ABC cleared of asylum seekers bias despite report with ‘sole purpose’ to get sympathy for people smugglers
An independent editorial audit reviewing the ABC’s coverage of asylum seekers has found four out of 97 reports on the issue could be perceived as biased, including a television report said to have the “sole purpose” of eliciting sympathy for people smugglers.
Another review into the treatment of Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott during the election campaign last year has also come back to say there were no concerns over their treatment by the ABC.
They are part of a regular series of reviews set up following criticism of the public broadcaster from media outlets and the government about a perceived bias in its journalism.
Former 60 Minutes executive producer Gerald Stone led the audit on asylum seeker reporting and cleared the ABC of systematic bias in its reporting on the subject, saying 93 of the 97 stories under review raised no concerns.
ANNNNDD… the release was actualy covered in The Australian… mind. blown.
Your excellent headline underlines how laughable this ‘finding’ is.
So an “independent” review (carried out by the ABC) has found no bias in ABC programs. Fancy that!
@Aussie_Austridge imagine what the findings would be if the commercial networks were reviewed
Today tonight
ACA
Bolt Report
Richo
… I would say a bias rate of more than 4.1%
also commercial networks still need to apply to the television code of practice
This Section is intended to ensure that:
4.1.1 news and current affairs programs are presented accurately and fairly;
4.1.2 news and current affairs programs are presented with care, having regard to the
likely composition of the viewing audience and, in particular, the presence of
children;
4.1.3 news and current affairs take account of personal privacy and of cultural
differences in the community;
4.1.4 news is presented impartially.
AndrewL you know that code of conduct is a joke. ACMA is a toothless tiger. Very few complaints to the ACMA actually finds in favour of the complainant, and when they do the station does nothing more than respond “we’ll train our staff over this matter”. The whole system is biased in favour of the commercial tv stations.
I completely agree, just shows how much of a witch hunt the attack on the ABC is.
When the commercial networks/radio stations/newspapers do it there is nothing more than a slap on the wrist (maybe with the exception of Hinch who has done jail time)