beyond myself and i would suggest from the few comments i have read also others.The Murdock press which i no longer buy because of reasons most know,will find a higher level than it has now to survive if it gets it audience confidence back by being a media of real truth instead of a political wing of a party they support at and given time for the ideology of an old man .We need a free and open press for democracy to work but it must be non partisan and question all sides of politics equally on all issues.The younger media audience today will demand a different form of media as was suggested in the article an it is good that the ABC is moving in that direction. Miowarra: 14 Jun 2012 9:21:42am Mark Scott began: "But firstly, let me deal with at least one of many misunderstandings about the ABC that exist at The Australian. " Mark, there is no misunderstanding of the ABC at the Australian. They understand you perfectly, albeit through their limiting perception filters of the commercial model. You are competition and therefore to be destroyed. What they do not understand is the concept of "public interest". The drive by News Ltd to destroy the ABC has been underway for some years. We are still in Phase One:- Destroy public confidence in your target by propagandising the audience. Of course, since there's so little intersection between the News Ltd audience and the ABC audience, that's not