Incorrect reporting by the ABC

Roflmao. You're 3 days late for Friday Funnies.
Is the ABC perfect? Obviously not, unlike the rest of us. Why would you expect it to be? It's light years ahead of any commercial media and has been for decades. If you have REAL concerns and examples of bias/lies or whatever you think the problem is write to them or your local MP.

Just a bit of reading for you. Plenty more around if you look.
ABC Maningrida Report
This OS report mentions the water issue.
DailyMail Maningrida Report
"Laynhapuy Health manager Jeff Cook spoke to NT News earlier this year and said he sees cases of rheumatic heart disease far too often.
'It’s pretty clear that it’s overcrowding. Things like access to a shower that has hot water. Or access to a shower. Or a washing machine, it’s a disease of poverty,' he said."
ABC Audience Metrics
Media Trust Survey
ABC Most Trusted

As said by others, the ABC is not perfect but vastly superior to other alternatives such as the Murdoch groups and the shock jocks in Sydney.

Toni,
I can only assume this post is a joke. The ABC a national disgrace! If you are not joking you have my sympathy. Those voices in your head must be very troubling.
Nats.

It may well be heading that way Nats but it won't ever reach your cherished goal in our lifetime, even with the funding slashes under Turnbull and its dumbing down under the guidance of the CEO, ex-News Corp Michelle Guthrie.
The problem with posts like yours, and KSS' for that matter, are the same problems which beset this nation generally. Extreme, hyperbolic ideology is replacing moderate reasoned views. I'll bite though - which part of the ABC is a national disgrace? Give us some examples - not generalised waffle - of the "disgrace" you've uncovered. The ABC Board - appointed under the direction of the government - will be very interested. Can't see any commies or obvious lefties among them myself but I'm sure you have the good oil on them so feel free to share it.

When the ABC informed the Taliban that Prince Harry was on his way to Afghanistan, his tour of duty was cut short.

OutBack Wanderers,

“When the ABC informed the Taliban that Prince Harry was on his way to Afghanistan, his tour of duty was cut short”.

A good or a bad thing? Don’t quite see your point. Are you accusing the ABC of helping keep a Royal unfairly safe? Please explain.
Nats.

You'll have to refresh my memory OW. A credible link will do. Did the ABC SMS the Taliban, skype them, send smoke signals? How did the ABC know where he was?

You might find this illuminating.
Australian Magazine Breaks Blackout

Who owns New Idea? 7 West Media, supporters of right wing politics in this country.

My sincere apologies Nats, I completely misread your first post. I am suitably abashed. That will teach me to pay more attention to detail in future.

Outback Wanderers.....are you spreading fake news?

Harry's first deployment to Afghanistan, in late 2007, was scheduled to last three months but was cut short after 10 weeks when his cover was blown. Harry was immediately removed from the field amid fears he could become a terrorist target.

"At the end of the day, you're in a war zone and you're responsible to look after yourself, the guy to the left, and the guy to the right. And I think it's really that simple," he told ABC News' Bob Woodruff in 2011 of his service.

Thanks to the big mouths at the Australian ABC who told the World in 2007 that Prince Harry was on his way to Afghanistan.

With "friends" like these (ABC) who needs enemies

As usual social media rules with BS. Murdoch's New Idea was the one that released the news on Prince Harry, but it seems better to all get on the wagon and bag the ABC.

Who really let the dogs out

BTW Lyndon, there is nothing wrong with your post and I have no reason to doubt it's accuracy. It is just how people have used it.

There is not a shred of evidence that the ABC broke the blackout. Had that been the case all hell would have broken lose from the usual apoplectic rwnj suspects and The ABC would have received well-deserved and reasoned criticism from the more balanced sections of our community.

I expect you'll be along to correct the record and apologise shortly OW?

Was that you I spotted on the panel of Q&A last week Bazooka. :)
Dave.

