'Disappointing': ABC takes 'one-sided approach' to its report on the Alice Springs town meeting

Alice Springs Mayor Matt Paterson says the ABC has taken a “one-sided approach” to the town meeting from earlier in the week.
“There’s three and a half thousand people in there - they come together because they wanted change, and unfortunately, ABC has just taken a one-sided approach to this, which is completely disappointing,” he told Sky News Australia.
“The fact is, we’re screaming for help here, and what’s been taken up in the media in the last three or four days is commentary about the ABC, so it’s really taken away from the actual problem in Alice Springs.”

[@shanemonro6807]

ABC needs to be investigated and hopefully have funding stops

[@iancurtis1152]

Yip! Make abc subscription service! That would shorten them up. What erks me is mine and your taxes (in part) fund this this 24/7 Party Political Broadcast “service”

[@gore1089]

Exactly.. Why should the tax payer fund far right wing propaganda..? We already get enough of corporate propaganda on the free to air channels.

[@playasurf1000]

​@@gore1089 wtf are you talking about? 🤦

[@gore1089]

@@playasurf1000 As usual you people know nothing. ABC is right wing.. The liberals under Scott installed liberal CEO and board of directors. That's why you hate it so much. You're supposed to.

[@seaworldsocialartslecturer4160]

@@gore1089 by calling the abc right wing. Do you realise how far far far left you make yourself look 😆 🤣 I think you've gotten dizzy

[@barryjulianwaldron3656]

The Critics of the Voice to Parliament across Australia are in no way starting a culture war. You Mr. Prime Minister are the one who is starting the culture war if a culture war is starting at all in Australia. In your National Cabinet room you have three flags posted in a display for to all see across all of the media. Now Mr. Albanese kindly visit those three flags in your National Cabinet room and immediately uproot the aboriginal identity flag posted in the middle of the flag assembly wherein the Australian flag has been outcasted to left in that flag assembly. The middle position in a flag assembly and especially in the Australian peoples parliament is the command position only for the Australian Flag and no other flag has the power or status to usurp the Australian Flag 🇦🇺 from being posted in the middle position in a flag assembly. The Aboriginal flag and the Torres Strait Islands flag are only citizens identity flags. These two flags are not formal flags. These two flags don’t even have a formal right to be posted in the parliament but are both unreservedly welcomed into the parliament as a mark of respect. The aboriginal citizens identity flag has no legal right or status to usurp the middle position of the Australian flag in the Australian parliament. Now Mr. Albanese. Get moving and place the Australian flag back into its command position in every flag assembly posted throughout the Australian parliament. And be reminded that you are the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia and are definitely not the Prime Minister of the Republic of Australia which does not exist. Mr.Treasurer! You are next because you are doing exactly the same thing with the assembly of your three flags in your treasurer’s office. 🇦🇺🦘

[@paulorchard7960]

Abc should be a subscription only service and only for those who opt in! Lets see how they manage with 10000 or less subscribers!

[@gore1089]

Exactly why should Australians fund more right wing propaganda.?

[@philjackson1713]

Pravda would be proud of the abc and sbs.

[@gore1089]

Exactly QandA.. Of course the ABC has been taken over by the liberals who actually want to destroy it . The last thing the corpocracy and the elites want is to be exposed by an ABC actually doing it's job of exposing the absolute corruption of the far right cabal known as the liberal party.

[@amblueblue49596]

I’ve lived in the NT long enough and only witnessed good toward them However from them, this is daily abuse, insults, racism, rapes, violence, animal behaviour, throwing feces, having public sex I mean I’ve travelled the world and I’ve never seen such behaviour from any culture 100% of my interaction with them is just awful, I fear for my life, I see them bashing each other’s I don’t intervene as their business is not my business. I wish they did the same and left my business alone instead of stealing over 100times in 3 years and attacking customers with knife or me with bottles. We all know the solution and we cannot live with 60 000yo unevolved specie that is just full violence low iq and has less empathy than some animals

[@OG_Sigma87]

This is really sad but growing up in the N.T, it is completely true. I agree with you

[@piratepete4322]

I know you speak the truth. I too have been and seen. They are utterly disgraceful by and large. Nothing but for respect for those who have assimilated and kicking real goals for themselves and Australia. The minority unfortunately to date.

[@anthonysutherland4108]

The Domestic Violence 'industry' adds indigenous statistics to boost funding. Then ignores the areas of most concern. Content to spend the grants financing more urban based lobbyists, conferences, junkets to exhort even more government funds.🇦🇺

[@cjryan88]

defund the ABC

[@davesimmonds1133]

You sound surprised. Their ABC should be disbanded.

[@whiskeygamer9402]

The ALP have destroyed Alice Springs.

