ABC managing director confirms investigation into doctored war footage
ABC’s outgoing MD has commissioned an independent review into a “series of allegations and concerns” raised regarding a 2022 story in which audio of gunshots was added over helmet cam footage.
The footage, captured during operations by the 2nd Commando Regiment during a 2012 deployment in Afghanistan, was the subject of a Channel Seven Spotlight investigation, which found that audio of five extra gunshots was added over footage.
“An issue with the audio on a video accompanying the online story was first brought to the attention of ABC News last week and it immediately looked into the claims,” Anderson wrote in a statement posted to the ABC website.
