John Patkin’s spirited defence of the ABC
29 June 2020 · News
Opinion from John Patkin
The funding cuts and job losses at the ABC are an attack on public broadcasting and freedom of speech.
The Australian government should immediately increase the ABC’s bu...
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John Patkin writes "the ABC provides safe and open forums" ... if that were true the people at the ABC would not be blocking, deleting or hiding comments that they don't agree with now would they?
The ABC doesn't need to be abolished ... just severely trimmed!
They really do produce a lot of crap ... at our expense!
And I love this "Its highly sort after impartiality sits in contrast to the attention-seeking hedonistic hosts of commercial talk radio''
Impartiality? Is this guy high? Does he actually listen to or watch the [Left Wing] ABC? What a joke. Does anyone at the ABC understand the word unbiased? I think it's in their charter actually :-)
But as for waste, why do we need SO many radio stations many of which pretty much cover the same material ... from a bevy of different journos.
And WHY do we need to pay for Triple J AND Double J? One is enough. They pretty much cover the same music and audience after all. Maybe if JJ catered to a different, older audience (the original Double J listeners) there may be some justification. But two stations on the same track ... paid for by taxpayers! This is wasteful. And why does nearly every shift need two presenters ... instead of one capable one! If commercial radio wants to pay for multiple presenters because of a poor talent base, fine. But tax-payer services need to be more responsible with our money.
Maybe a manger who knows how to actually 'manage' would help!
An attack on public broadcasting and freedom of speech? What nonsense.
Who is this guy anyway!
Click go the Shears! About time!
And I agree with ceejay ... exactly right.
But then, that's common practice on radioinfo too:-)
Sorry but this is a load of nonsense. Can you show me the so called 'budget cuts' please. And I'm so bored with blaming the government for everything. There's no cuts. *2017 - $1.036 Billion *2018 - $1.043 Billion *2019 - $1.045 Billion and 2020 - $1.055 Billion. No cuts here. Here no cuts. I reckon there should be cuts personally. But there aren't any? I'll happily stand corrected though if you can show me and even watch an episode of Q&A without wanting to be physically ill. What about the ABC underpaying casual staff to the tune of $35 million? When they had to cough that $ up after being found guilty, all of a sudden reports of a $40 million funding shortfall. What BS. The management pay themselves bonuses upon bonuses and the EBA ensures pay rises for all year on year. They go through the motions except when it comes to having a whinge and a bitch about the federal government (and deleting any opinions the regime don't approve off). As the PM said the other day, jobs in the media are disappearing at an alarming rate in this country, there's very little job security in that industry, except if you work for the ABC, where the funding is guaranteed by the government. So we've seen what happens with billion dollar plus funding year on year. Can you imagine what it would be like if these so called 'budget cuts' actually happened for real?