tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post8052197475935334755..comments2023-11-03T00:06:36.875+11:00Comments on Bunyipitude: The Finko & Rickety ShowBunyiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14668398379654771814noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-79796895633722846132012-03-04T12:29:48.390+11:002012-03-04T12:29:48.390+11:00The French government subsidizes the print media t...The French government subsidizes the print media to the tune of around $55 m. per annum. Say no more.Gerardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-66116858552371997612012-03-03T09:11:18.050+11:002012-03-03T09:11:18.050+11:00A tip. Keep hitting 'preview' until you g...A tip. Keep hitting 'preview' until you get a set of them you can manage to work out (with fingers crossed).<br /><br />Wot happened to the old easy kindy stuff, Prof?Elizabeth (Lizzie) B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-40985459677411559092012-03-03T02:41:27.209+11:002012-03-03T02:41:27.209+11:00They've finally woken up to the fact that the ...They've finally woken up to the fact that the Silly and the Phage are failing, and a rescue package has to be organised if they are to continue extruding Government pap.Perturbedhttp://perturbed1.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-31329707342151916282012-03-03T01:02:47.254+11:002012-03-03T01:02:47.254+11:00Going by this subsidy recommendation quoted here, ...Going by this subsidy recommendation quoted here, this is the worst of all outcomes and nothing in line with ANY major submission. It is as if the handful of stooges and left-wing rent-seekers got their private enquiry and the money to match. Unheard of in the Anglo-American tradition, specifically excluded y a far more comprehensive study by the US FCC, it is to be condemned. Along with the MSM-published attempts to control online media, this is truly a Goebbels-like intrusion to a formerly-free press country . <br /><br />This has to be fought. If only there was a Breitbart here!<br /><br />M Ryutin SydneyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-19123397303104007492012-03-02T23:43:16.013+11:002012-03-02T23:43:16.013+11:00The govt will fund it but exercise no control. Wha...The govt will fund it but exercise no control. What a naive or disingenuous man<br /><br />I have read the first 30 pages and it is clearly the most moronic document of its type I have seen. And slapdash - many bits make no sense at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-57831560123180272592012-03-02T23:09:08.502+11:002012-03-02T23:09:08.502+11:00Subsidies only encourage mediocrity. One can only ...Subsidies only encourage mediocrity. One can only imagine what the Fairfax Press will be like when they're getting government grants.Art Vandelaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-74933548295881976782012-03-02T21:15:44.373+11:002012-03-02T21:15:44.373+11:00I'm pretty sure the government subsidy thing f...I'm pretty sure the government subsidy thing for newspapers is already happening in Sweden. That might explain why that country has been turned into such a socialist s*&t hole over the last 20 years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-22473790833405460312012-03-02T20:43:07.955+11:002012-03-02T20:43:07.955+11:00Oh, and universities need more money to train a be...<em>Oh, and universities need more money to train a better sort of journalist.</em><br /><br />By a better sort of journalist I assume they mean a more reliably left-wing sort of journalist.dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-79150896025379644052012-03-02T20:40:01.039+11:002012-03-02T20:40:01.039+11:00An approximation of them would be beyond a robot!An approximation of them would be beyond a robot!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-73665382636217978402012-03-02T20:39:21.454+11:002012-03-02T20:39:21.454+11:00Those letters are too hard, as someone has already...Those letters are too hard, as someone has already commented.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-22204303654595120322012-03-02T20:38:24.393+11:002012-03-02T20:38:24.393+11:00"All publishers with a dedicated investigativ..."All publishers with a dedicated investigative unit would be eligible to receive a subsidy."<br />Provided they only investigate prescribed matters, and cease to investigate other matters, as directed. All matters are, in a sense, equal, but some matters ....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-3844072686461742762012-03-02T20:26:14.758+11:002012-03-02T20:26:14.758+11:00I see the shadow of GetUp standing in line there.
...I see the shadow of GetUp standing in line there.<br /><br />Surely a commercial enterprise, successful or not--er think Fewfax-- isn't going to get a govt subsidy?Jazzanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-83583002646850584142012-03-02T20:08:28.112+11:002012-03-02T20:08:28.112+11:00Preliminary reaction (there'll be much more to...Preliminary reaction (there'll be much more to come):<br />1. The Finkelstein inquiry is a brazen attempt by the extreme left of Australian politics (there is no "centre" any more, just conservatives versus the loonies) to protect leftwing publishing/broadcasting propaganda from market forces through subsidies.<br />2. The proposed subsidy for "investigative" journalism is a recipe for state-sponsored fascism and the further debasing of news.<br />3. Thank god for the internet; most of my my work mornings from now (in country Victoria) will be spent with 2gb.com in the background providing respite from Victoria's dominant Marxist zombie political culture. <br />Steve Price convinced Singo he could make a fast buck in Melbourne radio. It required a slow buck. Not many of them around. <br />Small-boned cider-sipping delinquent Victorian males with high-pitched voices squeal about "shock jocks". Sadly their econazi Woodstock will soon end when the adults arrive home. For the real world, it can't come soon enough.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-11104701573955813802012-03-02T19:55:34.588+11:002012-03-02T19:55:34.588+11:00What does Wayne Swan think of paying subsidies to ...What does Wayne Swan think of paying subsidies to a business 10% owned by Gina Rinehardt?<br /><br />Irish LionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-45072648018625925082012-03-02T19:04:08.099+11:002012-03-02T19:04:08.099+11:00"The Finko & Rickety Show".....? Th..."The Finko & Rickety Show".....? That anything like Rocky and Bullwinkle ? They had a Fractured Fairy Tales segment, as I remember.The Old and Unimproved Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-62084144013576118472012-03-02T19:00:28.392+11:002012-03-02T19:00:28.392+11:00Absolutely correct, Prof. This is a template for ...Absolutely correct, Prof. This is a template for a conga line of the usual suspects to team up for a handout. It certainly will not provide money to investigations on the 'non-progressive' (i.e. non-Labor and non-Green) side of politics. It is a set-up for a blatant rort. In fact, it needs a good invetisgation by an investigative journalist. Too much to hope for though?Elizabeth (Lizzie) B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-30425603203247823292012-03-02T18:02:19.918+11:002012-03-02T18:02:19.918+11:00Subsidies have not helped the film industry produc...Subsidies have not helped the film industry produce a better product. How are they going to improve journalism?<br />And government hand outs are what fuels the global warming industry. So the journalistic recipients are hardly likely to bite the hand that feeds them -- which is exactly why we need a strong, independent, subsidy-free, free press.Aard Knoxnoreply@blogger.com