Less than 1 out of every 100 Australians watch the openly biased rubbish put out by the ABC every week, but everyone pays for it.

The time has come to get the ABC to pay its own way at least partially. Adverts should be allowed to pay for at least 50% of this left whinge vanity project and then the pompous twits in their ivory towers would need to get their hands dirty and produce something that people actually want to see.

shadowminister,

Do you even know how much the ABC costs each Australian
today?

We're told that in 1987 the ABC cost 8 cents a day.

Today the ABC costs each Australian half that amount.
Yet its funding has decreased. Their funding is 34%
lower than the average of 18 comparable
public broadcaster.

Over past decades despite a real decline in funding
per person the ABC has been able to enhance its
services. It provides to the Australian public
services like iview, the ABC News Channel, the Comedy
Channel, digital radio services, podcasts, and increased
investment in regional reporting.

All these things have been funded without additional
real funding from government.

I find it it impossible to tolerate this gay parade !

Shadowminister,

I get the impression that you don't watch the ABC
and your criticisms come from what others say.
I'd be interested to hear your own opinion for a change
after you've watched on TV or listened on the radio
ABC programs.

Dear Foxy,

Yes indeed, if he had taken the time to watch the program he would have seen it is a shadow of its former self, now derided by many progressives as a timid shell of what it once was. This in what having a significant Liberal Party supporter as chair and having the bulk of senior management as supporters of conservative politics.

shadowminister should be rejoicing that it is now a compliant follower of agendas set by conservative politics but he won't rest until it becomes another Sky News platform.

Putting some spine back in the show would undoubtedly restore ratings but that sadly is never going to happen under this government.

So we will have to put up with the constant but thoroughly unjustified whinging of the likes of shadowminister.

Dear Steele,

If he would watch the ABC programs at times,
then I could accept his opinion as being his
own at least.