You describe the audience in very cynical terms... Yet until...

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    You describe the audience in very cynical terms... Yet until this year Q&A always ensured there was a fairly equal balance of Lib and Lab voters. I don't know what they're doing on balance this year but the issues remain contentious and subject to a wide variety of opinion as seen in the questions asked which show some are coming from the right and some from the left... many others its not really possible for me to identify political leanings, more the degree of concern about the discussion subjects.

    If you fell there is an imbalance it may be because some people keep talking the ABC down, eg Bolt et al. the effect of this is to reduce the participation of the right wing ... this way the Right can keep complaining about anti-right bias because less people with right wing views 'bother' to join the debate.

    In other words Bolt and other social engineering wannabes are creating a problem so they can complain of it.

    Keep your mind free from invidious influence and make up your own mind rather than believe everything you watch on SAD (Sky After Dark).

    Commercial TV tries to engineer watchers to buy the advertised products... they also push the editorial line. The ABC has no such motivation and seeks to elicit a balanced view that is neither left nor right.
 
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