[LINK] [OT] Petition re ABC funding

[Roger Clarke]

At 8:51 +1000 24/3/06, Robert Hart wrote:
>    http://www.getup.org.au/campaign.asp?campaign_id=28

Thanks Robert!  Mine says:

The ABC is part of civilised society, and a crucial civilising influence.

I pay considerable taxes, and am happy to do so, provided that key 
cultural institutions are protected.

I have no problems at all with pressure being put on ABC journalists 
to achieve balance, or at least a reasonable degree of scepticism 
about both sides of politics.

But I utterly oppose the thrusting of commercial imperatives on the 
organisation, and the denial of funding, designed to force the 
organisation to resort to advertising.

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