[csaa-forum] Fwd: please ...

[Andrew Murphie]

as far as I can see Santo's already taken  this off. Obviously wasn't  
getting the answers he wants. Isn't it time someone started an  
organisation to make loud noises about the ABC's right wing bias?
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On 10/11/2005, at 8:44 AM, James Donald wrote:

> I pass on a message from the musician Kim Sanders.
> JD
>
>> Friends,
>>
>> I try not to clog peoples' inboxes, but this is important.
>>
>> The ABC is under attack, this time by Qld Senator Santo Santoro,  
>> who is running a poll on his
>> website about purported bias.
>>
>> Can you please vote and then circulate the web address <http:// 
>> www.santosantoro.com/
>>
>> The ABC is very vulnerable in the present climate, and needs our  
>> support.  Particularly so Late Night Live, the most (only?)  
>> intelligent programme discussing ideas and politics, which would  
>> be an ideal target for new "anti-terrorist" sedition laws.   
>> Particularly so as the programme is as unpopular amongst some  
>> sections of the Labour Party as the Coalition.
>>
>> Please consider writing to the ABC expressing support for LNL and  
>> othe programmes now subject to increasing political pressure.
>>
>> And if you're interested in World Music, you could write and  
>> support The Planet, which has already lost its daytime spot and  
>> confined to the late night. When these things are presented as a  
>> fait accompli, it's very hard to get them back.
>>
>> We live in troubled times, and if we do nothing things will get  
>> worse.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Kim
>
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