ABC " Breathtakingly irresponsible " for promoting illegal Invasion day rallies

[chameleon54]

The NSW Police Commissioner has branded the ABC as " breathtakingly irresponsible "  for promoting illegal invasion day rallies that breached COVID restrictions, after it posted a programme of events titled Australia Day / Invasion day events programme.

The ABC was forced to change the title and editorial material after it received a barrage of protests against its unprofessional reporting standards. 

Just another example of how our national taxpayer funded broadcaster has become beholden to special interest groups and completely forgotten its charter to present news in a factual, professional, unbiased way

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/not-interchangeable-communications-minister-slams-abc-s-inva...

[rogespeed]

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@chameleon54 wrote:

The NSW Police Commissioner has branded the ABC as " breathtakingly irresponsible "  for promoting illegal invasion day rallies that breached COVID restrictions, after it posted a programme of events titled Australia Day / Invasion day events programme.

The ABC was forced to change the title and editorial material after it received a barrage of protests against its unprofessional reporting standards. 

Just another example of how our national taxpayer funded broadcaster has become beholden to special interest groups and completely forgotten its charter to present news in a factual, professional, unbiased way

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/not-interchangeable-communications-minister-slams-abc-s-inva...

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The nanny state of mind - very trendy 

[chameleon54]

The ABC has become so infested with leftist bias that it is no longer even trying to give the impression of an impartial, professional, public broadcaster. To title a calender of Australia day events as " invasion day " and promote illegal, activist rallies is a gross breach of professional standards. 

That sort of stuff should be left to extremist websites and privately run, university action groups. It has no place on an impartial, public broadcasters website. 

[icyfroth]

It's a huge push by leftist organisations. Same with the Cricket.

[chameleon54]

They can push all they want. That's democracy at work. Just don't use the supposedly impartial, taxpayer funded, public broadcaster to do it.

At the very least, the person who thought this was OK should be sacked. There needs to be a purge of extremist, lefty activists from the organisation. If that's too hard, then just sell it. Its not doing what it was set up to do. The new owner can push whatever agenda they want if its privately funded.

[domino-710]

It's been this way for years.

Don't watch it - don't read it.

One day they'll wonder where their audience went.

Unless you make complaints - not here - but there - nothing will change - and even then.????

[myoclon1cjerk]

Oh look. Tucker Carlson wannabes.

[joztamps]

It's time that ABC management grew some balls, and stopped caving in to these right-wing raving loonie dingbats every trime they see some news or facts that they don't like.

If the ABC continues to let itself be pushed further and further to the right at the current and recent rate, it will end up as nothing more than a publicly-funded version of yet another LNP Newsletter from the Murdoch Slime Pool.

[davewil1964]

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@joztamps wrote:

It's time that ABC management grew some balls, and stopped caving in to these right-wing raving loonie dingbats every trime they see some news or facts that they don't like.

If the ABC continues to let itself be pushed further and further to the right at the current and recent rate, it will end up as nothing more than a publicly-funded version of yet another LNP Newsletter from the Murdoch Slime Pool.

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Problem is that most of ABC management was appointed by the current government.

Of the 9 board members, 1 is staff elected and 6 were appointed by the current or preceding governments. Only 2 preceded the current LNP governments.

So that gives them 6 of 9.

And still the ABC refuses to be pushed to the right? Or is loonie left according to the OP?

I suspect an agenda from the OP, and never expect a reasoned response on political issues.

[icyfroth]

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@joztamps wrote:

It's time that ABC management grew some balls, and stopped caving in to these right-wing raving loonie dingbats every trime they see some news or facts that they don't like.

If the ABC continues to let itself be pushed further and further to the right at the current and recent rate, it will end up as nothing more than a publicly-funded version of yet another LNP Newsletter from the Murdoch Slime Pool.

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While at the moment it is continuing down the track as nothing more than a tax-payer funded lefty brain-washing machine.