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More OTT political rhetoric

17 October 2006 in Media, Politics by Stilgherrian | 2 comments

With the ABC’s new editorial guidelines announced yesterday, it’s given the right-wingers an excuse to engage in some over-the-top rhetoric — proving that hyperbole isn’t the preserve of the left calling everyone a fascist.

Best effort so far has to be this one from Murdoch-land:

With its poor performance, entrenched ideological bias and ‘Vietcong-style’ industrial strife, surely it’s time we sold the public broadcaster, maintains Rudi Michelson.

Yes, apparently ABC staff members have been creeping through the jungle at night, slaughtering villagers and setting fire to ammunition dumps…

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Garth on 17 October 2006 at 2:27 pm

With a public broadcaster like this, who needs guerilla journalism?

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Richard on 17 October 2006 at 3:15 pm

Philip Adams would probably be delighted by the ‘Vietcong’ reference!

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