towards the working class, then it still gives a balance, overall. However I'm not convinced that the ABC has any bias, although the way that John Howard threated them, they would have every reason to be biased. eljay: 14 Jun 2012 11:00:49am if bunny's comments were strange what does that make your inane posturing then, what myself and no doubt all impartial Australians would want is a national broadcaster that shows no bias, just like it seemed to be in times gone past. Nowadays it seems that the ABC is a training ground for wannabe ALP politicians and the success rate of them isn't very high Charlie: Darug: 14 Jun 2012 8:52:17am Wow, that's interesting. I guess the perspective is determined by where in the spectrum you site. (Declaration, I sit Centre and only slightly left). Here I was thinking about making a complaint to this right-wing institution (proven in numerous independent studies) the ABC about its tendency to dumb-down it's Local Radio and state news. The addiction to talk back and twitter at the expense of expert comments and insights (Have to cut you off their Nobel Laureatte Ms X, a partially illiterate from Goonsville has phoned in to give his opinion). All of which has led the ABC Local to lurch to the sloganeering and supperficial position of the rabid right. Yes, dumbing down leads to a rightwing bias! Shock horror! What you and your ilk constantly choose to overlook is that Murdoch Press/ABC has a fundamental social