Distorting the facts ...

I know this is an old article by Ken Inglis, and its on a fairly old topic, but it tells somewhat of a revelation.

Shouldn't the media (mainly the Sydney Morning Herald [just look at the headline]) have checked its facts before it started blaming the Howard Government for purposefully appointing conservatives to the ABC board so as to make the ABC more favourable to his policy?

It turns out the chairman of the ABC board, Donald McDonald, appointed the conservative Mark Scott, and Minister for Communication Helen Coonan (of the Howard Government) just agreed to the decision.

Just goes to show how forceful the mainstream news media can be in pushing their particular barrow. They let the facts speak for themselves, but they leave out the facts that don't speak for them.