The Australian Broadcasting Corporation is seriously considering organizing “town hall” forums ahead of the next federal election campaign.
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Bias allegation rumblings still a constant at your ABC
While the political heat has departed, the constant rumbling of bias allegations against the ABC continues, ready to rear up wherever it gets a favourable hearing.
The press club v Rooty Hill: what constitutes a public forum?
What is the difference between the Rooty Hill RSL and the Canberra Press Club? And what is the difference between a public event that is screened on television, and a television program that involves the public? Margaret Simons examines the other Rooty Hill battle.
Aunty ABC seeks to redefine image
Emphasizing social networking platforms and online services, the ABC’s new advertising campaign launched this week is a bold move to redefine the organization’s image. It marks the ABC’s first major ad campaign in more than a decade.
Scott to fire next shot in battle over Australia Network
ABC Managing Director Mark Scott has been uncharacteristically quiet lately, but at lunchtime today he will be getting to his feet to deliver another salvo in the battle to retain the Federal Government contract for international broadcasting for the ABC.
ABC around-the-clock news sets launch, under intense scrutiny
So at last we have a date — next Thursday — for the launch of the ABC’s much anticipated 24-hour television news service. It will be with us just in the nick of time for the election.
Aunty to cut sport presenter for clips
How thinly can ABC journalists’ butter be spread over the ever increasing bread of news? Staff in the ABC newsrooms suspect that sports presenters will be scrubbed from the evening bulletins in favour of a reel of clips.
Scoop: only journos care who broke the news
Being the first to report who is the new PM — something we’ll all learn very quickly — isn’t as important as thoughtful and revealing investigative journalism, writes Tim Dunlop.
A toxic relationship thaws, but Gillard will have News on her mind
Like all new governments, Julia Gillard’s rule has the chance to start afresh in its relationship with News Limited, which had become, to put it in understated terms, toxic under Kevin Rudd.
Holmes: It’s not just your ABC, it’s everyone’s
The Oz has been unfairly laying into the ABC for its leadership spill coverage last Thursday night. The ABC couldn’t just cut some of its most popular programs for a handful of political junkies, writes Jonathan Holmes.
Never mind ABC TV, put a rocket up ABC Radio
When the ALP leadership spill story began to break last week, ABC’s TV coverage compared unfavorably with Sky News - but it wasn’t exactly a fair comparison.
Crikey Says: Bullying Your ABC
Having satisfactorily completed its role in the dispatch of a prime minister last week, News Limited has redirected its firepower towards another pesky adversary: the ABC.
revealed Uhlmann: How the ABC broke the story that broke Rudd
The ABC was first with the ALP leadership spill scoop on Wednesday night, and journo Chris Uhlmann was amongst it. He explains how the thrilling political assassination unfolded in parliament house.
Memo to ABC journos: how to file 24/7
More news, or the same news spread more thinly? That is the question ABC watchers are asking about the new 24-hour news service. Crikey has the leaked internal memo to journos.
What did Four Corners know and when did they know it?
In April the ABC broadcast a strong attack on the Government’s insulation program on 4 Corners. But why was a key document omitted?
Political snippets: Et tu ABC?
Something strange has happened to the judgment of the national broadcaster when it so avidly follows the nonsense spewed out by the national daily.
After pregnant pause, ABC, SBS board changes announced
The appointment of new directors to the boards of the ABC and SBS has proven to be inexplicably and distressingly slow.
Holmes: Where’s the break in the 24 hour news cycle?
Yes, perhaps the ABC doesn’t break as many stories as it should, writes Jonathan Holmes. But with journalists working 24/7 on radio, TV and online, there’s little time for independent research.
Impartiality and the ABC: the Middle East doco rejected for broadcast
ABC Television will “consider” broadcasting a Middle East pro-peace documentary it had previously refused to show after pressure from the film’s distribution company.
ABC gets into bed with Fairfax … and news is the winner
Once, journalists guarded their stories fiercely, and the idea of competing with another media outlet, let alone doing a joint operation, would have been anathema. Things have changed.
Scoops, spin and gaffes: how the media portrays politics
Politics has become theatre, played simply to feed the media spectacle. Therefore, rather than focus on long term policy and ideas, politicians only care about creating conflict and a headline story.
US TV networks showcase their up-and-comers
Major US TV networks ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC this week revealed their 2010-11 schedules in New York.
Ruddquake: That’s not a meltdown. THIS is a meltdown.
Apparently Kevin Rudd had a meltdown on telly last night. Or at least the transcript has been fitted up to suggest so.
Historically Hung Over: The Crikey Guide To The 2010 Federal Election
