Peter Costello please stay in Politics, you have such an honest and unbiased view of the world and it is very selfish of you to deprive the wider community of your obvious talents. Of course the ABC is a warren of left wing bunnies which is why your former colleague and culture warrior Little Johnny installed Planet Janet and Keith-Whitewash-Windshuttle to the board of the ABC.
But I hear you say, nothing changed.
That pesky carrot-top on the 730 Report still keeps asking impertinent questions and Phillips Adam remains unchallenged in his oh-so radical left wing opinions. Clearly more action is required and who better than Businessman Mark Scott, political advisor to the former New South Wales Liberal Education Minister, Terry Metherell and champion of the cost cutters at Fairfax. He’ll sort out the rampart communists lurking in the corridors of the ABC. And by golly he has! Editorial Balance! Peter how could you be so untouched by this piece of brilliance by Mark Scott? Surely this counts? And the outsourcing of ABC productions, Peter this too must count! Just think of all the potential for more commercially motivated producers to share their vision of the world.
And Mark’s dream, Peter how could you not be aware of how grand it is? Shiny new stuff everywhere producing nice balanced little bits of floss everywhere, the savings in operational staffcosts is pure poetry. Just think of the money Peter, its all about SAVINGS!
True, that unruly lot in Radio keep poking their noses in other peoples business but who listens to the radio anyway? A man of your standing is surely above such petty concerns. Your obvious sympathy for the fate of the poor lonely single Liberal party supporter in the ABC is impressive, yet I detect a greater worry that might be nibbling away at your quest for a balanced and fairer ABC. Do you think that Mark Scott, former Liberal Party Staffer has gone soft? Worse still, might he have become infected with some left wing ideology? On $430,000 a year? Surely that’s enough to buy anyone? Is Mark Scott a Labor Party Stooge? OMG!
Peter you must stay and help fight the good fight. If you can’t trust people like Mark Scott to stay the hard and difficult course, who can you trust?
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