-No commercials. No mercy!
Anchorman
'Media whose mission is to serve or engage a public.'
Public media is a boon. The ABC and SBS are both brilliant networks, that show and create inventive and, thank you God, ORIGINAL shows. The Chasers, Wilfred, The Gruen Transfer, Angry Boys: all these shows are/were creative shows that had a great following.
I noticed that unlike Seven, Nine and Ten, the public media networks showed great tenacity by sticking with the 'simple, not stupid' method. Their shows were easy to follow, yet clever, and also funny, but didn't have to shove the punchline in your face (I'm looking at you, Channel Seven), as well as finally not referring to the most pathetic methods: Preying on the weakest of human needs. The Biggest Loser and Neighbours, stand proud.
Moving on before I start insanely rambling about television programs,
Public media faces challenges: To be independent.
This can be problematic: being held in common by the people is in my belief risky, as no matter how intelligent any individual is, society as a whole is an idiot. Having to be held in legislation by the government is also risky. The Chaser's are proof of that. And the most annoyingly (and important) one: Bias/Agenda.
Regarding the future of public media, there has been discussion for a 'public media 2.0'. I disagree with aspects of this, as I am currently completely satisfied with our current programs (give or take a few Jonathan Holmes. Actually, just take). That would take time and words though, far too many for this post. So,
Good night and enjoy some music (courtesy of a previous blog post by Faye Rentoule)
Thank you,
Charlie Morris.
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