Raven Paradox

Barely a week goes by without some right wing ideologue accusing the ABC of “left wing bias” - be it subtley or blatantly.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20876,20586352-7583,00.html

The (almost) amusing thing about it is that a good majority of these articles rage against a supposed “left wing agenda” or ideology yet postulate that the national broadcaster should align itself more closely with opinions that they are comfortable with.

Unsurprisingly, with the ABC board stacked with people hand picked by the Liberal Government:

http://www.abc.net.au/corp/board/board_members.htm

… the announcement of “bias guidelines” from the board today is hardly surprising:

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20589960-2702,00.html

Have a look at the board members and make up your own opinion:

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Who is this well fed moron?

For some reason, his face appears on the back of cabs, on television promotions, on billboards, in newspapers…

It would seem that this overweight tool is some kind of e-grade Australian celebrity.

Granted, I don’t watch a lot of commercial television and I certainly don’t listen to commercial radio. The only station worth listening to in this country is JJJ - but surely someone with as much exposure as this clown seems to be getting can’t simply have snuck past my radar completely unnoticed…

Who is he and why is his god-awful head peering at me everywhere I seem to turn?

How the hell did he become “famous”?

Somebody, please fill me in.

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Just when you hear about the worst side of humanity being displayed by some nutter on the other side of the world, one of the better sides shows up to help you temporarily forget.

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Girls executed at Amish school

Three deadly shootings in the country in less than a week - this time, four young girls killed and eight critically injured…

Their ages - between 6 and 13.

And this in a country that has, since World War II, invaded or occupied countless sovereign nations - often with the pretense of ensuring that the nations people are kept “safe” and enjoy the “same freedoms” that Americans do.

One must ask the question though - who in their right mind wants their country to “enjoy” a rampant gun culture?

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