Colleagues and scholars from coast to coast, across Bass Strait and all the ships at sea.
Dateline: Australia, Federal Politics, The ABC. June 2015.
My word, the usual suspects are out in force again swinging their well oiled and trusty baseball bats at the ABC.
The attacks have become such a regular event that one could set one's watch by them.
We shall examine three pieces of evidence to discover how well (or otherwise) the public views the trustworthiness of the ABC, other media outlets and other well-known institutions.
Exhibit A - during the intensity of the 2013 Federal Election.
On the 19th August 2013 Essential Research published its results to the following question:
"How much trust do you have in the way the following media have reported and commented on the election campaign so far? - A lot of trust, some trust, not much trust, no trust at all, don't know, don't use."
The combined responses (in descending order) to 'a lot of trust' and 'some trust' were as follows:
Media
|
A lot of trust/ some trust %
|
ABC TV
|
58
|
SBS TV
|
52
|
ABC Radio
|
49
|
The Age (VIC)
|
42
|
Sydney Morning Herald (NSW)
|
39
|
The Australian
|
31
|
Herald Sun (VIC)
|
30
|
Commercial TV
|
29
|
Commercial Radio
|
25
|
The Telegraph (NSW)
|
25
|
Courier Mail (QLD)
|
23
|
Exhibit B - On the 23rd June 2015 Essential Research published its results to the following question:
"How much trust do you have in what you read or hear in the following media? - A lot of trust, some trust, not much trust, no trust at all, don't know, don't use."
The combined responses (in descending order) to 'a lot of trust' and 'some trust' were as follows:
Media
|
A lot of trust/ some trust %
|
ABC TV news & current affairs
|
63
|
SBS TV news & current affairs
|
61
|
ABC radio news & current affairs
|
58
|
News & opinion in local newspapers
|
50
|
ABC radio talkback programs
|
46
|
Commercial TV news & current affairs
|
46
|
News & opinion in daily newspapers
|
45
|
Commercial radio news & current affairs
|
44
|
News & opinion websites
|
39
|
Commercial radio talkback programs
|
34
|
Internet blogs
|
20
|
Exhibit C - On the 16th June 2015 Essential Research published its results to the following question:
"How much trust do you have in the following institutions and organisations? - A lot of trust, some trust, not much trust, no trust at all, don't know, don't use."
The combined responses (in descending order) to 'a lot of trust' and 'some trust' were as follows:
Institution
|
A lot of trust/ some trust %
|
Federal police
|
68
|
State police
|
66
|
The High Court
|
61
|
The ABC
|
56
|
The Reserve Bank
|
56
|
Charitable organisations
|
46
|
Environment groups
|
40
|
Your local council
|
39
|
Commonwealth public service
|
35
|
State Parliament
|
32
|
Federal Parliament
|
31
|
Business groups
|
28
|
Trade unions
|
26
|
Religious organisations
|
25
|
Political parties
|
16
|
To the ABC's relentless attackers, I think that's called: three strikes and you're out.
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