'New Manufacturer To V8SC' - Inside Supercar

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Originally Posted by pug205

Will never happen.

The services provided by the ABC to regional areas where commercial operations have no interest in (as there is no $$ in it) is reason enough alone. The Coalition cannot afford to lose the votes from the backlash. The ABC also provides the most comprehensive coverage for areas when natural disasters strike and is the go to place for most people. As someone who has been affected by bush fires and the recent east coast storms, the information provided by the ABC has always been invaluable.

They are by no means perfect but having a successful and wide reaching publicly owned broadcaster that is mostly independent of a Government's interference would be an asset to any country. In an age when journalistic standards continue to decline and become more compromised by commercial influence, it is something worth fighting for.

Yes as a public broadcaster they should and are held accountable for any wrong doing and they do so while operating under a tight code of practice that no other media company in this country has to. While companies like News Corp have their own written code of conduct but have no consequences for when it is broken (and is done so on a frequent basis).

Peoples taxes are used for a wide range of things that not everyone agrees with or uses (sporting events like V8 street races being an example to keep this all relevant) but that does not mean it should be stopped or sold off. If you don't like it, just tell yourself your taxes are only going to the schools or hospitals or something!

(For the record I do not work for the ABC in any capacity but I am great believer in a strong, independent, media/news industry that has the capacity to hold public figures to account, can research and break stories that are of a public interest without compromise and is freely available to everyone. It is such an important part of a free society and once it is gone it will be bloody hard to get back)

Rant over

and yet today there is an article available telling us how the ABC is failing rural areas

In my observation The ABC only holds those it doesnt like to account. It failed to discuss the Gillard AWU affair. It failed to discuss the Craig Thompson HSU affair. In fact it was know to campaign against discussion on those issues

Thats not strong, independent, media/news industry that has the capacity to hold public figures to account.

It has failed totally to be independent on Global warming

Sell the ABC and give everyone who cant access it access to Foxtel via satellite , will be cheaper