The ABC's economic correspondent Emma Alberici wrote a piece for the ABC website on the proposed corporate tax cuts. After the article was attacked by the government it was taken down. (If you want to read the article you can find it here: https://johnmenadue.com/emma-alberici-theres-no-case-for-a-corporate-tax-cut-when-one-in-five-of-australias-top-companies-dont-pay-it/. Whether we agree or disagree with Emma is neither here nor there. What should be of concern is if the government takes the view that the Public Broadcaster should be the de facto mouth piece for the government. Irrespective of which government is in power the ABC will be accused of either left or right wing bias - and perhaps that is the best indicator that it is doing its job.

We all know what the ABC's role should be: it's clearly spelled out in its charter. The problem is that ABC management and staff ignore that charter, and use it as their very own vehicle for Left-wing bigotry and discrimination against people who pay them. There is no such thing as “...  the view that the Public Broadcaster should be the de facto mouth piece for the government. Irrespective of which government is in power....”, because no government Minister has ever attempted to discipline the ABC, including the current government which the ABC is so averse to.

The so-called senior economics correspondent certainly made a complete fool of herself and demonstrated her ignorance of taxation matters. And, surprisingly, the ABC's Media Watch made no attempt to cover up for her, and management has actually admitted their editorial failure.

BAYGON,
The role of a public broadcaster should start with informing the public, and should extend as far as the public want it to extend. But it certainly shouldn't be a propaganda mouthpiece for the government of the day.

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ttbn,
Media Watch made the point that the charter's requirements for separating analysis and opinion are too restrictive. And having read Emma Alberici's piece at http://johnmenadue.com/emma-alberici-theres-no-case-for-a-corporate-tax-cut-when-one-in-five-of-australias-top-companies-dont-pay-it/ I'm inclined to agree. Try reading the article rather than just the headline, and you'll find it dispels far more ignorance than it displays!

anyone who watched that vulgar Indigeneous woman given 10 times more opportunity than others to spew her hatred on q&a on Monday night will see the role of the abc very sick. NO doubt she would of resisted the 2 year old girl being raped by her family being 'stolen' from her family at Tennant Creek. The billion dollar plus abc is an enemy of Australia and decency.

runner,

I never watch Q&A, but I heard an audio of her rant on the radio. The woman was out of control and insulting, not only to white Australians, but to the people she claims to be be connected with - most of whom quietly make their way in life without making total idiots of themselves like she did.

ttbn

yes ttbn her hypocrisy reached new levels even for the abc. The sad part is that the regressives not only clap or but encourage her. Tony Jones totally gutless to stop her racist rant while limited anyone with decency and commonsense to a few seconds.