happened to the much vaunted claim of independence and impartiality? ABC ALP: 14 Jun 2012 11:03:05am The ABC has always been and always will be biased through their writings and its readers an offshoot of the ALP. So we need all media so we can get a neutral opinion. Example I write in a lot to these opinions but hardly get a mention but The Yank opinion always gets heavily represented. Alpo: 14 Jun 2012 11:50:04am ABCALP, several of my pro-ALP government posts also remained unpublished. So, I don't think that the axe alwas falls to the right. What I think it may be happening here at The Drum is simply that there may be more people from the left and centre left coming and trying to contribute a post. Why do I say that? Because if you look at the results of the polls published on this website, there is a broad trend for pro-Left results to be supported by 60+ percent of people and those pro-right by 30+ percent. So, my impression is that the ratio of active left-wing to right-wing visitors is a bout 2:1 (we cannot know about the "lurkers"). This may be compensated by greater degree of activity by some individual right-wing bloggers (there are quite a few regulars contributing here). maurie: 14 Jun 2012 11:21:06am I don't doubt that the ABC feels secure, because if our federal opposition had any get up & go our ABC would've had its managers spending most of their