ABC’s Four Corners breaches ACMA’s Code of Practice
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has found the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) breached accuracy and fair and honest dealing requirements of its Code of Practice in its Four Corners double episode program ‘Fox and the Big Lie’.
However, the ACMA’s overall assessment was that the program came close to, but did not breach, the high bar set by the impartiality standards in the ABC’s Code.
The ACMA investigation (PDF) found the ABC omitted relevant contextual information in the program in a way that materially misled the audience.
