1998? Stewart: 14 Jun 2012 11:22:42pm I thought it had more to do with the fact that he believed that insolence and bluster might defect any criticisms over the fact that his wife is the ALP member for Canberra (elected in 2010, when he got the 7.30 job). I just hope he eventually realises that balance doesn't require you being rude and pushing lines of questioning everyone knows will go nowhere. Wesley Franc: lazarus: 14 Jun 2012 9:19:30am Then don't be a cry baby Lib Supporter, go to where your fantasies can be indulged - any of the Murdoch press. Seems its quite acceptable to have only the right wing loony version of life published there. GrumpyOldMan: 14 Jun 2012 9:34:42am Shebs you are showing your right-wing bias again. The ABC gives plenty of access to right-wing commentators and journalists, like associates of the right-wing IPA, Peter Reith, Piers Akerman and numerous climate change deniers. At the same time there is a striking absence of really left-wing commentators and journalists. The ones you complain about are actually very much in the centre of political opinion. None advocate the extreme left-wing socialist ideals that led to the creation of communist states in the past. Even the Greens are only slightly left of centre, not extreme left-wing as you would have us all believe. The Greens just understand that a sustainable economy DEPENDS on having a sustainable natural environment, something that right-wing political views simply refuse to accept. In that respect they