(relatively) new brigade - Chris Uhlmann, Leigh Sales, Michael Rowlands and so on - these are quality journalists and a breath of fresh air. Some of the more recent Four Corners programs have been top quality journalism as well - we no longer have to wait for the occasional piece by Chris Masters to get quality. And most of Radio National is good journalism these days - Fran's about all that remains of the Old Guard lefties on RN. The opinion pieces on The Drum are far more often left than right, although most are neither. But The Drum isn't news, it is expressly a forum for opinions. So the lean one way or the other isn't an issue. And most of the truly unpleasant stuff on The Drum is among the posted comments, not the opinion pieces themselves. I do wish the ABC would not publish those comments that simply attack personally or recycle the party lines. But, in the end, the really bitchy comments reveal far more about the commenter than the intended target. Over the top and far away...: 14 Jun 2012 11:14:01am But what if truth is actually objective, rather than a question of "balance" and having "a wider range of viewpoints"? For example: fact - "Climate change is happening". A wider range of viewpoints - "Climate change may or may not be happening. It depends on statistics. What's normal? What's average? Does climate change happen normally? No - Therefore all those scientists are delusional. And