ABC " Breathtakingly irresponsible " for promoting illegal Invasion day rallies [ Edited ]
yesterday
@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...
As far as everyday people feeling the need to protest in support of Indigenous Australians and injustices, I am in total agreement. And for Indigenous Australians to regard Australia Day as nothing more than "Invasion Day", I have total understanding for how they feel. I agree with them! I have the same thoughts on people wanting to protest in the US against the deliberate brutal killing of African Americans by law enforcement representatives. As far as I'm concerned, now is a good time as any. to get up and march. People cannot continually keep things bottled up and hope for someone to fix things. So peaceful protest to bring attention to a serious issue that impacts on a people has my understanding.
Like the BLM protests in the US, I know that the majority of people marching are genuine folk who are disgusted with what has been taking place in their countries. Some of what goes on here and over there with how some non-Caucasian people etc. are treated wouldn't be out of place in the Nazi Germany period. Perhaps too I should include apartheid brutality in South Africa. Sadly these issues have been hijacked by certain interest groups and being steered for an agenda other than what they are supposed to represent. This is what I feel.
Up until the last few years I had always thought of the ABC as a saviour in news and an antidote to the racist and religious hate / xenophobia promoted by the other main media outlets. IMO, Ch 9 was one of the worst offenders. The ABC used to have some brilliant documentaries and its reporting on world events was spectacular. We got to see the dirt behind the decision to invade Afghanistan and Iraq, we saw how oil companies were involved in destroying people's lives and silencing activists permanently. We saw the Palestinian people being humanised for a change and now were able to understand their plight along with the plight of other people.
I'd like to think that the end of the documentary I caught about what Clinton was really up to ( The Clinton Chronicles by Larry Nichols from memory ) was on ABC and not SBS.. It was interesting. Yes, there were some great documentaries on the ABC.
Yes, the ABC was the antidote to what is pushed out by the Murdoch Media to program us. With people like Andrew Bolt and Alan Jones who play on people's emotions and fears, the ABC was the restorer of logic. But what has happened? It is no longer what it used to be! There's just 20% good content and a lot of it now is garbage. Part of the ABC's deterioation I believe is due to that John Howard. He had his agenda. Now other interest groups have taken over.
You would think the ABC would give fair re[resentation of issues that relate to our health. If anyone thinks the ABC is going to fairly address all angles of the fluoride, vaccination issues etc., forget it! I believe that these days there is no difference between the ABC and the other outlets that promote this counterfeit conservatism.
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