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The ABC must remain commercial free
In an attack both on the ABC, and on the Friends of the ABC, a Newcastle academic, Mr Paul Scott, argued that the ABC should accept advertising. The opinion piece was published in the Newcastle Herald on 19 May 2005.
The Friends of the ABC have a long standing opposition to tied or targeted funding, whereby governments make funding available to the ABC on condition that it be used for a particular purpose.
Friends of the ABC believe that neither advertisers nor governments should be in a position to determine, or to influence, ABC program decisions.
After commenting on the Friends of the ABC oppositon to targeted funding, Mr Scott wrote “ And Labor never stacked the ABC Board”, implying that the Friends of the ABC have not opposed Labor efforts to influence ABC programs.Click HERE to see the response from Gary Cook, President, Friends of the ABC (NSW)