Imagine having a television “debate” show with five panellists and the great majority of the audience who are all Liberal Party members, and just one panellist from the Labor Party, yet it claims to be objective and neutral. There would be utter outrage over this.
And worse yet, imagine one audience member after another given a free run in question time who is white, attacking the sole Black panellist, talking down all things Black, and praising all things white. This completely lopsided and one-sided mess would be roundly condemned by all sensible people.
Imagine having a television “debate” show with five panellists and the great majority of the audience who are all Collingwood supporters and just one panellist who was a Geelong supporter, yet it claims to be objective and neutral. There would be utter outrage over this.
Imagine having a television “debate” show with five panellists and the great majority of the audience who are all religious and just one panellist who was an atheist, yet it claims to be objective and neutral. There would be utter outrage over this.
And worse yet, imagine one audience member after another given a free run in question time who is religious, attacking the sole atheist, talking down all things non-religious, and praising all things religious. This completely lopsided and one-sided mess would be roundly condemned by all sensible people.
My apologies that I cannot come up with better comparisons here. But this is exactly what just happened tonight on the ABC show Q&A. Christian politician Fred Nile bravely had to go it alone as the only Christian and conservative voice, while the other panellists were all homosexual, lesbian, transgender and so on. Five against one.
It would have been six against one had the usual host, Tony Jones been on. His replacement was only mildly more even-handed (but is also a homosexual!). But just imagine this: here is a network and a show we all pay for with our tax dollars. It has one conservative Christian lined up against five others all antagonistic to him and his position.
And of course we had an audience also filled with homosexuals, drag queens and you name it, all getting a free run to share their emotive stories. So you had a full 90 per cent or more of the time dominated by the pro-homosexual, anti-Christian audience and panellists, with one courageous Christian leader taking them all on.
Leave aside wherever you sit on these issues for the moment. In the simple name of fairness, there should have been a bit more balance here. But no, there was none. All pretence of neutrality or objectivity was blown out of the water tonight.
Of course I knew this would exactly be the case. I have penned numerous articles about the secular left ABC in general, and the appallingly biased Q&A show in particular. I grow tired of having to do this over and over again. But I am still outraged.
Outraged at the blatant bias and anti-Christian bigotry of the ABC. Outraged that I am forced to subsidise this horrifically bad network with my hard-earned tax dollars. Outraged that these guys have so long ago given up even the slightest pretence of fairness and even-handedness.
I have asked people to complain to the ABC about this in the past, and I will do so again, even though it seems to make not the slightest difference. So for what it is worth, you can contact them here and offer your protests: http://www.abc.net.au/tv/qanda/contact-us.htm
At this point I can only say one thing. Fred Nile is the most courageous Christian leader in the country, bar none. To go into this lion’s den of hatred, contempt, sneering and abuse, and to keep his cool, to answer the few times he was given a chance, and to uphold Christ and his values before such a hostile panel and audience is worthy of the highest praise.
The sad truth is, Fred has far more courage and Christian conviction than 98 per cent of Christian leaders in this country. Most of these folks would never dare get off their butts and make such a bold and resolute public stand for truth, defending faith, family and freedom.
Fred does this on a regular basis. Here he just gets disrespect and abuse – even from many other “Christians”. But in the next life his reward will be great, and he will be one of the great jewels in the heavenly courts. Thanks again Fred for your years of determined, faithful and committed service. You are a champion.
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