What a surprise. Taxpayer dollars at work - one conservative on the panel constantly being disrespected, interrupted and hounded down, and another 90% left-wing crowd.

how many on there last week? I didn't see you bitch about it then you to$$er

I'm watching The Cup about Damien Oliver.. in preparation for the races tomorrow.

                                                                               8-)

John Smith wrote on Nov 4^th, 2013 at 9:06pm:

how many on there last week? I didn't see you bitch about it then you to$$er

Last week was okay, but still had 3 lefties to 2 conservatives.

matty wrote on Nov 4^th, 2013 at 9:07pm:

John Smith wrote on Nov 4th, 2013 at 9:06pm: how many on there last week? I didn't see you bitch about it then you to$$er I didn't watch last week.

I suggest you don't watch today either ....

any more crying from you poor victimised righties and I may just puke. :'( :'( :'(

what makes Ray Martin a lefty?

Calm your farm, it can't be a Pynefest every week.

John Smith wrote on Nov 4^th, 2013 at 9:09pm:

matty wrote on Nov 4th, 2013 at 9:07pm: John Smith wrote on Nov 4th, 2013 at 9:06pm: how many on there last week? I didn't see you bitch about it then you to$$er I didn't watch last week. I suggest you don't watch today either .... any more crying from you poor victimised righties and I may just puke. :'( :'( :'(

I edited my post - I just realised that I did watch it last week.

We deserve to have balance on a channel for which all taxpayers pay.

John Smith wrote on Nov 4^th, 2013 at 9:10pm:

what makes Ray Martin a lefty?

Funny, I didn't mention him as a lefty, why did you assume I meant him?

Stratos wrote on Nov 4^th, 2013 at 9:14pm:

Calm your farm, it can't be a Pynefest every week.

I just want balance, that is all.

It's never balanced...  no political shows or even comedy shows have a balance on the ABC.  the Conservative are always outnumbered or there to be ridiculed.

I missed it.

Did they discuss the new bikie laws or the latest Snowden revelations?

matty wrote on Nov 4^th, 2013 at 9:05pm:

What a surprise. Taxpayer dollars at work - one conservative on the panel constantly being disrespected, interrupted and hounded down, and another 90% left-wing crowd.

matty would scream blue murder even if his nanny fanny was on fire

I was not impressed with any of them to be honest.....The gay bloke on the end was not doing his cause any favours IMO!!!

>:( >:( >:(

matty wrote on Nov 4^th, 2013 at 9:17pm:

Stratos wrote on Nov 4th, 2013 at 9:14pm: Calm your farm, it can't be a Pynefest every week. I just want balance, that is all.

Matty, there just aren’t enough righties to make up these panels, it’s appalling. They simply don’t exist.

I blame the voters. Look at how they got rid of the wonderful panel dear, poor Sophie Mirrabella.

Pathetic, leftards, just pathetic.

Don’t you post the exactly same thing about Q&A and Insiders every week?

I agree, Matty. It’s hideous.

Bobby. wrote on Nov 4^th, 2013 at 9:38pm:

I missed it. Did they discuss the new bikie laws or the latest Snowden revelations?

Religious conservative versus feminism and gay rights.....Not very interesting apart from seeing the bible basher and gay bloke try to talk over each other.....Don't waste your time!!!

::) ::) ::)

Watched the Bolt report last week, not one lefty in sight. 

checkmate rightards

Q&A 2013-Nov-04  Mon

Bravo, Peter Hitchens !

Yadda wrote on Nov 4^th, 2013 at 10:19pm:

Q&A 2013-Nov-04  Mon Bravo, Peter Hitchens !

I liked him too until he revealled his "dangerous idea" and disclosed the source of his mediocrity.

He was quite good until he took the mask off, but then all true performers are.

Stratos wrote on Nov 4^th, 2013 at 10:18pm:

Watched the Bolt report last week, not one lefty in sight.  checkmate rightards

The Bolt Report you mean the only RW Conservative show on tv?  That one...?
There definitely was a Lefty on it I saw her...  you seem to have a very faulty memory stratos as well as being very selective about what you choose to believe.

matty wrote on Nov 4^th, 2013 at 9:17pm:

John Smith wrote on Nov 4th, 2013 at 9:10pm: what makes Ray Martin a lefty? Funny, I didn't mention him as a lefty, why did you assume I meant him?

