one of the conservatives biggest failures has to continue to fund the facist socialist whose mouthpiece has largely been the abc. The family destroying and gw alarmist have managed to stroke the ego of the likes of Turnbull but are morally bereft. They really do think they are intellectually superior while displaying constant stupidity as apologist for Islam. History is going to judge this society as being dumb dumb and dumber for allowing such facist to destroy reasonably priced power, destroying the natural family and supporting the death cult of Islam. Our grandchildren will wonder with disgust as to how so many tertiary educated people could be so dumbed down.

The following link may help answer some of the frequently
asked questions about Q&A:

http://www.abc.net.au/tv/qanda/about.htm

We're told that:

"Q&A is a television discussion program that focuses mostly
on politics but ranges across all of the big issues that
set Australians thinking, talking, and debating."

"It is driven by interaction: Q&A provides a rare opportunity
for Australian citizens to directly question and hold to
account politicians and key opinion leaders in a national
public forum and Q&A is broadcast live so that not only the
studio audience but also the wider audience (via various
sites) can get involved."

"Their aim is to create a discussion that is constructive, that
reflects a diverse range of views...where people can
respectively discuss their differences."

"It's impossible to represent every view on a single panel or
in one audience but they're committed to giving participants
a fair go and in order to be as inclusive and diverse as
possible, the program is presented from a range of locations
around the country and all Australians are encouraged to get
involved through social media as well as by joining the
audience."

The program has been functioning since May 2008 and its
popularity has increased greatly. And no wonder. political
decisions have a big impact on our lives and so Australian
citizens should have every opportunity to be involved in
the democratic process.

Former Liberal Leader John Hewson said of the show:

"I think you get few opportunities in politics to get your
message across, and Q&A is one of them."

Tony Jones is just as
tough on the Labor Government as he is on the Coalition.
The simple fact is, like it or loath it, Q&A discusses
serious politics and important social issues at a more
intelligent level than anywhere else on Australian TV.

If that is true, Q&A executive producer Peter McEvoy wouldn't be finding it necessary to indulge in such extraordinary rationalising, self-justification and blame-shifting, now would he?

Media Watch will be along with its protective spin as before.

Q&A is as smelly as leftover prawn heads and presided over by overpaid personalities with mammoth egos who get in the way of invited interviewees to make themselves the news instead. Tony Jones is an example of that.

Nothing like the ABC the taxpayer didn't mind paying for.

I usually try to identify the bloke in the Q & A audience who makes up then 38 % of Liberal/National voters present. But he's so quiet ! I look forward to hearing what he might have to say. One day.

Joe

' I usually try to identify the bloke in the Q & A audience who makes up then 38 % of Liberal/National voters present'

Its usually the Liberal on the panel Loudmouth. Many of them are regressive and weak especially when it comes to the gw fantasy or support of Islam. No wonder people now go elsewhere to avoid the fake news on abc.

Peter McEvoy explains that:

"It's challenging for the politicians who have to
face live scrutiny from real voters and answer off
the cuff and it seems to annoy some in the old fashioned
mainstream media who think asking questions and setting
the agenda is a special privilege that only they should
enjoy. But it's an opportunity that citizens appreciate
and in any democracy worth the name, it's every citizen's
right."

http://www.abc.net.au/tv/qanda/txt/arbib.htm