For the sake of balance, let's not forget that both parties are culpable in
the "anti-environment" propaganda wars. See, for instance, Tasmanian Labor's
promotion of the pulp mill (and Gunns Limited's interests in general).
On 13/07/07, Scott O'Keeffe <> wrote:
John Tongue wrote:
> Sadly typical of all media that they will enthusiastically air
> something that is deliberately controversial or provocative, just to
> boost ratings! "Don't let the facts get in the way of a good story".
>
> John Tongue
> Ulverstone, Tas.
>
>
> On 13/07/2007, at 8:23 AM, L&L Knight wrote:
>
>> Actually, it think it is oxymoronic for the ABC to bestow the
>> appellation "documentary" to a stitch-up job. An example of the
>> program's misleading presentation is provided at http://
>> www.smh.com.au/news/environment/climate-sceptic-directors-missing-
>> details/2007/07/13/1183833724424.html .
>>
>> The program claimed that changes in solar activity were the reason
>> why the climate was changing. However, the "evidence" it provided
>> was a graph comparing temperatures to sunspot activity, which
>> happened to end at 1980. Given that sunspot activity has declined
>> since 1980 while many of the hottest years on record have occurred
>> since that date, it is obvious that it is not the cause of the
>> climate change we are experiencing, a point that the program
>> conveniently ignores.
>>
>> That the ABC enthusiastically promoted the program says something
>> about what is going on at the ABC.
>>
>> Regards, Laurie.
>>
>>> On Thursday, July 12, 2007, at 08:02 PM, Russell Woodford wrote:
>>>
>>>> This is being shown on ABC TV at 8.30pm tonight (both 1 and 2 at
>>>> the same time, oddly). Replayed Saturday night on ABC 2
>>>>
>>>> There is a panel discussion after the movie, with discussion
>>>> moving to the ABC website thereafter.
>>>>
>>>> Should be rather interesting viewing.
>>>
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I think you will find that airing this documentary has little to do with
'boosting ratings', and everything to do with political appointees in
the ABC (courtesy of the Howard government) forcing these things to be
shown in the name of "balance". When this happens in other countries we
call it propaganda, political interference, or social engineering. You
can hear the same views on the ABC radio program "counterpoint" on
Monday afternoons.
The Howard government has been vigorously, and intelligently criticised
by informed members of the liberal party, believe it or not, who are to
say the least embarresed by the backwards thinking of the current
government. An expose by Guy Pearse, himself a member of the libs, and
former confidente of the PM has exposed the dirty tricks that the
government and polluting industries are up to. The work is an everyday
language version of the findings of Mr Pearse's PhD and it is called
"High and Dry". I recommend that everyone interested in conservation,
whatever point of view, read this book. Like a good objective
scientist, Mr Pearse has not let his party affiliation interfere with
reporting the facts as he has found them. He refers to the Howard
Government and its business ties as the "Greenhouse Mafia". Its a
rivetting read, even for someone with a cynical bent.
Scott O'Keeffe
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