Communist Party of Australia  ????

Who is showing their true colours?

Do we really need to broadcast biased news against the Aus government, such the recent ABC report suggesting the burns to Asylum seekers were caused by the Aus Navy - which the ABC has since admitted was a mistake, to be broadcast to China?

At the Australian taxpayer's expense?

I think not.

I agree.

Did they have a "National Broadcaster" in Poland,while you were living there, Meep?

Did it ever broadcast anything critical of the government?

Should it have been allowed to?

paraphrase

"a lot of people feel at the moment that Tony Abbrot instinctively takes everybody's side but the ABC"

Step in the "right" direction 🙂

Regarding the assylum seeker affair, I think where the ABC made its mistake was in overestimating the intelligence of the general public. They assumed that people would realise they were investigating allegations, not naking accusations.

I rather suspect though, that most people who actually watched the programme did realise this - it was the mindless mob who get their information and opinions second hand from shock jocks who assumed the ABC was making accusations.

She ele - I don't think there is anything wrong with investigative reporting but that is not what happened.   Icy asked a question whether we needed to broadcast biased news (at the taxpayer's expense)  obviously I don't think we do.

It basically comes down to this:

"The ABC overreached, by essentially endorsing the allegations of navy mistreatment on radio, TV and online throughout the day," Media Watch host Paul Barry said.

"Because even if the (Indonesian) police did back the asylum seekers' claims, there was no way of knowing they were true ... We believe the ABC should have been far more cautious, given the evidence it had, and given it was making such a big call against the navy."

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

Regarding the assylum seeker affair, I think where the ABC made its mistake was in overestimating the intelligence of the general public. They assumed that people would realise they were investigating allegations, not naking accusations.

I rather suspect though, that most people who actually watched the programme did realise this - it was the mindless mob who get their information and opinions second hand from shock jocks who assumed the ABC was making accusations.

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well.........http://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/What-happened-to-their-hands-do-you-think/m-p/97754...

what was the Opposition's reaction to the ABC's Exclusive Report?

Yes, they should have been more cautious.They overreached because, as I said before, they overerestimated the intelligence of the general public.

I don't claim to be superintelliegent, but I did watch that programme and it was obvious to me that it was reporting on allegations and suggesting that they needed to be investigated. 

I don't think I actually saw the programme, only read the reports.  When you get a chance (or anyone) and if you can, would you be able to post a link to it?   I'll be back later.