Another thing I've noticed over years of listening to Radio National is its fascination with everything Jewish. If you counted up the number of interviewed guests who identified themselves as Jewish and compared that number with all the others, you would get the feeling that Jewish was the second most populous group on earth... second only to Americans. No opportunity is missed on RN to remind us of the Jewish holocaust, even though the world has experienced worse, rarely mentioned. An obvious conclusion is that broadcasters at RN are predominantly Jewish, which is not exactly reassuring to anyone hoping to hear balanced coverage of the plight of Palestinians on RN news or current affairs programs.

I guess you have to be sensitive to these things, for whatever reason.

As someone who listens to RN almost daily and have done so for years, I must say that I've never noticed a preponderance of Jewish presenters or interviewees.

Bias at the ABC may be one thing, but what can be done about 'biased' media consumers? Some people just hear what they want to hear and others see only what their blinkers allow, I guess.

No other media in Australia is subjected to the intense scrutiny that is the lot of the ABC. No other media is held accountable for whatever opinions/facts/factoids are presented.

A shame really.

CJ

"Some people just hear what they want to hear and others see only what their blinkers allow, I guess."

That says it all.

Here is a biased piece of journalism by the ABC's Jonathan Holmes to ponder. Of course, his target is an unbiased journo from a free thinking non-government funded media outlet.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/22/2826604.htm?site=thedrum

Looks like spindoc has backed off if not flown the coup, would anyone else care to comment?

When Jonathon Holmes tackles Piers Ackerman he's putting his skills to good use, IMO.