Tuesday, June 25, 2019

What to do with our Awefully Serious ABC

What do you do with any overly religious group in Western Culture  - you offer them freedom .You can tell them to lighten up , but such groups have to ditch their fears ( inc their weight of cynicism) 
The producers at ABCTV have been gourging up our taxes trying to be more funny ( Abc2/3 ) but its not working . I am not going to tell you here why because the whole hovel of TV production in the ABC needs to rethink elements of its culture . We are switching off .
 
A return to real respect for the culture ( not always )we came from would clearly save aussies from the confusion and confounding free try at everything new thats killing TV; A return by our ABC  may help save us from the lostness of moral ( whats light /whats dark)  disease that is right across the media.more reporters? only if we get more reports.  Best practice is not to write the story but let someone else tell the story  ( one 2 one Ahndo ,Back roads Aus story)

Much of ABCTV has no idea of how to enjoy the truth about the human condition without offering some cynical  view of others and a weighty dumping of new theories and mixes of philosophy that simply don't work . And it not just Christians who are saying this .
  1. Brendan O Neil  points to the cul de sac of misanthropy for example in which many reactionaries now find themselves . 
  2. David Christian too reminds us that various naturalistic fallacies produce little but confusion
  3.   JB Peterson reminds us that the philosophical frame of religion is not poison but the most powerful  force for good and evil . If you are a post modern reactionary who doesn't believe in evil you and your children may be lost in more darkness than you think so much for talking "shining light on things "       
    The overoptimistic children of baby booming era may have aged comfortably in the hallowed halls of comfort castle  but if cynicism is all they are offering they will lose themselves and their audience -- and are  They see no way forward-- we can tell because they keep doing things and speaking about the same old issues ( big whatever, conspiracy amongst conservatives just for eg ) Boring and predictable .

I will complete two reviews of ABC shocking lostness and inability to report properly  here shortly ( these Fake news and plain arrogance in commentary control are becoming normal )
  1. Boring and predictable  774 Melbourne 25th June 2019   Nothing better symbolizes the overly serious religious frame of presenters here than the overly  serious way they field calls and come at issues . The snide petty and pedantic bush lawyers set the sail for the morning to nick pick the previous nights Q and A points of their interest . Boring and predictable self righteousness on show 
    How much more fun and unpredictable it was to listen to 3AW  where callers were honoured to tell their stories . U try to get through 774 panel when they are on a roll . watch the rollout and the wash up 000many who once listened NOW  just switch off 
  2. Fake news 
    ABCTV news Monday night 24 June 2019 The news was made out to include millions of threatened species when it was about 2 pretty parrots and possums well known to those who have to/used to listen to the worry warriors..   Piss off same old stories and report new or different  
  3. Misplaced concreteness leading to unecessary confounding The Drum 25 June 2019 ( Ellen Fanning ) Program shows how unreliable chosen panel members and discussion equity can be. ACOSS spokeswoman  freely moves to every other issue of note  leaving us with the normal impression of a stacked panel so typical of ABCTV programs like Q and A . Another hour of my life wasted wandering through the same old.   Weighted is the word
     Sure it looks OK to doubt on the surface , when you fact check (how many time mentioned )it The businesswoman for eg  i think was not an adequate rep moving around too much on the subjects   Restraint in commentary and the overly controlling arm waving  presenter leaves us with confusion ; her childish attempts to find cause and effect typical of the sub science and sus get nowhere style of reporting;
    No unexpected confronting facts can come from such panels ; panels will never be perfectly balanced but the drum is one hour  that could really improve the debate not dumb it down ;; Parliament is more fun and less predictable .
    We were left with trite noise and speculation about the human condition that i am sure frightened the only eco person on the panel .Even Adam fell for the furphy of the laughable money motivated charity drivers raised - one day we get Marxism , the next we get the glory of capitalism in its most obscene form . Good try i suppose but Ellen must seek to let panel go.
    Adam weighed up the need to "just do it"  in end but the audience by Fanning were left with the normal  confounding when conservative matters raised . The pathetic excuse of " we need more information " before we act shows how fears that characterize the inert inactive and incompetent left - Too many  think they have aright to control the government because THEY are not sure.  A lack of respect for the job and people in power MUST be addressed by staff .
  4. ABC management should clearly instruct chairpersons  to argue for the peoples' choice even if they don't like it . Its childish nonsense and disrespectful to do otherwise , weed out this  disease .  No doubt the Greens and the cross bench will continue to play their disrespectful games -- another 3 yrs of pain  .