Things I don’t understand ||

This is the followup to the earlier article about ABC’s extraordinary “Planet Slayer” propaganda for kids.

Apparently a Liberal senator is none too pleased with ABC’s fascinating exploding pig carbon calculator:

THE ABC has been forced to justify portraying the average Australian as an exploding greenhouse pig with slime oozing out of its mouth.

Managing director Mark Scott also found himself defending claims that Geraldine Doogue was a grovelling sycophant and Professor Schpinkee’s diagnosis on when to die, as senators grilled him over the ABC’s perceived bias during budget estimates.

Victorian Liberal senator Mitch Fifield was outraged by an ABC science website, Planet Slayer, which he said demonised loggers, meat eaters and farmers who grew GM crops.

The website also features Professor Schpinkee’s greenhouse calculator, which assesses how users’ carbon dioxide production compares to the “Average Aussie greenhouse pig” and estimates at what age the user should die so they don’t use more than their fair share of resources. Too many emissions, caused by gas-guzzling cars, big houses and racked-up plane miles, causes a cartoon pig to blow up.

“Sure, there’s a bit of inner goth in all of us, but this may be taking things too far,” Senator Fifield said.

Mr Scott said the website was deliberately irreverent and was designed to appeal to children. But he said the ABC would look at the content on the site.

That’s a relief. The crisis is over now that ABC are looking at the content.

Meanwhile, I’m trying to get in touch with my “inner goth” - I never realised I had one.