Something must have gone radically wrong! Today, the panel on The Insiders appeared to be completely out of character. Instead of the the usual panel stack of four leftards up against one lonely conservative, this morning's show appeared to be balanced - for the first time since I began subjecting myself to this particular hour of ABC Leftist bias on Sunday mornings commencing at 9 am.
What a surprise to find the Australian's Niki Savva and Executive Director of The Sydney Institute, columnist and political commentator, Gerard Henderson sitting there eye-balling Political Editor for the Australian Financial Review, Laura Tingle and of course, Barrie Cassidy, host and ex-Labor staffer and very best friend of the Prime Minister's boyfriend, Timmy.
I think it must have been a fluke and most unlikely to ever be repeated. I suspect the reason for this most uncharacteristic event was that the usual stable of Labor stooges were off hunting bunyips or otherwise occupied.
I am quite certain the ABC's Managing Director, Mark Scott had nothing to do with the panel makeup on today's programme nor do I for one minute believe the ABC's Code of Practice was this week, required reading for the programme's producers and/or host.
So. What's gone awry within the Green/Left public broadcaster? Enquiring minds need to know because most of us won't swallow any guff about the ABC coming of age.
Perhaps at the eleventh hour, the ABC is finally waking up to the political mood within this country and that pushing a horse with a broken back is not in their overall interests if they wish to continue their long-term dependence on the taxpayer-funded drip-feed! That's probably wishful thinking on my part because I'm sure normal programming will resume shortly!
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