‘No evidence that anybody, at any stage, made a conscious or deliberate decision’: ABC cleared over fake gunshot audio
An independent review into a series of ABC news reports that added gunshot sounds to helmet-cam footage found “no evidence that anyone at the ABC … deliberately doctored, falsified, manipulated or distorted information, material or evidence in order to mislead audiences.”
The review was commissioned by outgoing ABC managing director David Anderson in September, following complaints that two 7.30 stories and an online piece aired in September 2022 included additional gunshot sounds over helmet-cam footage taken from Australian commandos during a 2012 deployment in Afghanistan.
The review also looked at whether the editing of an interview with former US Drug Enforcement Administration leader Bret Hamilton in one of the 7.30 stories was misleading.
… “inadvertently but inaccurately”? what a joke it is when the ABC news department investigates itself and answers to no one …
Who is the bloke who did the report? What connection has he had past or present with the ABC. Calling it an independent report means nothing without context.
How can 5 extra gunshots “inadvertently” appear in audio without human intervention particularly when it adds weight to the narrative the ABC was pushing.
Sounds like an ABC whitewash