Lol. I don't like the show Dave. Far too frustrating and annoying. Worse still it highlights just how uncompromising, unsympathetic, complacent and blinkered we seem to be becoming. Don't like lies and ignorance peddled by either side of politics, and can't stand to see uninformed rubbish peddled on public forums.
There are good people right around this country, always has been and always will be. My question is when and why did we become so hard-hearted and so bl...dy complacent?
Different topic but why aren't we up in arms about our gas prices and returns to the common wealth for example? Read this, but be prepared to be dismayed at what our politicians have and haven't done on our behalf:
Australian Gas
Phew.

Despite having their funding cut, and appropriate it is to do that, the, "All Bogan Company", has continued to lower and lower their quality of delivery to the Australian people. They haven't woken up yet, DUMB.
While they continue to heavily promote one side of the political spectrum and largely hammer and be critical of the opposite view, is NOT what they are there for.

They start and control many political stouches by claiming News Polls results.
They manufacture the news polls to sway public opinion, always to the same side of course.

Local to me the morning ABC radio is not worth listening to, it used to be, not now though. Morons run the show, no class at all.

All it takes is someone with a bit of guts to enforce standards of delivery and speech and the ABC, will, and could be, good again into the future.

Believe it or not, the ABC has an all encompassing department which deals with the spoken word and quality of presentations.

When more than 70% of all ABC tv and radio presenters say,eg, BREGGSIT instead of BREXIT and Eggsit instead of EXIT, on national TV and radio, it seems the Department of the Spoken Word are either asleep of their communication channels have been cut off. KIds in kinder do better than that.

Simple not to watch the ABC, not as simple to stop my taxpayers money propping it up.

Let the ABC supporters pay for it.

Regards

@RMD ... Of course, the Murdoch and Fairfax press/TV/Radio are not in the least bit biased, are they!
Alan Jones is proud of his role in the recent Liberal Party shenannigans, and he's one of the less obnoxious ones!
If the ABC were run according to some here, there'd be a single bias - and that to the hard right of the political spectrum - it'd come from every single "news" medium without any balancing opinion from others.

I'm far more likely to believe what is broadcast on the ABC than on a Murdoch/Fairfax/Sky news outlet!
I wish I could stop my tax money going to support Barnaby Joyce, but that's not going to happen. I also wish I didn't have to support drug dealers in jail, but that's not going top happen either! So, just suck it up!

Sorry, can't suck it up, if I wanted to make a donation to Labor or the Greens I would make it direct.

Thanks for your advice though.

Reality check!
You might not know it, but you make a donation to EVERY political party at every election.
Get used to the fact that the Government makes whatever use of their income (your taxes and mine) they feel is for their best interest, and that might not be in the best interest of the nation!
You only get to choose who runs the country, not what they do with the money. Same as, when you buy a newspaper, you do not get to tell them what to print, whether truth or not!

The ABC costs everyone 14 cents a day. If the majority of the population want the ABC then you are democratically obliged to suck it up. People who see bias should report it, not just moan about it. Specific examples to pull them into line. Numerous studies have shown that the perceived bias is a right wing fairy tale. If you agree with hard right conservatism then any reporting, whether left or centre will appear as bias. Turnbull got dumped for being left leaning when in reality he's nowhere near it to most "normal" people.

Interesting where this has gone. Not my original intent or purpose but it is interesting.
From my point of view I love the ABC, without out it we would be living in Donald Trumps American "reality".
It has however brought to my attention that perhaps not everything is as it seems with ABC reporting. Only noticing the fault due to my personal knowledge of the OP.

Michael H9
Not sure what studies claim there is no perceived bias by the ABC, only people with one eye and one ear and support union and ALP thuggery would interpret it that way. Just listen and look to find what is left out of ABC reports to see which way they constantly favour. All to support a socialist push.
Most people desire for capitalism but when going to vote many vote for socialism which has never provided for the people. Ask a Russian if in doubt.

Just Google ABC bias reviews, there are a lot of them.......if you aren't sure. The Abbott Liberal government stacked the ABC management with their cronies, plus hired some journos with right wing cred in an effort to counter the right wing criticism and still it goes on. As far as right wing conservatism goes, anything that isn't their hard line opinion is left wing biased.
While you are Googling, search for Nordic social democracy as a model to aspire to. Nobody in their right mind in this country is interested in adopting the Russian model so why bring it up?

