With Commercial Media
You At Least Have A Choice
Is something amiss with the ABC?
Auntie’s not the girl she used to be.
Her news journalists once were fearless and keen,
Bringing news we trusted to air waves and screen.
Now it’s News Limited dictating our limited news:
Its opinions, crusades and particular views
And Auntie’s news readers with nuanced repartee
Obediently deliver each daily release
At every news break predictable yet alien.
So, who’s infecting Auntie with The Australian?
Bird Words
A convivium of cockatoos,
Their black forms clamber and swing
On a banksia trapeze.
Ornate beaks snip and savour
Flowers of a subtle hue
To match
Tail flash and ear patch.
© Barbara Boyle June 2010
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