The ABC has won

And Australia has lost

After 5 years of raging against the ABC's introduction of watermarks I withdraw in defeat. I also withdraw the logofreeabc web site and I have archived the original home page in case it might be of historical interest. There will be no more updates to this web site.

The quality of the ABC has deteriorated and the culture of the company has been corrupted beyond redemption. A national treasure of quality, reliability and stability has been lost forever. The ABC now looks and sounds like a commercial station, with the usual trappings of watermarks, popups, talk-overs, interruptions, pseudo-advertising, time-leakage and repeats. The ABC news is now sprinkled with spelling mistakes, mispronunciations, neologisms and technical faults. This deterioration is mirrored perfectly on radio station ABC 774.

All complaints to the ABC on any matter are ignored, or even worse, met with a bluster and arrogance and then ignored. Don't bother complaining to the ABC about anything, all you will get in return via phone, fax, letter or email is a form letter response that ignores anything you say.

I predict that within several years that our national broadcaster will cease to exist as a distinct media outlet. The ABC became terminally diseased during the end of the Howard government years, it's now agonal and it will soon die.

Greg Keogh
03-Jan-2010