Thursday, November 20, 2014

It's time we really talk seriously about what the ABC & SBS mean to real Aussies


1. It means real news, not cross promotion or what the latest fuck wit on Dancing with the Stars is up to, but real news. Well researched and well presented.

2. Drama that makes you think. Unfortunately drama has left the building on the big three commercial networks. Foxtel (not affordable for all) makes some great dramas Wentworth, Devil's Playground and in the past Love My Way etc. So for those Australians who cannot afford the luxury of Foxtel, and like drama, ABC and SBS are the only two places you will find this.

3. Comedy. ABC is the champion of Australian TV, again the networks have given up on trying to produce home grown comedy and opt to show Modern Family or the latest US trash.

4. iView. Unfortunately again piracy is massive in Australia and this is namely due to poor catch up services offered for Seven, Nine and Ten. iView brings families hours of entertainment for the kids, Peppa Pig, teenagers with ABC2 content and older Australians and the over 20's can yell at the TV to their hearts content with Q&A, Media Watch, great comedies to laugh out loud to as above, fantastic dramas and even more news and current affairs for one to get angry about.

5. Documentaries. Both stations champion this element of Australian entertainment.

6. No fucking shit house Coles ads.

7. The Chaser.

I am furious at Malcolm Turnball for recent cuts and pathetic defence of Mr Abbott. Australian tax payers, if you don't like the ABC you have the right to complain, if your a pensioner or someone not paying tax (like a lot of the dreamy Andrew Bolt readers) stop complaining, tax payers should say where they want their taxes to go and if 86% in a recent newspoll agrees with the ABC & SBS, I am sorry Mr Abbott good luck in the next election but you are sure pissing a lot of people off right now.

Good luck and hopefully good riddance. The village idiot of the G20 summit was one of the best descriptions I have recently read about your recent public (locally and internationally) performance.

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