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LJ & the Mudman (ljones@extro.ucc.su.oz.au) wrote:

Patronisingly
: Marjorie, Marjorie!.......

: Marjorie N. Wisby wrote:
: >  
: > While I would defend ABC radio's coverage of many things, it is my considered
: > opinion that to get a decent coverage of the news it is necessary to
: > watch/listen to both the ABC and a commercial one. Between the two, one can
: > get a vague idea of what is happening, and determine the bias for oneself.

i.e. what Marjorie does to arrive at what she believes is a sufficiently
broad coverage of news and a means to determine the relative biases of
the sources

: ....and later......

: > What *does* the ABC have to do with 'democracy' in this country? IMHO, if the
: > ABC closed down tomorrow we'd be neither better nor worse off, democratically
: > speaking, than we are now.

i.e. Marjorie believes that the APC is sufficiently biased to not
be an effective contributor to a balanced democratic discussion.

: Ah, Marjorie....can you have your cake and eat it, too?

This is a meaningless question. There is no contradiction between
the two statements. Maybe your biases are showing.

djc
[who may be presumptuous, but doesn't claim to speak for Marjorie]
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