tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15851934.post115198650737287373..comments2023-11-03T00:36:33.435+10:00Comments on Galaxy: CommentsKirstyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14035268080440921379noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15851934.post-1152249128740707592006-07-07T15:12:00.000+10:002006-07-07T15:12:00.000+10:00Yes, I empathise with the feeling of it doing your...Yes, I empathise with the feeling of it doing your head in.Kirstyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14035268080440921379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15851934.post-1152241593858555892006-07-07T13:06:00.000+10:002006-07-07T13:06:00.000+10:00jinx; i just commented over at the cast iron balco...jinx; i just commented over at the cast iron balcony on the subject of whether BB's producers might've actually caused the incident due to the 'dares' they ran just prior. if they play with people's subconscious like that they may get unexpected results.<BR/>i've got to stop thinking about this issue though, it's doing my head in a bit.Giannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04387779627381519613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15851934.post-1152165706365434332006-07-06T16:01:00.000+10:002006-07-06T16:01:00.000+10:00Oh dear, I'm getting seriously worried about mysel...Oh dear, I'm getting seriously worried about myself and my television watching. Everywhere I turn I'm told my preferences are mindless trash. I <I>love</I> the New Inventors and I'm not too upset if I happen across the Gardening Australia man saying 'It's your bloomin' lot. At least until next week...'. Do you know how excited I got when Collectors profiled a skate board collector. <BR/>That man and his collection were seriously cool.<BR/><BR/>Still I take Adams's point: what exactly is the government against on the ABC? More likely it's an ideological objection to the concept of public broadcasting itself. Do they really just want to sell it off like Telstra? Stating the agenda that openly probably wouldn't go down too well though in view of our cultural allegiances to the British public service broadcast model.Kirstyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14035268080440921379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15851934.post-1152154423327650492006-07-06T12:53:00.000+10:002006-07-06T12:53:00.000+10:00Phillip Adams made a similar observation in the Au...Phillip Adams made a similar observation in the Aus, commenting on the Windschuttle appointment - he said that typical ABC programming is The New Inventors, Gardening Australia etc - not political / polemical stuff - in fact I think he used the word 'mindless', which is taking things a wee bit far.lucy tartanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15851934.post-1152143643775435652006-07-06T09:54:00.000+10:002006-07-06T09:54:00.000+10:00I think she's viewing them as two separate issues,...I think she's viewing them as two separate issues, but still, this is the thinking of someone who doesn't use, nevermind like, either television or the internet. <BR/><BR/>I truly think that one of the reasons that the ABC gets such a bad rap from conservative politicians is that they only watch the news. They don't like the kind of questions that Kerry O'Brien asks on the 7.30 Report, so the funding for every other programme type, which form the bulk of the programming, is called into question.Kirstyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14035268080440921379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15851934.post-1152086750787034322006-07-05T18:05:00.000+10:002006-07-05T18:05:00.000+10:00Will Big Brother go the the Mathematical Associati...Will Big Brother go the the Mathematical Association of Victoria conference? He probably ought to. Especially if Helen Coonan thinks reviewing the Television Code of Practice might have an effect on what type of material gets streamed on the Internet.lucy tartanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.com