You said there were two righties .... If you don't think Martin is a leftie, I hope you don't think either Pyne or Judith Sloan are  ;D ;D ;D ;D

philperth2010 wrote on Nov 4^th, 2013 at 10:15pm:

Bobby. wrote on Nov 4th, 2013 at 9:38pm: I missed it. Did they discuss the new bikie laws or the latest Snowden revelations? Religious conservative versus feminism and gay rights.....Not very interesting apart from seeing the bible basher and gay bloke try to talk over each other.....Don't waste your time!!! ::) ::) ::)

Thanks - I won't bother - always poof talk.

I don't watch it for obvious reasons - mainly in that we don't get the ABC in England - but I would say that in all the time I watched it I thought Tony Jones gave out just as much to the ALP and Greens as he did the Liberals.

Were the audiences stacked?
Not sure they are to be fair.

But Tony Jones for me, I would rate up alongside David Dimbleby (who hosts the BBC's Q&A and is equally as unforgiving of both sides) as the best panel controllers around.

Grendel wrote on Nov 4^th, 2013 at 10:50pm:

Stratos wrote on Nov 4th, 2013 at 10:18pm: Watched the Bolt report last week, not one lefty in sight.  checkmate rightards The Bolt Report you mean the only RW Conservative show on tv?  That one...? There definitely was a Lefty on it I saw her...  you seem to have a very faulty memory stratos as well as being very selective about what you choose to believe.

Grendel, you obviously don't watch Fox News.....

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Nov 4^th, 2013 at 11:27pm:

I don't watch it for obvious reasons - mainly in that we don't get the ABC in England - but I would say that in all the time I watched it I thought Tony Jones gave out just as much to the ALP and Greens as he did the Liberals. Were the audiences stacked? Not sure they are to be fair. But Tony Jones for me, I would rate up alongside David Dimbleby (who hosts the BBC's Q&A and is equally as unforgiving of both sides) as the best panel controllers around.

For once, Andrei makes sense!

I doubt it'll become a habit, but you never know....

Well said, anyway.

You'll find I make sense all of the time.

It's a shame you werent with me on saturday evening Mr Freedman, I was in the Springbok pub in London watching Aus v England rugby union.

I am sure in your honour we would have switched to English from Afrikaans to keep you involved.

You could have given the pub an insight in how Boers are such horrible people without care for anyone else?
I am sure it would have been well received.

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Nov 5^th, 2013 at 2:02am:

You'll find I make sense all of the time. It's a shame you werent with me on saturday evening Mr Freedman, I was in the Springbok pub in London watching Aus v England rugby union. I am sure in your honour we would have switched to English from Afrikaans to keep you involved. You could have given the pub an insight in how Boers are such horrible people without care for anyone else? I am sure it would have been well received.

I find you make sense only rarely. No-one does it all the time, including me.

Hope you enjoyed the game, a good effort by a young England team.

But just remember, the mighty All Blacks are waiting and plotting revenge..... ;)

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Nov 4^th, 2013 at 11:27pm:

I don't watch it for obvious reasons - mainly in that we don't get the ABC in England - but I would say that in all the time I watched it I thought Tony Jones gave out just as much to the ALP and Greens as he did the Liberals. Were the audiences stacked? Not sure they are to be fair. But Tony Jones for me, I would rate up alongside David Dimbleby (who hosts the BBC's Q&A and is equally as unforgiving of both sides) as the best panel controllers around.

I find it to be pretty-much as you do, Andrei.

These idiotic claims of bias by some of the geese on here are just that - idiotic.

Bobby. wrote on Nov 4^th, 2013 at 9:38pm:

I missed it. Did they discuss the new bikie laws or the latest Snowden revelations?

I missed both... dont watch Q&T.. and what has Snowden released now???.. dont tell me more gossip unless he is responsible for telling the world we all spy on each other...LOL.. they can spy on me if they want too.. so why wouldnt they spy on each other..

I cannot believe anyone is delusional it isnt going on..

matty wrote on Nov 4^th, 2013 at 9:05pm:

What a surprise. Taxpayer dollars at work - one conservative on the panel constantly being disrespected, interrupted and hounded down, and another 90% left-wing crowd.

If Abbott refuses to participate on Q&A despite being invited numerous times, are you surprised? If you want balance on insiders, get Abbott to participate two or three times a year. Oh wait, can't do that - it would expose him to unscripted questions that he can't answer without saying "um" a lot.

