So saturated in spin and misinformation is the national broadcaster, you might be tempted to check whether you accidentally tuned in toSky After Dark.
In recent days, the ABC has subjected us to, among other things,Bridget McKenzie’s Jetstar divestiture brainwave,Barnaby Joyce’s thoughts on the morality of social media bans for children and“where we’re headed politically”,and former Coalition Minister for Housing and definitely-not-branch-stackingMichael Sukkar’s thoughts on the housing crisis.
Now, apart from the fact that the views of Opposition MPs regularly feature more prominently than government ministers on all matters – with a host of segments commencing with "Mr Dutton said" – this particular spate of opinions may have been reasonable, had each of these parliamentarians been suitably chastised for their lies, picked up on their misinformation or just been reminded of their part in creating these crises.
advertisingnotallowed/politics/politics-display/abc-trails-coalition-on-its-road-to-nowhere,18972admittedly the "independent" is suspiciously a leftie site, yet they post excellent science and engineering news.....
but its true that the ABC has been so radically neutered by successive Boards and CEOs that they're now too scared to post annoying positive.... unless its criticism of the govt by the right.
Govt interference in the ABC has become the norm since 2013.
Howard had the good sense to complain about the ABC but he recognised the necessity for the ABC to have independence.
