Lol!

"Taxpayers expect quality programs throughout the ABC. It is NOT acceptable to lose funding from worthwhile drama for example, simply to blow it on the juvenile, superficial, 'GOTGHA' pap - the 'shock, horror, humiliation and hysteria' entertainment for Housos, Bogans and Green-Left lunatics - being produced by those overpaid celebrity journalists and producers on Q&A and other ABC political stunt shows."

Yep...what would we do without the ABC?

We'd have nothing but the reams of advertisement-laden bollocks dished up by commercial telly.

Philistine TV...and wouldn't the mob around here relish it!

This is the type of attention the Abbott govt directs to "the elerly", otb.

http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/budget-cut-to-hit-the-elderly/2342261/

" FEDERAL Government cuts to dementia carer supplement payments have left one Sunshine Coast organisation with a $280,000 black hole.

Sundale Ltd's CEO Glenn Bunney said the funding slash was a blow to the delivery of aged care.

"It's $280k gone. It's just disappeared in vapour," Mr Bunney said.

"It (Dementia and Severe Behaviours Supplement) was worth about $280,000 a year to us.

"About 10% of our resident population are affected."

With more than 500 residents and half-a-dozen facilities across the Coast, the huge financial blow would have an impact on the quality of care patients in the affected category could expect to receive."

If they defunded the ABC - they merely spend it all on flags...

Okay FOXY, you finally came up with something that makes me feel the need to break my boycott.

Andrew Bolt is anti-Labor, anti-immigration and anti-Islamic extremism; he doesn't pretend to be anything but. He is an employee of Newscorp which gets funding from commercial advertising. If Bolt's sponsors ever feel he has over stepped the mark they can pull their adverts and disassociate from him. Bolt is the only blatantly anti-ABC journalist on television and therefore at this point in time offers the only balance to the ABC's strongly left leaning commentary.

The commentary on the ABC is appealing to you because it represents everything you basically agree with. But does the ABC ever present anything that you are so opposed to that it makes your blood boil? I doubt it... so where's the balance, the unbiasedness you say exists?

The ABC is a publically funded organisation with a obligation in its charter to present balanced informative information.

Let me put it to you this way... have you ever seen a documentary on the ABC, or even an interview with a scientist that presents the argument against manmade climate change? I can ask similar questions about the negative impact of Muslim immigration in Europe; or any of the other issues conservatives feel are not allowed to be openly discussed on the ABC.

Can you provide a list of programs from the ABC to dispel my believe these topics are not presented from a one-sided perspective on the ABC?

You say "Interesting that those who criticise the ABC don't really have much to say in the way of criticism on the values of any other Australian public commentators, especially those working for News Corp." The other channels (Bolt is not a whole channel, just one hour a week) generally do present news that attacks both sides of government and the discusses topical/controversial issues fairly evenly. Ever seen The Project? Do you think that's right wing?

FOXY you seem to have forgotten to provide a link to your Malcolm Turnbull quote about Andrew Bolt. Can you please provide the source.

Dear CH,

Actually, what I find appealing about the ABC is that it
informs, educates, and entertains.

It provides extraordinary programs from a wide
variety of subjects, TV Documentaries, news and
current affairs, dramas, comedy, children's programs,
science features, books, world heritage series,
mental health, AIDS issues, and the list goes on.

You can Google the lists for yourself and browse the
programs by title. They are too numerous to mention
here. The national broadcaster has covered elections,
interviews with politicians from various political
parties, federal budgets, and their analysis, and
again the list goes on.

The following link should explain to you what the
job of the national broadcaster is and the job that it
has done, and continue to do:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-26/scott-in-defence-of-the-abc/6575408

As for Malcolm Turnbull's quotes about Mr Bolt - they came
from an article that appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald on
June 2, 2014. You can Google it

CH,

"Let me put it to you this way... have you ever seen a documentary on the ABC, or even an interview with a scientist that presents the argument against manmade climate change?..."

There we have it....Syd the plumber, Burt the junk-science purveyor or Lord Monckton, the fella with the degree in Classical Architecture ought to be able to ply their climate ignorance on the ABC.

There is "no" debate on this subject - the science is never settled - but giving air time to people who are pushing the fossil fuel line for ideological reasons is the type of garbage that abounds in the Murdoch stable.

here you go....

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jul/08/exxon-climate-change-1981-climate-denier-funding?CMP=soc_568

"ExxonMobil, the world’s biggest oil company, knew as early as 1981 of climate change – seven years before it became a public issue, according to a newly discovered email from one of the firm’s own scientists. Despite this the firm spent millions over the next 27 years to promote climate denial."

How many loopy ideologues funded by Exxon and their minions have been interviewed over the years - as if they actually know what they're on about?

And you're "wrong" - for example, broadcast on the ABC was an entire documentary - "The Great Global Warming Swindle".

http://www.abc.net.au/tv/swindle/about-the-film.htm

Tony Jones hosted a discussion after it - Also simulcast on ABC 2 and ABC NewsRadio.

How biased is that!

Poirot,

While we often disagree, I never before thought that you were an outright liar.

Stating that 90% of Aus disagreed with you in one area (i.e. that 90% of Aus thinks that the Labor green relaxation of border control was a complete cock up) does not mean that I think that 90% of everyone agrees with me.

For the idiot that claims that it is good that the ABC is independent of the government. well wake up. So is everyone else.

The three main issues that the ABC focuses on are climate change, asylum seekers and gay marriage, all of which deeply reflect greens values to the exclusion of all others. Anyone that believes that the ABC is politically neutral is seriously deluding themselves.

Shadow Minister, it is your own opinion, not a fact, that the ABC is biased towards Labor, but many would beg to differ.
I can't remember reading or hearing much positive news about Shorten or his party anywhere, for quite some time.

In fact the ABC was just showing the extremely embarrassing and politically damaging Royal commission into Bill's dealings as a union leader yesterday....ad nauseum!

It's usual for the ABC and other TV and media outlets to focus on the Govt of the day isn't it? The opposition aren't the ones calling all the shots right now, so of course everyone discusses the Liberal Party members and policies.

You never seemed to mind when the same media pilloried Rudd and Julia, and their political views etc when they were PM's.....