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The ABC’s silencing of Glenn Milne

By Gavin Atkins Sun, Sep 04, 2011 8:31AM UTC View Comments

After having an article withdrawn from the The Australian newspaper, Glenn Milne has not been invited back on the panel of the Insiders, the ABC political panel show. Now that would seem odd enough – why would you get sacked from a television program for something you wrote in a column in a newspaper for...

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As somebody once never said…

By Gavin Atkins Thu, Jul 21, 2011 5:47AM UTC View Comments

ABC’s compulsory pay online site The Drum had this item yesterday, beginning: Harold Macmillan, the former conservative prime minister of the United Kingdom, when asked what represented the greatest challenge for a statesman, replied: “Events, my dear boy, events.” Now, as it turns out, this is one of those quotes that not even his biographers...

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Australia: Is Mark Scott doing a good job at the ABC?

By Gavin Atkins Mon, Jun 13, 2011 10:33AM UTC View Comments

Today, the Managing Director of the ABC, Mark Scott has been awarded the Officer, General Division of the Order of Australia (AO). On behalf of Asian Correspondent, I would like to pass on the luke-warmest of congratulations. I think Mr Scott can take credit for some genuine progress at the ABC, including the creation of...

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Bias at The Drum? Prove me wrong

By Gavin Atkins Tue, May 10, 2011 10:46PM UTC View Comments

Sure to stir up a hornet’s nest is today’s effort in The Australian newspaper about Australia’s taxpayer-funded online opinion site. The crux of the matter is this: The real measure of bias at The Drum is not the range of opinion, it’s the frequency. Up until the end of April 2011, 98 writers had been published eight...

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Strange opinions at The Drum

By Gavin Atkins Sun, May 08, 2011 9:55AM UTC View Comments

Tasmanian lawyer Greg Barns has written 48 pieces for The Drum and can be found here talking on the television version of the show (from about 6.30): Host: Couldn’t you argue that the killing… was an act of self defence given that Osama bin Laden had killed thousands of Americans and threatened to kill many...

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