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The ABC wouldn't air biased reports, would it? What do they call it? "Your ABC".As if. ?[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.smh.com.au/national/abc-apologises-for-alice-springs-report-20230204-p5chwq.html[/URL]The ABC has apologised for providing an incomplete picture in a radio report about an Alice Springs community forum held to address alcohol-fuelled violence in the community.Matt Paterson, the mayor of Alice Springs, demanded on Thursday that ABC chair Ita Buttrose retract stories that appeared on the national broadcaster’s platforms that claimed a community forum at the Alice Springs Convention Centre expressed elements of “white supremacy”The forum, which took place on Monday, was attended by thousands of residents who were concerned about drunken violence and property crime in the area.Paterson demanded an apology to the Alice Springs community and told The Australian that the ABC reports had misrepresented what took place.In a statement on the ABC’s website, the national broadcaster said one report on its radio current affair program AM did not adequately provide listeners with the context of the meeting or a variety of perspectives expressed at it. The ABC said that while the meeting was “accurately reported” and newsworthy, the report had fallen short of some standards.“ABC News apologises to audiences for providing an incomplete picture of the event in this instance,” the ABC said. “Over the course of the day, the coverage included information and perspectives that provided a balanced understanding of the event, including additional comments from the meeting and further context regarding allegations of racism. ABC News stands by its journalists covering this story.”The report will remain online with an editor’s note and links to coverage that can provide more context. The editor’s note said the report should have included more perspectives from the meeting. “ABC News management takes responsibility,” the note said. The ABC’s news division is led by Justin Stevens, who was appointed last March.I love the editors note: the report now actually has both sides of the issue. ?
The ABC wouldn't air biased reports, would it? What do they call it? "Your ABC".
As if. ?
[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.smh.com.au/national/abc-apologises-for-alice-springs-report-20230204-p5chwq.html[/URL]
The ABC has apologised for providing an incomplete picture in a radio report about an Alice Springs community forum held to address alcohol-fuelled violence in the community.
Matt Paterson, the mayor of Alice Springs, demanded on Thursday that ABC chair Ita Buttrose retract stories that appeared on the national broadcaster’s platforms that claimed a community forum at the Alice Springs Convention Centre expressed elements of “white supremacy”
The forum, which took place on Monday, was attended by thousands of residents who were concerned about drunken violence and property crime in the area.
Paterson demanded an apology to the Alice Springs community and told The Australian that the ABC reports had misrepresented what took place.
In a statement on the ABC’s website, the national broadcaster said one report on its radio current affair program AM did not adequately provide listeners with the context of the meeting or a variety of perspectives expressed at it. The ABC said that while the meeting was “accurately reported” and newsworthy, the report had fallen short of some standards.
“ABC News apologises to audiences for providing an incomplete picture of the event in this instance,” the ABC said. “Over the course of the day, the coverage included information and perspectives that provided a balanced understanding of the event, including additional comments from the meeting and further context regarding allegations of racism. ABC News stands by its journalists covering this story.”
The report will remain online with an editor’s note and links to coverage that can provide more context. The editor’s note said the report should have included more perspectives from the meeting. “ABC News management takes responsibility,” the note said. The ABC’s news division is led by Justin Stevens, who was appointed last March.
I love the editors note: the report now actually has both sides of the issue. ?
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