Alan Jones ordered to do journalism training

[Hubert CumberdaleParticipant]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-10-18/alan-jones-ordered-to-do-journalism-training/4320534

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) says Jones will have to undertake training on “factual accuracy and significant viewpoints” as part of measures agreed with his station 2GB.

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[Renai LeMayKeymaster]

It’s a pity they can’t apply the same rule to the coverage by the Financial Review and News Ltd on the NBN …

[LetsBeOpenAboutThisParticipant]

They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks?

[Renai LeMayKeymaster]

Frankly, if Alan Jones’ job wasn’t at stake here, and I’m not even sure that it really is, I don’t think he would be at all interested in participating in this process. I doubt it will have much real impact on his work.

[Tinman_auParticipant]

At his age, I doubt he cares too much really.

And while hes a cranky old bastard with some really weird/bizarre/hateful ideas, at least he does do the odd good thing every now and then (CSG issue for example). As a whole though, we’ll probably be better off as a society once he retires.

[Renai LeMayKeymaster]

“we’ll probably be better off as a society once he retires”

Absolutely.

Personally, I kind of wonder why he still does it. At this point, with him being a multi-multi-millionaire, surely it must have little to do with the money and everything to do with the fact that he enjoys the work and the attention? If I were him, I’d take this chance to bow out. I mean, according to Wikipedia, he’s 72 years old. He’s a dinosaur from a bygone era — in fact, he was born before World War II finished. It’s most likely one of the reasons why he’s out of step with current thinking.

[Tinman_auParticipant]

Not wrong mate, he is a 30% owner of the radio station, so I really doubt he’ll ever loose his job, and he just sticks with it cause what else does he have?

He seems to connect pretty well with Baby Boomers, so maybe it’s just that he feels he’s a leader for that generation and likes the power?

Maybe you should see if you could interview him on the subject, that would be a hella interesting read :o)

[Renai LeMayKeymaster]

“Maybe you should see if you could interview him on the subject”

I’d rather stick my head in a bucket of sewage :)

[Hubert CumberdaleParticipant]

He’s a dinosaur from a bygone era

yep and the big problem is this is what his audience is comprised of too…

He seems to connect pretty well with Baby Boomers

and the bogans that like to be outraged at political issues they don’t have a clue about.

• This reply was modified 7 months, 1 week ago by  Hubert Cumberdale.

[Tinman_auParticipant]

You know what they say HC, “You can lead a bogan to education, but you can’t force them to learn”…at least I think they said it….not sure who “they” are now though…maybe I’ve been reading too many Liberal pressers and now I’m just making stuff up….or maybe bored on a Friday afternoon…yeah, that’s it ;o)

[Renai LeMayKeymaster]

I have attended and listened to enough Liberal Party pressers in the past several years to last me the rest of my lifetime.

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