Besides, you probably didn't see next week's Q&A panel - five prominent businesspeople. There's your balance.

And you obviously don't watch Insiders (where Bolt has appeared with disturbing frequency) or The Business (a right-leaning show due to the subject matter it covers).

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Nov 5^th, 2013 at 2:02am:

It's a shame you werent with me on saturday evening Mr Freedman, I was in the Springbok pub in London watching Aus v England rugby union.

Which team did you go for, son?

Bam wrote on Nov 5^th, 2013 at 10:06am:

matty wrote on Nov 4th, 2013 at 9:05pm: What a surprise. Taxpayer dollars at work - one conservative on the panel constantly being disrespected, interrupted and hounded down, and another 90% left-wing crowd. If Abbott refuses to participate on Q&A despite being invited numerous times, are you surprised? If you want balance on insiders, get Abbott to participate two or three times a year. Oh wait, can't do that - it would expose him to unscripted questions that he can't answer without saying "um" a lot. Besides, you probably didn't see next week's Q&A panel - five prominent businesspeople. There's your balance. And you obviously don't watch Insiders (where Bolt has appeared with disturbing frequency) or The Business (a right-leaning show due to the subject matter it covers).

Abbott vs 4 Lefties...  and a biased audience...oh yeah that'd be balanced...  think of all the fun he'd have and how fair that'd be  ::) ::) ::)

Karnal wrote on Nov 4^th, 2013 at 10:31pm:

Yadda wrote on Nov 4th, 2013 at 10:19pm: Q&A 2013-Nov-04  Mon Bravo, Peter Hitchens ! I liked him too until he revealled his "dangerous idea" and disclosed the source of his mediocrity. He was quite good until he took the mask off, but then all true performers are.

Yes K, listening to PH, i got a sense of how you must have been repulsed by what he said....

http://www.abc.net.au/tv/qanda/txt/s3868791.htm
Transcript...

Quote:

PETER HITCHENS:......I have absolutely no shame in saying that I believe that the Christian religion was the greatest possession which the human race had, which it's now, in large parts of the world, rather busily throwing away. PETER HITCHENS: The most dangerous idea in human history and philosophy remains the belief that Jesus Christ was the son of God and rose from the dead and that is the most dangerous idea you will ever encounter.

Grendel wrote on Nov 5^th, 2013 at 2:36pm:

Bam wrote on Nov 5th, 2013 at 10:06am: matty wrote on Nov 4th, 2013 at 9:05pm: What a surprise. Taxpayer dollars at work - one conservative on the panel constantly being disrespected, interrupted and hounded down, and another 90% left-wing crowd. If Abbott refuses to participate on Q&A despite being invited numerous times, are you surprised? If you want balance on insiders, get Abbott to participate two or three times a year. Oh wait, can't do that - it would expose him to unscripted questions that he can't answer without saying "um" a lot. Besides, you probably didn't see next week's Q&A panel - five prominent businesspeople. There's your balance. And you obviously don't watch Insiders (where Bolt has appeared with disturbing frequency) or The Business (a right-leaning show due to the subject matter it covers). Abbott vs 4 Lefties...  and a biased audience...oh yeah that'd be balanced...  think of all the fun he'd have and how fair that'd be  ::) ::) ::)

Rubbish, they'd do the same thing they did with Gillard when she was PM , he would be the only guest .... but Abbott can't have that, no one there to tell him what to say  ;D ;D ;D

Stratos wrote on Nov 4^th, 2013 at 10:18pm:

Watched the Bolt report last week, not one lefty in sight.  checkmate rightards

1. Bolt always has a lefty and a righty.
2. Channel 10 is not funded by the taxpayer.

John Smith wrote on Nov 4^th, 2013 at 10:53pm:

matty wrote on Nov 4th, 2013 at 9:17pm: John Smith wrote on Nov 4th, 2013 at 9:10pm: what makes Ray Martin a lefty? Funny, I didn't mention him as a lefty, why did you assume I meant him? You said there were two righties .... If you don't think Martin is a leftie, I hope you don't think either Pyne or Judith Sloan are  ;D ;D ;D ;D

Just pointing out that you obviously don't consider Martin a lefty either (your assumption was right though, that is who I meant).

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Nov 4^th, 2013 at 11:27pm:

I don't watch it for obvious reasons - mainly in that we don't get the ABC in England - but I would say that in all the time I watched it I thought Tony Jones gave out just as much to the ALP and Greens as he did the Liberals. Were the audiences stacked? Not sure they are to be fair. But Tony Jones for me, I would rate up alongside David Dimbleby (who hosts the BBC's Q&A and is equally as unforgiving of both sides) as the best panel controllers around.

