'I was a rusted on ABC listener for 30 years, but you can't watch/listen to any of it today, without rather dumb people bombarding you with lefty/green propaganda, the fools think they are subtly slipping in unnoticed. '

so true Hasbeen. that is why they try so desperate to demonise Murdoch so as to escape any decent scrutiny. And all this leftist propaganda with tax payers money.

Dear Hasbeen and runner,

How would you guys feel if newspapers would come out
with the headlines, "KICK THIS MOB OUT," and other
similar supposedly "unbiased" headlines,
about the Party that you support.
And also if Mr Abbott was on the front -pages in a
Nazi uniform - would you then still think that the
Murdoch press was being unfairly seen to be biased?

I believe in the freedom of the press - but the recent
nastiness of the
personal attacks by the Murdoch press have been unlike anything
that this country's seen. They haven't just attacked
policies - they've made it personal and attacked
the person - and that demeans us all - and lowers the bar
of the national debate. We should demand better from
our Main Stream Media and this certainly raises the question
about having our media in the hands of predominantly
one person.

Lexi

after 6 years of the national broadcasters rubbishing, mocking and demonising Abbott as a woman hater and other blatant lies with tax payers money its a bit rich to criticise Murdoch. Fairfax media with the likes of Marr have consistently attacked the conservatives. 'Kick this mob out'is just echoing what many if most people want.

Your assertion 'personal attacks by the Murdoch press have been unlike anything that this country's seen. 'is plainly wrong. It is actually quite mild compared to comments like ABC favourites such as Catherine Deveny.

Whilst I would prefer the language was toned down and personal attacks decrease you could not possibly believe it is all one sided.

runner,

Actually the ABC has gone fairly soft on Abbott in recent times.

No pursuance of Brough's involvement in attempting to bring down the Speaker of the House, or his dodgy involvement with Ashby, even after Rares J tossed out the case as an abuse of court, finding that Brough, Ashby and Doane had colluded for political gain.

Also nary a whimper from the ABC regarding the revelations that Abbott was forced to pay back $9,400 he had claimed for travel expenses when promoting his book...It was mentioned but not pursued with any great vigor.

If what you are representing was accurate, one would have expected the ABC to have gone in boots and all - instead they hit him with a feather.

MSM in general appears to be supporting Abbott, no doubt about it, albeit Murdoch is so ridiculously transparent in his attacks on Labor that democracy is being mocked while we all sit back and accept it.

Poirot,

'Actually the ABC has gone fairly soft on Abbott in recent times. '

we also have not heard anymore about Gillards slush fund. I will admit that Chris Ulman has been a breath of fresh air on the ABC. Tony Jones on the other hand **

what is also ignored is that Murdoch supported Kevin 07. They are probably now acting out of shame like every other person who voted the incompetents in.

Lexi my sweet, if any government had been as bad as this last lot, I would expect it. I think I was saying something about McMahon & Malcolm Fraser. If they deserve it, give it to them.

The big complaint is that our ABC should have been saying it.

Poirot has it occurred to you that the ABC just might be a bit scared that they might soon get what is coming to them. Some of us expect them to be brought into line, & some would like to see them privatized. It would do many of them a lot of good to spend a few months on the dole queue.