With nonsense like : "They start and control many political stouches by claiming News Polls results" and "They manufacture the news polls to sway public opinion, always to the same side of course", your opinion ain't worth a cracker RMD. I'm sure what you really meant is that they fix opinion polls (even ones they aren't involved in?), and won't be happy until every government in every state is Labor controlled. Socialism, lol. That old furphy went out decades ago when people decided to actually check under their beds and found the only reds were half drunk bottles of shiraz they'd forgotten about

Michael H9 suggested you google ABC bias. I suggest you take an antacid and perhaps some Imodium first because what you find won't agree with your stomach.

Indeed! I can't say I have the solution but I can say that the current "plan" isn't working to well............
As we who live in the North know, funding will not solve the problem. In fact I would think that almost anyone living in Australia would fall over if told the actual $ figure spent per year.
I may be wrong in the following but my understanding is that Maningrida has a population of around 3000. There are around 400-500 dwellings. Mainly consisting of 3 bedroom 1 bathroom homes.
Whilst a contributing factor I don't think overcrowding is the major issue.

I haven't been back to Maningrida in the last few years, but the housing estate over the back of the airstrip cost around $1m per house to construct and service. Who knows what condition they are in currently. The problem is far far wider than the money spent on health, welfare and housing. There were 28 health professionals in Maningrida when I was there for a community of 3000, and that was not enough. Disease was still rife, but not through lack of facilities or available care.

Hi Phil

Yeah,I heard around the 1 million mark also. They refer to that as "new sub". Condition? Maybe not as bad as the main town but trashed none the less.
Thanks for the info, I didn't know medical staff numbers.
Your post should be "ringing bells" for tax payers down south. If only people could have a honest conversation regarding the issues...........
The type of housing being built is not what is needed.
For the tropic's I would be suggesting an open type of shed with walls positioned in such a fashion that one can move around to get out of the weather. Some sort of fire pit. A maintenance free long drop and some sort of indestructible wash basin and outdoor shower.
For you folks reading this who have not been in an indigenous house. There is NO furniture, NONE, inside these houses. Just some foam mattresses randomly strewn around.

Lyndon, the $1m bought a concrete floor so they don't burn the floor boards when they have a fire inside, cyclone proof walls filled with concrete and roof, ally louvre windows (no glass to break), underground services and bitumen access. Kitchen/living, bathroom and 3 bedrooms. A truck load of concrete made nearby cost 9x normal prices in the city! Everything came on the barge, and workers were set up in their own camp. But, I understand that the access road flooded across the top of the airstrip, so I don't know what they have done for all weather access.
When I was there the biggest maintenance item was oven doors....they make great trampolines. Sorry, like you, I am disillusioned about the money spent by well meaning bureaucrats and politicians who don't have any idea about how to solve the issues. Neither do I for that matter, but what happens now does not work!

Well, based on this thread, about half of the population think the ABC is a lefty pinko biased group and half think it tells it like it is. Based on these results, seems the ABC have the balance about spot on!

"All lies"? My guess is that you're completely unaware of the huge range of quality content provided by the ABC Paul. Your loss.

If you want to listen to the best hour of radio anywhere in the country I suggest you seek out Conversations with Richard Fidler. Available on podcast as well. Back Roads, Australian Story - very good TV about Aussie people and communities. Just a tiny portion of what you can find if you open your eyes, ears and mind.

Read the links that have been provided. There have never been any official enquiries which have established this bias. The only conclusion I can come to is that people who keep peddling this untruth are doing so for their own political purposes. Ya dreamin’.
Nats.

Bazooka im very aware of abc content i live in the country and travel our wide brown land and listen on average 12 hrs a day.
They are biased left thinking the whole abc. I have no choice news radia,radio national and local very left leaning. Are you a city dweller?

