ISTM that the ABC journalist believes that "white" means "Anglo-Celtic". Maybe he should have a closer look at his colleagues.
A landmark study of television news and current affairs has found that presenters, commentators and reporters on Australian television are overwhelmingly of an Anglo-Celtic background.
In terms of the number of appearances during the survey period, almost 76 per cent of those on Australian screens were found to have an Anglo-Celtic background.
Just 6 per cent were from an Indigenous or non-European background, despite the fact that these groups account for about a quarter of the Australian population.
The other 18 per cent was made up of those with a European background other than Anglo-Celtic.
Santa said
10:09 AM Aug 17, 2020
Ahh yes, very much as you would expect from our left wing ABC.
dogbox said
10:11 AM Aug 17, 2020
i maybe wrong but does not the indigenious population make up approx 2% of our total population
Santa said
10:25 AM Aug 17, 2020
Approx 3% in the 2016 census.
Mike Harding said
10:26 AM Aug 17, 2020
What about the goldfish!?
How many bloody news reporters are goldfish!? Answer me that, if you can!
Yet consider how many goldfish there are in Australia.
Blatant fishism! And the bloody ABC is the worst - not *one* goldfish amongst it's news readers or current affairs presenters!
Not a word from Waleed Aly on this one is there - no surprise there, a fishist if ever I saw one.
Aus-Kiwi said
12:20 PM Aug 17, 2020
Then what is the ratio in jails, courts, Centrelink ?? Fair dinkum !! ABC !!
Santa said
12:24 PM Aug 17, 2020
I foresee a thread closure coming up.
Mike Harding said
01:20 PM Aug 17, 2020
Santa wrote:
I foresee a thread closure coming up.
Oh no! Don't tell me the website owner is fishist too!?
dorian said
01:48 PM Aug 17, 2020
These are the links to the study and the press release:
I notice that NITV was specifically excluded from the study.
I also notice that there was no separate "Asian" category. Instead they were categorised as non-European. That seems unusual.
BTW, I didn't mean to stir up any trouble. I just found it odd that the ABC journo didn't appear to understand the meaning of "white".
Craig1 said
03:24 PM Aug 17, 2020
dDorian, you have too much spare time, but my brief read is that these people have far too much time and are **** stirring. Maybe the quality of many supposed news/current affairs programs would be a better target. Also the " speed reading of every event" so they can rush to the next ad break, ABC included. One exception is the new Irish lady who does sport for ABC on the weekend. A bit like listening to paint dry, or treacle drip.
iana said
03:39 PM Aug 17, 2020
Be careful, look what happens here, Cindy will give you "The Look". www.bing.com/videos/search%22the+look%22+tim+allen&&view=detail&mid=3EAAE138DAF35893A60E3EAAE138DAF35893A
Greg 1 said
06:31 PM Aug 17, 2020
Quite frankly I have found that most Australians are very accepting of our multicultural society. I have worked with people from a variety of racial backgrounds from indigenous to Asian to middle eastern and all different beliefs and have rarely seen any racist behaviour or comment from anyone. Certainly there are racial bigots in this country with some extreme views but much of this so called racism is stirred up by the media and special interest groups who are not representative of the majority of Australians.
This sounds like another beat up. Can't find something to write about so we will pull the old race card trick. Always guaranteed to get some attention.
It's like the old saying, " Nationalism is the last bastion of the crooked politician "
Mike Harding said
04:50 AM Aug 18, 2020
Greg 1 wrote:
Quite frankly I have found that most Australians are very accepting of our multicultural society. I have worked with people from a variety of racial backgrounds from indigenous to Asian to middle eastern and all different beliefs and have rarely seen any racist behaviour or comment from anyone. Certainly there are racial bigots in this country with some extreme views but much of this so called racism is stirred up by the media and special interest groups who are not representative of the majority of Australians. This sounds like another beat up. Can't find something to write about so we will pull the old race card trick. Always guaranteed to get some attention. It's like the old saying, " Nationalism is the last bastion of the crooked politician "
Well said Greg.
I have travelled this world extensively and have no doubt Australia is the least racist country I've visited or lived in, despite what some malcontents would wish us to believe.
If you want see endemic racism visit a middle eastern Arab country.
dorian said
05:50 AM Aug 18, 2020
The ABC journo reported on a study which showed that the cultural backgrounds of news presenters were skewed toward Anglo-Celtic, yet the journo ironically headlined his report in a way which suggested that he himself had an Anglocentric bias. That's all that I meant to say.
As for the absence of Asians and other non-Europeans at the news desk, I would think that this may have cultural explanations of its own. At the risk of being accused of stereotyping, it seems to me that Asian career choices are skewed toward STEM rather than the humanities, which would mean that there would be less applicants for these positions.
"More than three-quarters of Australian news presenters are white, report finds":
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-17/australian-media-diversity-report-television-news/12561184
ISTM that the ABC journalist believes that "white" means "Anglo-Celtic". Maybe he should have a closer look at his colleagues.
A landmark study of television news and current affairs has found that presenters, commentators and reporters on Australian television are overwhelmingly of an Anglo-Celtic background.
In terms of the number of appearances during the survey period, almost 76 per cent of those on Australian screens were found to have an Anglo-Celtic background.
Just 6 per cent were from an Indigenous or non-European background, despite the fact that these groups account for about a quarter of the Australian population.
The other 18 per cent was made up of those with a European background other than Anglo-Celtic.
Ahh yes, very much as you would expect from our left wing ABC.
Approx 3% in the 2016 census.
What about the goldfish!?
How many bloody news reporters are goldfish!? Answer me that, if you can!
Yet consider how many goldfish there are in Australia.
Blatant fishism! And the bloody ABC is the worst - not *one* goldfish amongst it's news readers or current affairs presenters!
Not a word from Waleed Aly on this one is there - no surprise there, a fishist if ever I saw one.
I foresee a thread closure coming up.
Oh no! Don't tell me the website owner is fishist too!?
These are the links to the study and the press release:
https://www.mediadiversityaustralia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Press-release_final.pdf
https://www.mediadiversityaustralia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Who-Gets-To-Tell-Australian-Stories_LAUNCH-VERSION.pdf
I notice that NITV was specifically excluded from the study.
I also notice that there was no separate "Asian" category. Instead they were categorised as non-European. That seems unusual.
BTW, I didn't mean to stir up any trouble. I just found it odd that the ABC journo didn't appear to understand the meaning of "white".
Well said Greg.
I have travelled this world extensively and have no doubt Australia is the least racist country I've visited or lived in, despite what some malcontents would wish us to believe.
If you want see endemic racism visit a middle eastern Arab country.
As for the absence of Asians and other non-Europeans at the news desk, I would think that this may have cultural explanations of its own. At the risk of being accused of stereotyping, it seems to me that Asian career choices are skewed toward STEM rather than the humanities, which would mean that there would be less applicants for these positions.