That's a fair point, and my issue isn't with Tony Jones, but with the audience stacking and panel stacking.

Bam wrote on Nov 5^th, 2013 at 10:06am:

matty wrote on Nov 4th, 2013 at 9:05pm: What a surprise. Taxpayer dollars at work - one conservative on the panel constantly being disrespected, interrupted and hounded down, and another 90% left-wing crowd. If Abbott refuses to participate on Q&A despite being invited numerous times, are you surprised? If you want balance on insiders, get Abbott to participate two or three times a year. Oh wait, can't do that - it would expose him to unscripted questions that he can't answer without saying "um" a lot. Besides, you probably didn't see next week's Q&A panel - five prominent businesspeople. There's your balance. And you obviously don't watch Insiders (where Bolt has appeared with disturbing frequency) or The Business (a right-leaning show due to the subject matter it covers).

No wonder Abbott won't go on Q & A, with the audience stacked as it is.

Why wouldn't Gillard or any Labor frontbenchers (excepting for Albanese) go on the Bolt Report?

The Insiders that is presented by Barrie Cassidy and regularly features 2:1 lefties to conservatives?

matty wrote on Nov 5^th, 2013 at 8:55pm:

Bam wrote on Nov 5th, 2013 at 10:06am: matty wrote on Nov 4th, 2013 at 9:05pm: What a surprise. Taxpayer dollars at work - one conservative on the panel constantly being disrespected, interrupted and hounded down, and another 90% left-wing crowd. If Abbott refuses to participate on Q&A despite being invited numerous times, are you surprised? If you want balance on insiders, get Abbott to participate two or three times a year. Oh wait, can't do that - it would expose him to unscripted questions that he can't answer without saying "um" a lot. Besides, you probably didn't see next week's Q&A panel - five prominent businesspeople. There's your balance. And you obviously don't watch Insiders (where Bolt has appeared with disturbing frequency) or The Business (a right-leaning show due to the subject matter it covers). No wonder Abbott won't go on Q & A, with the audience stacked as it is. Why wouldn't Gillard or any Labor frontbenchers (excepting for Albanese) go on the Bolt Report? The Insiders that is presented by Barrie Cassidy and regularly features 2:1 lefties to conservatives?

It's not.

Next!

Kat wrote on Nov 5^th, 2013 at 8:58pm:

matty wrote on Nov 5th, 2013 at 8:55pm: Bam wrote on Nov 5th, 2013 at 10:06am: matty wrote on Nov 4th, 2013 at 9:05pm: What a surprise. Taxpayer dollars at work - one conservative on the panel constantly being disrespected, interrupted and hounded down, and another 90% left-wing crowd. If Abbott refuses to participate on Q&A despite being invited numerous times, are you surprised? If you want balance on insiders, get Abbott to participate two or three times a year. Oh wait, can't do that - it would expose him to unscripted questions that he can't answer without saying "um" a lot. Besides, you probably didn't see next week's Q&A panel - five prominent businesspeople. There's your balance. And you obviously don't watch Insiders (where Bolt has appeared with disturbing frequency) or The Business (a right-leaning show due to the subject matter it covers). No wonder Abbott won't go on Q & A, with the audience stacked as it is. Why wouldn't Gillard or any Labor frontbenchers (excepting for Albanese) go on the Bolt Report? The Insiders that is presented by Barrie Cassidy and regularly features 2:1 lefties to conservatives? It's not. Next!

Did you watch last night? (or almost any other night)

matty wrote on Nov 5^th, 2013 at 8:52pm:

John Smith wrote on Nov 4th, 2013 at 10:53pm: matty wrote on Nov 4th, 2013 at 9:17pm: John Smith wrote on Nov 4th, 2013 at 9:10pm: what makes Ray Martin a lefty? Funny, I didn't mention him as a lefty, why did you assume I meant him? You said there were two righties .... If you don't think Martin is a leftie, I hope you don't think either Pyne or Judith Sloan are  ;D ;D ;D ;D Just pointing out that you obviously don't consider Martin a lefty either (your assumption was right though, that is who I meant).

so if you don't know which way Matin leans, why start a thread crying out at the imbalance? For all you know there were more righties than lefties ????