What difference does it make where I live Paul? I lived in the country for decades, now reside in a medium sized city.

Claims like yours about lies are puerile and don't stand up to any balanced scrutiny. I'm also highly skeptical when "left leaning" generalisations are thrown about.They almost invariably translate to "I can't stomach alternative views and fact-based argument'. Anyone who makes such sweeping claims about the ABC is simply not in the ballpark. Invariably they know sfa about its content and are simply focusing on aspects which don't accord with their own narrow views.

The ABC gave the Rudd and Gillard governments both barrells regularly, sometimes fairly, other times with far more passion than they do normally. Undoubtedly a reaction to the constant "bias' claims from conservatives for many years.

This country needs a balanced media more than ever right now but under Guthrie they're bending over backwards to dumb the organisation down in order to placate a noisy minority. A very unfortunate outcome.

Ok ill agree to disagree on there bias. Im fairly sure im in the majority on that opinion.
How come 80% of abc employees either vote labor or greens.

Doesn't matter whether you're in the majority or not (a majority used to think the world was flat and that child slave labour was okay, etc....) but surveys suggest you're not in the ballpark. Try my links above if you want to know what people think about the ABC.

Your last claim is "interesting" to say the least Dave. One I've never come across but no doubt it will gain legs among those who can't see the obvious holes in it. Where did you get it from or did you simply make it up yourself?

I'm intrigued Paul M55 - how do you know how ABC staff vote? Have you done a comparison with other "acceptable" media outlets?

Do they people here who think the ABC is biased to the left think that there are any unbiased media outlets?

80% of internet statistics are pulled from where the sun don't shine, including that <<<<< one.
Obviously there is no way of knowing ABC employees political leanings let alone who they voted for, but I'm still keen to see Paul's (where did I get Dave from?) answer.

Fact check. A sample of 59 journalists of the ABC were sampled about how they vote. 15 did not bother to reply and of the other 34 that answered 14 said they would vote green. Now the ABC has around 4000 employees. I can't figure out how 80 % of them vote labour or green and I should;d think nobody else would either with that amount surveyed. The other thing that would have to be answered is what part of the country did the 34 come from.

Well isn't that a great way of deciding that the ABC is biased. Next time we have an election we could just get 16000 people to vote and save a fortune.

Guess this one about 80% is busted. Everyone vote for Fred and save Australia.

That bit of rubbish came from the IPA which has called for the dismantling of the ABC among other things. They are extreme right wing rabble who would tear down the fabric of this nation. There's plenty of commentary about this mob for anyone interested.

Fact check

Batzooka
You have laboured valiantly to oppose this appalling display of pig-headed stubbornness that proposes that our ABC is a leftist cabal. I salute you. But do really think your correspondents would actually read - let alone understand - that Fact Check link? I think they just like asserting things. They probably aren’t up to much more than that. Perhaps pity is the only response to them? I can’t really imagine how awful it must be to be trapped in an Alan Jones/ Sky News way of seeing (?) the world. All the best to you.
Nats.

Yes, keep the post count down so we don't strain our eyes reading too much. LOL! The ABC is all you have to listen to as you travel out there in a lot of places and is an important source of information for the locals because it isn't profitable for the private guys to operate. Therefore the discussion is relevant. The likes of Alan Jones and company want to close the ABC for one reason only, to get rid of the competition. They spread poison to do it....he proudly spruiks his role in toppling the Prime Minister.

Haha micheal.

About as relevant as the thread I started last Friday night about a group of fellas raising money for Prostate Cancer that got shutdown by a mod on here LOL. I can guess which one that was, LOL. Lets just wait till he gets to my age and has been fighting it for the last 7 years, because it wasn’t about 4wding, camping or caravanning.It was removed from the forum.

This thread has nothing to do with travelling our wide brown land. It may have started like that but has degenerated into policitial crap. If you can’t see that well ...

Cheers Greg

The thread as posted isn't off topic, it's just the majority of the replies. Still, it's been at the top of the hot threads for 4 days. Bad business to shut it down.

And that’s what’s it all about hey !!