I've just tried to ring through from Brissy this morning to give a little input into one of the on-air debates raging for the last week. It seems like most of the content rotated around the two major political party (which was really only one opinion as the Libs and Labour were really only splitting hairs about How to achieve the same goal) and the Greens "let them all in there's plenty of room here" party lines.

On all three attempts at trying to get through I spoke to a producer and was always informed the content/direction of the show had moved on - however this clearly wasn't the case as the topic at hand always came back under the spotlight. And you  guessed it the topic always took the same path and never deviated into new territory or bought any new ideas to light. We just got dished up the same old bubble and squeek over and over again.

My complaint is not only was I refused the oppurtunity to speak to the jockey, I wasn't even asked my opinion or whta I might like to add to the topic, so as to weigh and determine whether or not what I had to say was worth broadcasting, or not.............

Which leads me to wonder how  the callers to ABC 774 Sydney are determined, as there is certainly no objective discrimination applied to the callers as they phone in. At least is my own direct experience over the preceding week.

An  anecdote. I worked in the music industry for a time and it was well known in the industry well before the scandal broke a few years ago concerning one of the TV talent show contests, that targetted buying of an artists records to gain their entry into the Top 40 was rife here and in the U.S. In addition major record companies were hiring call centres to request their artists new releases as this was also how Top 40 positions were being determined - tens of millions of dollars a year was - as still is being spent on inculcating new bands public profile.

Right at the present you would have heard in the mass media of certain on-line businesses being blackballed by ebay and google. google and ebay use a software applied mathematical algorithm to determine when a web site is utilising the services of asian based click farm companies. Yes thats right there are now businesses in asia and the sub-continent that employee people to click on your web page advertisements to improve your rating in google and to help your income from google adsense payment system.

Likewise I am of the firm opinion that there is at present a system being employed along similar lines by all the major parties right across the media to subvert the general population feedback on talkback radio and other online media to reflect by weight of numbers party political position rather than general population opinion to reinforce only those major party options to the debate as well as to drown out any other opinions no matter how obsurd or logical they may be......

And I'm of the firm opinion that right at present the morning talkback ABC 774 radio program is being used by party politcal hacks, with the complicent attitude of some of the producers of the show. As far as I'm concerned the jockey is doing a good job and is probably one of the few journos who at least asks questions of pollies to justify their party and their political policy positions with some good probing questions. However his producers are giving him dead arguments from call-in listeners that repeatedly put forward party political lines. 

Why doesn't that surprise me. I'm sure you'd get the same if you wanted to say your piece on 3AW or 2GB talkback radio.They have their mouthpieces pre-selected and they wouldn't want anyone with a differing opinion to throw a spanner in the works. Their brainwashed audience would be confused.

I heard something about  targeted buying of an artists records to gain their entry for platinum and gold awards being the same. 

We should start a thread:

"What's not a con?"

You should try 1377 in Melbourne -
constant attacks on Julia Gillard - it's non-stop -
& Tony Abbott is portrayed as an angel.

It's such obvious propaganda & they must select the
talk-back people because everyone agrees with every word they say.

gizmo_2655 wrote on Dec 23^rd, 2011 at 5:46pm:


Jon Faine has a  shock jock style of conduct and rude to callers. It wasn't to do with bias politics.
It is the 'lazy ' style of journalism that they now show on both ABC radio and TV. Gotcha style  interviewers like From Tony Jones.
They get their headlines from the MSM now, seems no different. once you could tell the quality in journalism on the ABC , whether left OR right leaning.

Of course the ABC has had a right slant for many years now  and I didnt complain about that . Since Howard elected Scott  on the board, along with others
' Liberals'.

some hoodlums broke off the antenna of my car so now i cant even get the radio anymore when im driving and thats the only time ill ever listen to the radio.

so i cant contribute to threads like this. sorry.

whatever you might say about the ABC at least they go to the trouble of sending out those prewritten automatic courteous messages.

Figuratively speaking I'm presently gnashing my teeth, renting my clothing and throwing ash upon myself..... it feel as if the death of the ABC as I know it has occurred and the full final sale of assets and privatisation of the back catalogue is about to proceed....

