cont'd ...

BTW: Although I did not raise the topic of the
ABC in this discussion - it is an issue that is
right on the topic of the 2020 Budget.

If we're going to discuss the Budget 2020 - we
should also discuss the over looked parts of
the 2020 Australian budget. From - Christmas
Island re-opening, to the lacklustre support
for women, to the Arts sector missing out,
to substance abuse programs left out of the
mental health incentives, and also to the
Morrison Government's freeze being extended on the
ABC's funding beyond 2022.

The ABC has laready made significant cuts to staff
and services after $84m indexation freeze was announced
in the 2018 Budget.

The latest freeze comes on top of the $783m in funding the
ABC has lost since the Coalition came to power in 2014.

The ABC has already made significant cuts to staff and services
Foxy,
yes, the cuts to integrity are rather obvious ! There is a definite increase though in using our Tax Dollars to denounce & even attack our present Fed Govt !
Haven't you watched the DRUM or Q & A & Insight lately ?
They don't appear to be less relentless in attacking this Govt due to funding reductions !

Individual,

That's because it's their job as I explained earlier.
Diverse, accurate and informed media is a cornerstone
of our democratic process. They are not driven only by
entertainment values and profitability and are not
influenced by large advertisers and political parties
where critical views are not encouraged.

They are simply doing their job.

Which is as it should be.

Just scrolling back through the comments after watching The Split on Chanel 2. Same old same old. The same old people saying the same things they have said over and over. I'm not sure why we do this (OLO). In real life, I don't talk about the ABC and politics with other people. Nobody has ever rushed up to me eager to talk about such things. Davidf recently put up a post about changes of mind, and most of us, including me, said no. Why he brought it up, I don't know, because the answer is obvious. I wonder what a psychologist or psychiatrist would have to say about people like us who keep banging away when we are not making any difference to anything or anyone.

Diverse, accurate and informed media is a cornerstone
of our democratic process.
Foxy,
One-sided, indoctrinated bias does not fit what you stated above !

PSEUDO-individual,

Foxy is right, you are wrong.