same festival 20 years ago, and was also critical of the UK's media policy. Clotho: Tom1: 14 Jun 2012 12:50:35pm JohnM: You are addressing people who have a level of intelligence, something you do not seem to concede to. Perceptive people can see for themselves that the Australian outrageously supports the conservative side of politics. This flows down to Sky News where their political programmes abound with journalists employed by the Australian. Paul Kelly the Editor at Large on the Sunday programme predicts doom and gloom for Australia under Labor every Sunday. Sometimes I think he forgets what he said the previous week. Add Chris Kenney,on Saturday, and throw in Piers Ackerman, Greg Sheridan, and others, and then try and tell intelligent people that they present a balanced view. On the other hand the ABC gives ample space to Peter Reith, Judith Sloan, and others, as well as even to Liberal politicians to put their views. While you are about making your unfounded statements please give us some factual detail that in any way justifies your fist line. I do not mean articles appearing on the drum, otherwise I will throw Peter Reith at you. EMH: 14 Jun 2012 12:58:34pm JohnM when I read your comments I fell over laughing! "Whereas the ABC is well-known for it's leftist stance on any with the slightest controversy." There is nothing much leftist about the ABC; it tries all too hard to be right in the middle. Balanced they call it. However sometimes