As @Dona Ferentes wsaid, "well he would say that wouldn't he".
There is one glaring falsehood, since the voice... seriously.
In reality the Yes campaign couldnt answer any questions, it was their responsibility to sell it, the planning and presentation was appalling and the post referendum vacuum really shows the lack of heart and commitment behind it.
Well if you are setting the bar with Dutton, you are selling Albo short IMO.
Probably because Yes perceived the ABC to be biased, because they were.
No wonder the ABC is losing its traditional audience.
Jacinta Price rejected 52 ABC interview requests during Voice campaign
Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price rejected 52 interview requests from the ABC during the Voice to Parliament referendum campaign, with the public broadcaster citing its futile pursuit of the senator as an example of its efforts to cover the campaign fairly.
The report, authored by Mark Maley, chair of the ABC’s Referendum Coverage Review Committee (RCRC) and editorial policy manager, said Price did not agree to a single interview on any major broadcast program over the course of the campaign (August 30 to October 14). It added that the ABC had faced significant challenges in getting voices from the No camp to present their argument as opposed to those from the Yes camp.
“Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, for instance, declined at least 52 interview requests with the ABC and did not agree to a single interview on a major broadcast program,” the report said. Major broadcast programs include any national show across radio or television.
In response, Price told this masthead in a statement that she and the No campaign had gone to great lengths to reach as many Australians as possible, but it was not her job to make herself available to the ABC “whenever it suited them”.
“My role in this campaign was to ask Australians to vote No to division, not boost the ratings of a failing activist ABC,” Price said on Monday.
Price did make some appearances on local ABC channels, including ABC Radio Adelaide in October, where she called the broadcaster’s approach hostile.
“My experiences with ABC interviews are often hostile, and I’m treated with contempt on many different platforms. Whether it’s ABC Breakfast, or whether it’s [Radio National], [Patricia] Karvelas and [Hamish] McDonald, they’re particularly hostile towards me,” she said at the time.
A lack of public advocacy was a feature of the No campaign’s media strategy the Referendum Coverage Review Committee report stated, with fewer high-profile individuals associating themselves with the campaign. There was also a deliberate push by No advocates to focus on social media and engage with “friendly broadcasters”, the report said.
‘My role in this campaign was to ask Australians to vote No to division,
not boost the ratings of a failing activist ABC.’
Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price
The report pointed to the Afternoon Briefing TV program as a “standout example” of the No campaign refusing to engage with the ABC. Most high-profile potential No interviewees in Canberra never fronted the program despite repeated requests.
“The effect was a wide disparity on a program that produced a lot of content, although for a relatively small audience.”
Maley, the report’s author, said a 50/50 balance of advocates was not required as a benchmark to judge the fairness of the ABC’s coverage of the referendum. Instead, the broadcaster’s key role was to ensure that audiences were provided with the main arguments for and against the issue across all its platforms and within a reasonable time. Maley added the ABC had been broadly successful in achieving that.
Chief politics correspondent for 7.30 and staff elected board member Laura Tingle called out the broadcaster’s obsession with false balance “nuts” at a book launch two days before the referendum vote in October.
“But somehow, the way the numbers have worked tells people that the Yes case has been wildly overrepresented on the ABC, and as a result, it affects the way we structure and report stories because they say if you can’t get somebody who’s a No, you can’t put on somebody who’s a Yes,” Tingle said.
Price appeared at the National Press Club in mid-September during the campaign. Tingle, who is also the club’s president, said at the time it had been hard to secure confirmation dates for Price and fellow No activist Nyunggai Warren Mundine. Price’s speech attracted controversy over its broadcast scheduling but eventually aired on the ABC’s main channel.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese had the highest share of voice across the campaign.CREDIT:RHETT WYMAN
According to data from Isentia, externally commissioned by the ABC, voices advocating for a Yes vote drew a combined 51 per cent share of coverage over the six weeks across radio, television and online, compared with the 23 per cent share attributed to No advocates. Neutral voices commanded 24 per cent while undecided was 2 per cent.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese had the largest share of voice across the entire campaign, while Mundine had the largest share of voice for those advocating for No.
The ABC received 383 complaints relating to its coverage of the Voice, 315 of which were claims of lack of balance or bias; 250 claimed the ABC’s coverage unduly favoured the Yes campaign.
Of the 121 complaints investigated by the ABC’s editorial ombudsman, four were found to be in breach of the broadcaster’s editorial standards. All four breach findings related to an inaccurate reference in a 7pm TV news report about the 1967 referendum having granted Indigenous Australians the right to vote.
it lost me , over a decade ago
Hasn't the ABC closed down a few of its current affairs programs and sacked a few reporters?
We are the same, haven't watched the ABC news or current affairs programs for years, still watch shows like Vera etc.
Yes, The Drum has been axed. I stopped watching that when it was obvious it was run by feminists. Andrew Probyn was sacked and is now with Nine. Ashley Raper left and is now with Ten. The aforementioned Ticky Fullerton was heard to say she left because she wasnt a communist or a lesbian and there was no place for her!
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