ABC urges staff to remain impartial on marriage equality across social media
Mark Maley, ABC’s editorial policy manager, has sent out an internal email to staff warning employees, particularly those with high profiles, against voicing their opinions one way or another about marriage equality.
The news follows the Turnbull government’s announcement this week it would run a postal plebiscite on marriage equality.
ABC has warned staff members to remain “impartial”
‘impartial’ and the ‘ABC’ doesn’t really work in the same sentence.
If the ABC is going to respect ‘diversity’ then why not allow the diversity of views among staff to have a free and open voice. I find this sort of policy very hard to respect or understand.
Sounds fair to me.
I look forward to the Murdoch media showing such fair-mindedness too.