[@gore1089]

Liberals have destroyed the whole country.

[@emmas4336]

Vote NO.

[@userjoe4321]

Disappointing but certainly not surprising

[@Design_no]

Abc should be broken up. Better still, cancelled altogether.

[@katb945]

Disappointed I expected it the ABC should only exist by subscription only.

[@chrishewitt1165]

The guy interviewed was right

[@johnchristie823]

You must be talking about the "Aboriginal Broadcasting Commission" because it is not AUSTRALIAN any more, it really does need to be Decommissioned, and rebuilt anew.

[@brettralph3403]

sbs too John, seen same shows on nitv, abc and sbs in one working week. I woulda thought that was a huge "voice" in itself. But I'd call it the australian broadcast of chinese communist party.

[@infidel202]

Tennis elbow is more interested in virtue signalling than actually doing anything to help

[@martinepstein3332]

Fair reporting from all channels please

[@simonharris4873]

Including this one? That'll be the day.

[@Design_no]

@@simonharris4873 are you here just to keep us on the straight and narrow then? 😂😂😂

[@lukei6255]

@@Design_no I see every channel as an opinion channel lately, not news channel. But I have to admit that allowing us to comment here is lots of fun and very educational. And it is disgusting when we fund ABC and cannot comment on their crap reporting and let them get away with it and brainwash our young people.

[@Design_no]

@@lukei6255 agreed 👍

[@simonharris4873]

@@Design_no Are you stalking me?

[@paulbennion2301]

What a waste of tax payers $..

[@wilburgraham6260]

Australia expects nothing else from the ABC, th-EiR ratings prove that Lol

[@Ronny.81]

Free money is the problem, people need to work to get money.

[@jimmartin9704]

"One sided view" ... if that's not the kettle calling the pot black. You'd know all about that sky

[@frankschultz4170]

Blimey!

[@markmedia8252]

I know it sounds bad but let the woke have There way anyone that wants to move out of there let them and then leave Alice Springs so the ones that are destroying it and when there is no shops hospitals or anything and let them live in the mess they make

[@Super_Mario128]

I said Humpty was pushed.

[@clemfandango619]

The didge can do no wrong.

[@markojemojcovek]

🇪🇪 I hope I hope I hope 🇪🇪 the ABC will no longer an associate regular for the European Broadcasting Union

[@lukei6255]

ABC one side, Skynews the other side, and the public needs to draw their own conclusion.

[@wilburgraham6260]

Depends if the public are paying for it Lol

[@Design_no]

@@wilburgraham6260 exactly.

[@Design_no]

No contest lukey. I don't have to pay for this. But the "always broadcasting crap" brigade I have to fund every year.

[@lukei6255]

@@Design_no I agree. But we can't really control how they spend our money, can we? Like paying city council rates where part of the money is shown as going towards climate change. Try not to pay your rates 😂

[@Design_no]

@@lukei6255 we can, by not making it compulsory to begin with. Let's see them behind a pay wall.

[@wilbur1884]

WHY is ALICE GOWWIN INDA LAYBOR HAULERING "OAT" where's me bowl 🥣 OF "OAT'S"😲🤣

[@luciferblack2641]

Lol The only thing I got from this.. Don't consume magic 🍄🍄🍄 before work ....😵 😆😆😆

[@simonharris4873]

Good advice in any situation.

[@adrianjohn.]

abc also scared to tear shreds off gill bates👍

[@KIA-MIA-POW]

...me thinks Gates would get in first and demolish the ABC

[@Design_no]

@@KIA-MIA-POW i would vote for him if he did that 😆

[@akaMr.Boombastic]

Classic sky news pot calling the kettle black.

[@simonharris4873]

One sided approach? The hypocrisy of this channel knows no bounds.

[@Design_no]

Are you paying for the privilege of being here?

[@buildmotosykletist1987]

@@Design_no : Are you paying to be a CCP troll ???

[@simonharris4873]

@@Design_no So you're saying people are only allowed to point out blatant hypocrisy if they pay for the privilege? That didn't sound right.

[@gregrobins5615]

How is this story one sided ?

[@simonharris4873]

@@gregrobins5615 I didn't say this story was one sided, I implied this channel was one sided, because it is. Take a look at the way they report on Biden. He has created more jobs in 2 years than any other president has in 4, but this channel wont report on him unless he trips while climbing stairs or stammers while speaking. VERY one sided.

[@tomjones5338]

Sorry skynews but the ABC did a great interview on bill gates lol 😂 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

[@Design_no]

Once in a generation interview 😂😂😂

[@Design_no]

And probably all scripted anyway.

[@garyjones4001]

Get tough on this shit