My eulogy is perhaps sarcastic however Aunty promised me she would never prostitute herself, only then to go walking the streets of free-to-air commercial formatting boulevade..

With regards to the news being delivered without commentary. I wish the producers of ABC 24 in the morning show would tell the journos to pull their heads in with the commnentary. So far as I can tell these guys are hired on the proviso they have good announciation, a clear strong command of the english language along with a personable smile and the ability to engage with the viewer - NOT to tell me their opinion - professional or otherwise. I mean who the bloody hell are tose two twits on 24 in the morning. Until it started broadcasting with DTB I'd never heard or seen either of them........ Why would I give credence to, or hold in high regard the opinion of either of these two if they have no real credibilty.

I could certainly enjoy some insightful analysis by academics on the major stories from the previous 24 hours or indeed the mornings breaking news. But to expect that the general public likes having the preceding 24 hours of news rehashed synoptically with commentary by these to hollow vessels is either one of two things either an insult to our intelligence or a reflection on the laziness of the research team in finding some background info that the general public wouldn't have been able to glean from the previous 24 hr cycle.

What is most distressing is when Melissa Clark comes on to read the stuff she's ripped off out of the daily newspapers she's just finished reading.

But what turns me into a frothing zombie is when she has the gall to repeat herself and her blaise' comments and tries to get away with it by reframing the same nonsense into a slightly different sentence. If she spent as much time doing some actual research about the history of the subject at hand and the political
canditates involved in the reportage she might actually impress someone.... In addition to the trite crap
they serve up on 24 in the mornings they have reduced the format into the TV equivalent of a pinball machine ..... there is some much going on at the same time it reminds me of looking through a kalidoscope rather than news reporting.

And while I'm on the subject - I may as well finish this rant off with a complete chunder - what is with the presenters of the show reporting on what suppossed "celebrities" are tweeting    WHat is going on in the peabrain producers thought train??? Is it they don't think we can read and so they believe they are providing a community service by reading to us what psuedo-celebs are tweeting??? Or is it they feel /think/scryed tarot spread I don't have access to the tecnology to access tweets all on my own??? Perhaps it's that some flathead producer has been to lazy to actually do some research about the important news that day and left the feed of her/his smartphone hooked up to the tele-prompter while they caught some ZZZZ's 

Which leaves me to my last comment why is the name of our most blessed demi-god Methusella do the recent rash of producers on ABC TV or radio believe everything needs to be laughed at to be entertaining????? Could it be that it is just too hard to actually THINK about ONE subject at any one time and to dedicate time to investigating the subject rather than believing for one moment they are in any real way either
a)humourous
b) witty or
c) entertaining

What makes the trite delivery of the news content by either of them so unsufferably god awful is they in
turn go from acting the complete high-school teenage idiot, to unrealistically trying to evoke a serious
atmosphere moments later. 

Beside most of the commentary is rehash crapola from channel 7 and 9's teleprompt. It's just that these two have no personality whats so ever. It occurs to me they are a reincarnation of those two JJJ drive time
humourless mannequins merrick and rissole. I get that they definately have developed a  dialouge of "in-
jokes" that they can snigger amongst themselves at and have a roaring good time. It's just that unless I
hear something humourous or I have consumed enourmous quantities of illegal happy herbs I have trouble
laughing thin air. However what I do find humorous are their attempts at serious analysis of anything even
remotely political or economic because once you play the fool in front of the camera how can anyone take you seriously?????

WHy would any ABC producer think I would like to "have coffee or a drink at the watercooler" with either of
these two comedic deadbeats????  And when was any public broadcast producer allowed as much claptrap
latitude in spending public money on this horse manure?? Next thing you know, some moronic producer will be inspired to believe a live cross to some mincing twit in gaga land to hear what britney is up to.

Is the way up for ABC 24???? 
If it continues to pander to these moronic impluses by this present creed of producers the only salvation for ABC 24 will be for it to be sold. I hear the Packers are in the market for cheap media interests in Oz. The problem for all the lacklustre talent presently employed by ABC 24, is that they are so berift of any charisma the first change would be seeing the back of the present idiots who forced the sale of the channel due to lackluster ratings......

Life_goes_on wrote on Dec 23^rd, 2011 at 7:20pm:







HAVE A NICE CHRISSY ALL!! 

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