Yes, but the right wing have worn down the effectiveness of ABC news and current affairs, in my view, with attacks and funding cuts. I barely if ever watch the ABC now, sad to say. The right are the same everywhere: elections skewed to favour them; right wing corporate media supporting them and their agenda, and blunted independent media, especially public media. Australian interviewing journalists used to be much more assertive than Swann. But in the US tamed corporate media he seemed quite forthright, and it was a surprise to many there. US journalists are quite toothless, it seems to me.

@David1955 Yes I totally agree with you in regards to the ABC but it is still better than anything the US has in the way of public tv. I have seen some rather right wing bias of late from the ABC interviewing styles. ie going easy on Lib party representatives. I guess since they're hanging on to their jobs by a thread they are trying to appease the incumbent party.

@MsDemeanour Yep, that's how it works. Psychological conditioning, fear, intimidation leading to submission. The Libs would sell the ABC tomorrow if they could, and Murdoch would love it.

It's the sentiment that counts.

@David1955 You posted SATIRE, from FACEBOOK, in the News & Links group, and you want the 'sentiment' to count ????? really?

. . . fool me twice . . .

@FearlessFly I understand you wanting to seek unbiased reporting. I'm keen on it myself. See if you can find the original interview FF. I found it mind blowing that he didn't seem to grasp the concept 'per capita'.

@MsDemeanour It was posted, I watched it. THIS "source" is satire.