Wracking my brain to remember if John Howard’s friend and ABC Chairman Donald McDonald ever tried to get a journalist sacked because of govt. Can’t remember that ever happening.
-
-
Whose bizarre monomania on Iraq War coverage was legendary, I think? So Howard later appointed Janet Albrechtsen, who had much less danger of being “captured” by affection for Aunty
-
And all that did was force Albrechtsen to stop criticising the ABC, while she was useless for running an agenda from the board because she knew nothing about broadcasting. The whole period of "stacking" meant ABC management had a free hand because there was no informed oversight
End of conversation
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.