Ive said it before and I'll say it again, you are a bona fide idiot. 

matty wrote on Nov 5^th, 2013 at 8:55pm:

Bam wrote on Nov 5th, 2013 at 10:06am: matty wrote on Nov 4th, 2013 at 9:05pm: What a surprise. Taxpayer dollars at work - one conservative on the panel constantly being disrespected, interrupted and hounded down, and another 90% left-wing crowd. If Abbott refuses to participate on Q&A despite being invited numerous times, are you surprised? If you want balance on insiders, get Abbott to participate two or three times a year. Oh wait, can't do that - it would expose him to unscripted questions that he can't answer without saying "um" a lot. Besides, you probably didn't see next week's Q&A panel - five prominent businesspeople. There's your balance. And you obviously don't watch Insiders (where Bolt has appeared with disturbing frequency) or The Business (a right-leaning show due to the subject matter it covers). No wonder Abbott won't go on Q & A, with the audience stacked as it is. Why wouldn't Gillard or any Labor frontbenchers (excepting for Albanese) go on the Bolt Report? The Insiders that is presented by Barrie Cassidy and regularly features 2:1 lefties to conservatives?

on almost every episode I've seen (and I try not to miss it) the audience has always been fairly evenly split .....

idiot

Karnal wrote on Nov 5^th, 2013 at 11:16am:

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Nov 5th, 2013 at 2:02am: It's a shame you werent with me on saturday evening Mr Freedman, I was in the Springbok pub in London watching Aus v England rugby union. Which team did you go for, son?

England.
You have an issue with that? Or are dual citizens not allowed to pick a sports team?

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Nov 5^th, 2013 at 11:04pm:

Karnal wrote on Nov 5th, 2013 at 11:16am: Andrei.Hicks wrote on Nov 5th, 2013 at 2:02am: It's a shame you werent with me on saturday evening Mr Freedman, I was in the Springbok pub in London watching Aus v England rugby union. Which team did you go for, son? England. You have an issue with that? Or are dual citizens not allowed to pick a sports team?

We had dual citizens like you back in WWI.

We had you detained for the duration of the war.

The US has a name for your type: enemy non-combatants.

hmm a love-in was it? I did not see the entire show, so maybe I missed the love bits.

What I did notice though was that the panel basically consisted of a bunch of people who, arguably, have moved on from their hay day and now simply seek attention where ever it is afforded.

Did they offer anything provocative or thought provoking or considered? Not in the last half of program that I watched.

A perfect case in point was when the young girl form the audience asked the very clear question about the current generations lack of making protests - in effect she asked if it was learned behaviour or if they simply had it too comfortable to rock the boat. Not a single one of the four (apparently) esteemed panellists made any attempt to actually address what she said. They simply pushed their own agendas.

Germaine Greer went off on some tangent, no where near the actual question and, it appeared, had a lengthy moment of disconnect from her brain to her mouth. Sadly, she was once a good orator.

Peter Hitchen's made no attempt at an answer. He merely spent his time baiting the gay activist (don't know his name) on the panel and arrogantly suggesting that he "grew up" whereas all he really did was change teams.

The other two, well, the gay activist got caught up in the Hitchen's barbs, primarily to his own discredit and the other one appeared to simply tell the young woman how good she has it...

Simply put, what I saw was blatant disrespect and rudeness from these apparently once or currently revered minds.... None of them offered up much of use.

As to stacking the audience, I literally laughed when I read that.

I would suggest that those who truly believe that, simply watch the end of the program and take down the details and apply to be an audience member. Not too hard and then you can prove or disprove your theory once and for all.

This old ABC is biased chestnut is ridiculous and a furphy. Whilst it is demonstrable that some ABC faces are biased, that is not the entire ABC, in point of fact the follow on from the absurd ABC is bias and should be Shut Down, Privatised blah blah blah is akin to throwing out the baby with the bath water. The ABC simply shows both sides far more equitably than the privatised media sources many are so use to.

As to "paying" for it, well, private media gets paid for by you as well. Any product you purchase that pays for advertising in the tabloid garbage, you have paid for that as well.

Media standards need to be set up and applied to ALL forms of media. This idea of private vs public is just as much an attack on free speech as the idea of full and thorough Government regulation. I think the Government should regulate media ownership, and, given Australian media really does have a responsibility to the Australian public, then, that would be the best bench mark - Australian ownership. That is the system elsewhere after all.