SH> rod, depressing isn't it,

True.

SH> i would have thought that an australian version of the
SH> nighlty business report would be able to be produced on
SH> a shoe string, and apart from the occassional satellite
SH> link to tokyo, the b'line was also pretty cheap...

Dunno, its gone now so we cant look at the rogues gallery, but
I have often been amazed at how many parasites they have hanging
off what you would think could be done without too many people.

Even just in their studio lineup, three people, and I bet
Max didnt come cheap. I forget how many running around
people they had, must have been atleast two crews tho.

SH> but i suppose if we all sit back and say nothing

I'm not convinced they listen. It will be interesting to see if the big
stink about the Investigators getting canned even gets that reversed.

SH> then the morons who run the abc can spend our ? cents a day
SH> on bullsgit like gp, review bordetown/line and whatever......

Oh sure, I agree entirely, complete waste of money IMO. But I bet a hell of
a lot more droids watch those than ever did the Bottom Line. I know most of
the people I know watched that Corelli type stuff, tho I never bothered.

The ABC does some stuff very well, it really is quite remarkable how
well 4 Corners has lasted over all these years. But they also have
a remarkable capacity for totally stuffing things up too, like the
current set of debacles that Dave Hill managed to saddle them with.

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