Many non-racists have developed a dislike for some, not all members of other races after experiences with members of another race. That is not racist, that is pointing out behavioural issues, not the ethnicity of someone behaving badly.
I think it's high time the racists are told to simply behave acceptable to others no matter which race !
I recall talking with a then future leader from PNG when I was still learning English when I used the N word. This man must have realised that I didn't know the implication of the word & he rather politely explained it to me. I apologised & he accepted & we continued talking for almost an hour. I have not used this word again. An opportunistic racist would have as they do now, made a big issue out of it.

https://x.com/EvaVlaar/status/1784264775574188371

When it's all boiled down, most Australians don't care what Tingle thinks and says - if they have even heard of her, that is.

Nor do they care whether Australia is/was a racist country. The word is just a lazy, pathetic form of abuse used by people who are no use to themselves or the country. The ABC and its activists wouldn't be missed if we had a government with the guts to remove the 1.2 billion dollars a year, and spend it on something useful.

It will be no surprise if some wankerdoodle comes up with the usual old lie that the ABC is the 'most trusted source of information'.

Total rubbish, of course, when only about 30% - and rapidly falling - of Australians bother themselves with the well and truly out of date broadcaster of bullsh-t and lies that they are forced to pay for.

The Australia Institute surveyed nationally representative
samples of Australians about the ABC in 2019 and 2020
including asking about trust in the ABC and support for
increasing the ABC's funding.

The results have been positive.

The Liberal Party's federal council motion to privatize
the ABC was opposed by 3 in five Australians.

Also when additional funding is associated with the ABC's
emergency role, support rises dramatically to 3 in 4
Australians (75%) in strong support.

It appears that despite some disclaimers -
the ABC and SBS do remain the most trusted news sources in
Australia. We're told that the majority of Australians
believe the ABC is doing "a good job" and fulfilling
its various charter obligations.

77% of respondents not only regard the ABC's "good job"
but of being distinctly Australian and being accurate
and impartial when reporting news and current affairs.

Criticisms of Laura Tingle have all the hallmarks of
a beat up.

The link given below tells us that:

"Tingle's comments were statements of her opinions,
clearly and obviously so. But they do not reflect on her
impartiality as a journalist."

"They were made informally as part of a panel discussion in
which immigration and race were canvassed. She was not doing
journalism. More over, Tingle was not there representing the
ABC or the 7.30 program."

"She was there because like all the other members of the
panel, she has experience in federal politics."

" The counter-argument is that in her persona she is
inseparable from her role as 7.30's chief political
correspondent. That is not reasonable."

"It would be to deny her an existence outside her job.
If she had been there as a representative of the ABC or of
the program, it would be different, but that was not the
position."

" Plenty of people might disagree with her, but that does
not provide a basis for accusing her of professional
misconduct."

http://theconversation.com/the-coverage-of-laura-tingles-comments-on-racism-is-a-textbook-beat-up-but-shes-not-in-the-wrong-231O51