I watched Q & A on the ABC last night. Chris Payne Liberal education minister was on. Not that I agree with much of what he said, but he did come up a couple rungs in my eyes, he was given a very fair go and put his points across well. So much for ABC bias.

Tony,
To asses bias one really needs to demonstrate a reasonable lack of bias in ones own thinking.
Many find this difficult for reasons best known to themselves.
SD

Hands off the ABC, this is a no-go area for politicians, essential for open government and avoidance of the tyranny of the media moguls

Graham.

GR Welcome! stay please! your words true and solid hearten me.
Bit older than some here I have warned for years not to trust what you see and hear from our media.
Labor if lead by God would be miss reported and lied about in our millionaires media toy.
Just folks ask your self if you owned our media would you slant your story's toward the side you follow?
ABC has some true lard heads who fail to understand the impacts of their words but it is as near to free press as we will ever get, thats why Liberals do not want it.
Roll on the inter nett and its increaseing freedom to tell the truth.

Shaggy Dog,

Thank you for your definition of elitism.

What you like, how the ABC appeals to you, your distain of advertising, the ABC’s important role in your life, that commercial channel standards are “too low” for you, they are too puerile for you, too “biased” for you and that commercial channels have too narrow a perspective for you. We the illiterate proletariat masses bow to your self centric eminence.

Now all you have to do is read the link provided, read the questions posed in the post, look in the top drawer of your bedside table and see if you can find your brain, switch it on, join the debate and see if you can say something besides, me, me, me, me.

When you get your head out of your posterior, you will realize that not a single question was asked about Shaggy Dogs’ or anyone else’s preferences. Sorry about that but please do continue to share you innermost pontifications with the masses your Imperial Eminence.

Perhaps we could start a thread on the life and times of Shaggy Dog. The ABC 4 Kids could do “Shaggy Dog with Giggle and Hoot”, “Shaggy Dog the Builder”, “Thomas the Tank and Shaggy Dog”, or how about a David Attenborough documentary, “The Great Expedition to Discover Something Other than Shaggy Dog” or “Four Corners Investigates Shaggy Dogs Missing Embarrassment Gene”?

This thread has nothing to do with personal preferences, it is about the basis for keeping, scrapping or changing the ABC.

Options and justification.

Thank you Spindoc for your marvelous and educational post.
Very well expressed I must say.
I shall ensure I follow the the essence of your questions/posts in future rather than incur any ill feelings from your good self due to straying off topic in any way.
You have a good day, what's left of it anyway.
SD