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The last commons: the escalating war on public broadcasting

Crikey / Tuesday, 22 March 2011

In a world now perilously short of publicly minded media, what’s needed more than ever is a rigorously independent public broadcaster, writes The Failed Estate blogger Mr Denmore.

O’Brien’s Obama scoop leaves Speers out in the cold

Crikey / Andrew Crook / Wednesday, 14 April 2010

Kerry O’Brien has scored a major scoop: an exclusive 15-minute yak with Barack Obama, to be recorded at the White House. How did the ABC land the big gig that’s left Sky News smarting?

Tas election: the debate that wasn’t, with McKim MIA

Crikey / Monday, 15 March 2010

Last night’s debate between David Bartlett and Will Hodgman may have covered a broad range of issues but there was one question that went unasked: why was Greens leader Nick McKim excluded?, writes Bob Burton.

ABC News revamp mooted as Cameron exits

Crikey / Thursday, 26 February 2009

Departing ABC news director John Cameron is not a man who inspired passions, writes Margaret Simons.

Essay: The taking of the ABC

Crikey / Wednesday, 14 November 2007

John Howard’s legacy will include an Australian Broadcasting Corporation Board packed with rightwing radicals, linked to industry funded think tanks hostile to public enterprise, writes Friends of the ABC spokesman, Professor Alan Knight.