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G'day Ian,

iw@emphasys.com.au (Ian Williamson) wrote:

>There is a great deal that is very shakey about Kennet's envolvement (and the 
>Liberal Party), if you choose not to see it, fine. Proof is another issue.

I'm not sure what you mean by this.  Do you mean that you intuitively
feel that Kennett is dirty, but you don't have evidence to support
your views at this time?

>Proof of guilt is determined by a court of law and not the ABC (or Sixty 
>Minutes :-).  It is however the role of the media to question.

I'll refer to the last sentence at the end of this message.

>>>The ABC is _not_ analagous to PBS .. and should never be marginalised into
>>>that role.
>
>>Why not?  (Seriously, I'm not baiting you.)
>
>Concentration of media is a problem in this country.

I'm afraid that I don't see the link between the previous sentence and
your reply.  PBS is a government-funded network in America that
accepts a percentage of commercial sponsorship (as opposed to
commercials).  It's not immediately clear to me what this has to do
with concentration of media ownership in Australia.

>Commercial interests compromise integrety on any subject. Always have  and 
>always will.

Again, I'm not sure that this statement is self-evident.  For example,
SBS has accepted sponsorship for some time.  Could you identify where
the network's integrity has been compromised?

>If you fail to see the danger of commercial interests being envolved in  
>ABC funding I have to seriously consider whether it is worth a reply.

As you noted earlier, I thought questioning was A Good Thing.  Or does
this apply only to issues which -you'd- like to question?  If so,
would you mind listing the other subjects and/or issues which you
believe should be accepted without question by the general population?

Doug

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