Not content with being on the ABC board, Janet Albrechtsen also wants to single out individual ABC journalists for public praise or censure depending on their political opinions.

In this column, the Board member gives Chris Uhlmann the thumbs up, and Barrie Cassidy the thumbs down, for their recent comments on Insiders:

On this front, the ABC’s Chris Uhlmann stands out as a rarity in journalism. He provides the sort of skeptical, rational analysis rarely seen in some media circles…

…Sadly, even more striking than Uhlmann’s genuinely inquiring journalistic analysis was the response by Insider’s host, Barry (sic) Cassidy, to Uhlmann’s comments. Making it clear how far Uhlmann had strayed from journalistic orthodoxy, Cassidy thanked him - with a laugh - for “a very unique perspective.”

Is the impartiality of the ABC Board damaged when a member expresses approval or disapproval of ABC employees’ views, from behind the fig-leaf of a News Ltd. column?

Should be an interesting next meeting…