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I posted to ozcomments.com
The ABC’s proposed 24-hour news channel is a great idea. As managing director Mark Scott has stated, the ABC has the personnel and the resources to make it happen without incurring extra costs. What he didn’t say, but I imagine will happen, is integration with the proposed “virtual town square”…
January 24 2010, 3:05am | Comments »
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I posted to gorey.com.au
I have a lot of respect for ABC Regional Radio and the service it provides. I also appreciate the ABC has an important role as an emergency services broadcaster. But I struggle to see the merit in broadcasting fairly mundane fire updates across the whole of country South Australia. Driving…
December 2 2009, 12:55am | Comments »
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I posted to theborderwatch.blogspot.com
ABC “comedy” show The Chaser’s War on Everything has taken another step too far in using sick children to gain attention. “Attention” is the key word instead of “laughs” because it is difficult to see how anyone could find the offensive sketch amusing.In it, a child dying of cancer who…
June 4 2009, 9:36am | Comments »
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I posted to gorey.com.au
The Chaser team loses the plot
ABC “comedy” show The Chaser’s War on Everything has taken another step too far in using sick children to gain attention. I say “attention” instead of “laughs” because I fail to see how anyone could find the offensive sketch amusing. In it, a child dying of cancer who wants to…
June 3 2009, 8:54pm | Comments »
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I posted to ozcomments.com
The Federal Government’s budget hand-out to the ABC to build regional websites has understandably upset newspaper publishers. Competition is usually is a good thing, but is it in this case. Most country towns are well served by commercial content providers, bloggers and niche community sites covering sport, music, etc. Not…
May 25 2009, 6:06am | Comments »
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I posted to oznewspapers.com
The Australian’s media section today examined the issue of taxpayers subsidising development of the ABC’s regional websites. I had missed the budget announcement of $15.3 million being allocated to the ABC to “create virtual town squares for communities” in regional and rural Australia. APN and Fairfax have expressed concerns. The…
May 25 2009, 4:53am | Comments »
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