yes, got it.

For anyone still interested in the media coverage
of the Cardinal Pell case and the accusations
leveled against the ABC of being "prejudiced"
and on a "witch-hunt", here is a link from the
Media Watch program explaining:

http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/episodes/pell/12166274

Click onto and read the response from an ABC spokesperson
and also click onto the transcript of the show as well.

Foxy,

The ABC is overwhelmingly biased to the left. Its panels in Q&A etc are overwhelmingly left whinge as are the selected audience questions.

That the ABC's self appointed Media watch comes back again and again to whitewash the the ABC and find no bias is not surprising pretty much along the lines of the Labor party review into Craig Thompson finding no fault.

Other than left whingers getting a comfortingly predigested version of the news which is often incorrect, there is no justification for the $1bn p.a. that the ABC is given.

Shadow Minister,

Your opinion is not my reality. Nor that of the
fact-checkers at RMIT University or the Australian
Institute. Both Q&A and Media Watch present all sides
of an issue and have panelists from all sides of politics.
And as stated earlier - it would be difficult to agree with
every view expressed on the ABC but it would be equally
difficult to disagree with them all.

On the other side of the coin you have mainstream medium that
offers precious little in diversity and such diversity as
there is runs along predictable lines.

Under these circumstances it is important to go to sources
such as our national broadcaster - which is rational and
principled without being biased to any social or
political position.

Foxy,

"Both Q&A and Media Watch present all sides of an issue and have panelists from all sides of politics"

No they don't. At best they have 1 conservative and 4 left whingers.

Shadow Minister,

Absolutely not true.

Their guest lists indicate the opposite.
Perhaps you need to watch more often.

Also the audience numbers given prior to the
shows tend to tip more towards conservatives.