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- Why the ABC should be privatised
  
  Last December Tony Abbott told the Australian Financial Review: “There is still this left-of-centre ethos in the ABC and I hope that Mark Scott continues to address it.” Alas, the ABC’s institutional leftism is incurable.
- Lateline Thatcher coverage catered to left wing (dinner) tastes, Spectator Aust says
  
  There was a stark contrast in how ABC’s Lateline covered Margaret Thatcher’s death and the way it treated that of a prominent left wing hero, The Spectator Australia said this week.
- Don’t mention the war: Spectator’s Tom Switzer staggered by reaction to Iraq column
  
  There are important lessons to learn from the 2003 Iraq war experience, Tom Switzer says. But some Australian conservatives would prefer to ignore them.
- IPA calls on federal Parliament to reject Gillard Government’s proposed media regulation
  
  Communications Minister Stephen Conroy’s proposals for media regulation are government licensing in all but name, the Institute of Public Affairs says.
- Oops! Contesting a seat for the ABC? Kerry O’Brien does it again …
  
  “I just wish those letters weren’t so … similar,” Kerryn O’Brien lamented last night after declaring that an ALP candidate was contesting a seat for the ABC.
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