Why 'extremist' is on Australia's ABC board

Why has so extreme and combative a figure as Keith Windschuttle been appointed to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) board? The question is posed by Robert Manne in an analysis that appears to lay the blame at the feet of the country's prime minister, John Howard. "The government is infuriated that there still exist small groups of political dissenters broadcasting from obscure corners at the ABC", writes Manne. By appointing Windschuttle, "the most extreme cultural warrior in the country", he concludes that "the ideological gloves are finally off." (Via theage.com.au)