There must be quite a stench arising from the ABC's Q&A for Peter McEvoy, Q&A executive producer and under siege apparently, to draft a long defence:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-26/who-can-ask-a-question-on-q-and-a/8384792

It is nothing short of remarkable. The old Auntie has long disappeared and viewers are being confronted by this messy, feral thing.

Must be overdue for a spill of roles and positions. Or bury the rotting corpse that is Q&A!

The hard right continues its attack on Q&A and the ABC in general as demonstrated by the above. Q&A provides a forum for open debate of the critical social and political issues confronting Australian society, Nothing of this kind is provided by the right wing controlled media. The aim of these politically motivated hard liners is the complete dismantling of Australia's independent public broadcaster, and its replacement with a subservient prop that reflects the biased hate propaganda of the likes of One Nation and other right wing radicals, all designed for mass consumption and the ultimate control of society, is it not so Leoj.

It's amazing that anyone still watches Q&A.

"It's amazing that anyone still watches Q&A." like me they should all be tuned into Andrew Bolt on the commercial channel to get their daily dose of what to believe is right.

I don't think that it'amazing at all, Q&A is one of the best comedy shows around.

It doesn't say much for the ABC's independence or balance that it publishes a long self-serving diatribe without anyone being given the right of reply.

It is Q&A executive producer Peter McEvoy asking and answering his own questions. That is an extreme thing for any media outlet to do. To be publishing an extended self-defence and taking swipes at unidentified all-comers. Why would he and the ABC do that?

Interestingly, McEvoy was silent on crucial details such as:

- how and on what basis does he/Q&A solicit and (pre-)select the questions?

- what support/advice/editing is given in framing the questions and how is that decided? The implication is always that questions arise from the live audience during the show, from hands being raised.

and

- since the ABC has previously defended Q&A as 'entertainment' and 'not news', why does Q&A continue to pose as current affairs, which implies news and the rigorous standards that news should meet? The host might state, but doesn't, at the commencement of each show (and in the ABC's promotional advertising) that it is entertainment.