Tony Abbott has a go at the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) "ABC takes 'everyone's side bu
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[QUOTE]Prime Minister Tony Abbott has berated ABC News, arguing that it is taking ''everyone's side but Australia's'' and that journalists should give the navy the ''benefit of the doubt'' when it comes to claims of wrongdoing.
In comments that also suggest the media should act as cheerleaders for the country, Mr Abbott ramped up his recent criticism of the ABC.
''You would like the national broadcaster to have a rigorous commitment to truth and at least some basic affection for the home team,'' he told Macquarie Radio on Wednesday.
Mr Abbott also said that it ''dismays Australians when the national broadcaster appears to take everybody's side but our own'', adding, ''I think that is a problem''.
The Prime Minister's comments follow Coalition criticism of the ABC late last year, after it and Guardian Australia broke a story, based on leaks from the US National Security Agency, about Australia tapping Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's phone.
At the time, the Prime Minister condemned the head of the ABC, Mark Scott for ''very, very poor judgment''. Other Coalition MPs also expressed concern about the ABC during a recent party meeting and Liberal senator Cory Bernardi called for its funding to be cut.
In November, Mr Scott defended the ABC's decision to publish the phone tapping story, arguing it was in the public interest.
On Wednesday, Mr Abbott said he wanted the ABC to be a ''straight news gathering and news reporting organisation''.
Read more: [url]http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/tony-abbott-blasts-national-broadcaster-abc-takes-everyones-side-but-australias-20140129-31lt8.html#ixzz2rle0p5VE[/url][/QUOTE]
Don't fucking touch the ABC Abbott
[quote]In comments that also suggest the media should act as cheerleaders for the country, Mr Abbott ramped up his recent criticism of the ABC.
''You would like the national broadcaster to have a rigorous commitment to truth and at least some basic affection for the home team,'' he told Macquarie Radio on Wednesday.[/quote]
wat.
The media's job is to report in an unbiased way about stuff that's happening in any country at large, and they are under no real obligation to show any nationalistic bent, much less under coercion just because the PM said so.
"STOP TELLING THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE BAD STUFF WE DO!"
Nothing like stirring up a bit of nationalism to promote the idea that the ABC is bad and should be privatised.
This guy had better be a one-termer.
good on tony abbott for criticizing the zio media :)
[QUOTE=Model 101;43709857]good on tony abbott for criticizing the zio media :)[/QUOTE]
what
abc are fucking beast go eat my turd, flabbot
[QUOTE]Mr Abbott also questioned the ABC's newly established Fact Check unit, saying he wanted the corporation to focus on straight news gathering and reporting.
[url]http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-29/tony-abbott-steps-up-criticism-of-abc/5224676[/url][/QUOTE]
So He wants the potential spread of misinformation?
He has such a cavalier attitude on a very important topic.
tony abbott please fuck off
call a double dissolution already
Tony Abbott has made it clear that you're either with him, or against him. Not long after getting elected he was upset that the opposition parties were (shockingly) opposing him, he wanted them to just do what he said.
[QUOTE=TheDecryptor;43709907]Not long after getting elected he was upset that the opposition parties were (shockingly) opposing him, he wanted them to just do what he said.[/QUOTE]
This is no different than the Labor party screaming about having a mandate lol.
[QUOTE]He also sympathised with broadcaster Ray Hadley, when he complained that "right-leaning" shock jocks such as himself were regularly referred to the Australian Communications and Media Authority, while the ''left-leaning'' ABC was "left to their own devices".
''I can understand your frustration, Ray, because at times there does appear to be a double standard in large swathes of our national life,'' the Prime Minister said.[/QUOTE]
"Tony I get really annoyed when I say socially unacceptable things and get in trouble, when the ABC is left leaning and it doesn't get punished for being left leaning!!"
"Yes Ray, you're right, we should punish the ABC more for things it hasn't done wrong! I mean, the completely independent commission that looks over these things probably doesn't know what it's doing!"
Well, Q&A will be back on soon. I wonder if we'll see him on there, see if he can tell us how the ABC is biased, instead of blathering to shockjocks.
Tony Abbot starts sweating profusely and blathers like an idiot whenever he cops 5 seconds of flak. It's no surprise he's going after the main culprit of people who actually dig deep and ask questions which put him on the hot seat.
But hey it doesn't matter since getting rid of the ABC would be politically toxic for everyone except for Tony Abbott, Cory Bernardi and people who listen to shock-jocks.
fuck yeah tony abbot fighting the good fight for the underpriviliged white australians
god bless
[QUOTE=fruxodaily;43709863]what[/QUOTE]
He's saying that ABC is controlled by the jews, just like every other media organisation totally ever.
[QUOTE=markg06;43710332]He's saying that ABC is controlled by the jews, just like every other media organisation totally ever.[/QUOTE]
yeah, and the us too
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Shut the fuck up Tony you sack of shit. If you fucking touch the ABC you're going to have massive fucking protests on your hands, and the governor general will have no choice but to fire your ass.
Seriously. The the fuck voted for this guy?
[QUOTE=-n3o-;43710609]Seriously. The the fuck voted for this guy?[/QUOTE]
People who wanted to vote in spite of Labor
[QUOTE=Rexxasaurus;43710623]People who wanted to vote in spite of Labor[/QUOTE]
These people are fucking morons.
It's not so much that the Liberals won the election as it was that Labor lost the election.
I just want Turnbull to overthrow him already, though.
[QUOTE=-n3o-;43710609]Seriously. The the fuck voted for this guy?[/QUOTE]
my parents
:(
Abbott presented his argument like a retard as usual. He's a shit spokesman. His intentions were to highlight that the ABC is willing to report damaging information from jumping to premature conclusions which could be exaggerated. This isn't tied to privatizing ABC, nobody is stupid enough to do that, even Abbott.
Also, labor was up the shit when they got voted out, sad to think liberals looked like a better (still crap) alternative at the time. You vote for the person who will shit on your face least, but at the end of the day there's still a turd on your face.
At least he's bringing back work for the dole, the name reeks of Howard government but at least they brought some changes for the better to it.
Work for the dole is the biggest load of shit ever when the time and effort could be directed to promoting volunteering, jobseeking or at least not instituting neo-slavery.
[QUOTE=Lonestriper;43710807]Work for the dole is the biggest load of shit ever when the time and effort could be directed to promoting volunteering, jobseeking or at least not instituting neo-slavery.[/QUOTE]
I'm forced to volunteer at an aged care home, oh no! Woe is me, slaving under the welfare system!
You can choose not to do the volunteer work, you just miss your dole payment. That's fair enough.
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At least he's bringing back work for the dole, the name reeks of Howard government but at least they brought some changes for the better to it.[/QUOTE]
Work for the dole? Why weren't those jobs available for the unemployed before hand? And working for the dole would probably be more expensive as you would have to supply these dole workers with safety equipment and other work related equipment.
[QUOTE=-n3o-;43710609]Seriously. The the fuck voted for this guy?[/QUOTE] Pretty much all of my family did.
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