Monday, January 22, 2007
Yer a tosser, Tom.
Tom Switzer: Instinctive bias not among ABC’s virtues
* Long-time journalist Maxine McKew’s decision to help Labor win the next federal election hardly enhances the national broadcaster’s reputation as fair and balanced"Which brings us to the news that former ABC stalwart Maxine McKew will help Kevin Rudd and the ALP beat John Howard and the Coalition in this year’s federal election. McKew, who was an ABC journalist for more than 30 years until she quit the national broadcaster last month, will now be a special adviser on strategy to the Labor Party."
"She is hardly alone; at one time or another many ABC journalists have worked for the Labor party (think of Barrie Cassidy, Kerry O’Brien, Mark Bannerman, Alan Carpenter, Claire Martin, Mary Delahunty and Bob Carr, among others). In contrast, how many prominent ABC journalists have worked for the conservative side of politics in recent decades? "
One significant name amongst others wot Uncle Tom might have conjured with before he took up his clumsy thumbnail dipped in tar.
The fully paid up member, Pru Goward.
... and of course it would be churlish of us to whisper in Tom's cotton wool stuffed ears, the ethical rectitude displayed by the fast revolving door post parliamentary careers of say, Peter Reith and Michael Wooldridge (again, "amongst others").
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