than anything the United States has as well. Stuffed Olive: Alan W: 14 Jun 2012 9:51:52am What you're seeing with the Murdoch attack on the ABC is nothing new for News International, this was first used on the BBC and it worked.! James Murdoch was the main protaganist stating that it was wrong that the BBC, as a publicly funded organisation, should be a successful organisation doing business worldwide and the then UK Labour government listened hence the reduction of funding for the BBC and it's retreat from several successful markets. Why was this? Well think about it, if the BBC are not doing it then Sky-b-Sky can, yes a company with a big piece of it owned by the Murdochs. All this before the Levenson inquiry and before the withdrawl of NI's bid to buy all of Sky-b-Sky because of the growing public awareness of NI's shifty, unethical business methods. Harquebus: 14 Jun 2012 11:04:02am All IP addresses are equal. Those that can stand out in the huge crowd will survive. Fortunately, Murdoch is no longer a role model and it will only be a matter of time before his replacement arrives. I'm hoping for more like Julian Assange and off spins like open leaks dot org. Terry: 14 Jun 2012 9:57:08am I spent 20 years waiting for the ABC to ask Bob Brown one hard question. Radio or TV, he was treated as a cross between the Dalai Lama, Mother Theresa and St Francis. And now it is