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They should be hostile to the ABC, because their journalistic standards are terrible. I've reported 3 factual inaccuracies to them and all of them took more tha
by 0xy 6y ago
They should be hostile to the ABC, because their journalistic standards are terrible. I've reported 3 factual inaccuracies to them and all of them took more than a month to retract. In one case, the inaccuracy affected the entire premise of the article.
ABC's standards are that it's okay to lie as long as you retract it a month later in a tiny 10pt foot note.
On the other hand, I've personally reported a similar article inaccuracy to a News Corp writer and he replied in 10 minutes, issuing a retraction.
Similarly, I reported an article inaccuracy in a Fairfax website and they retracted in less than 2 days. No reply but as long as it's corrected I don't mind.
SBS is even worse, they actually have zero accountability for online operations.
- megablast 6y agoYou clearly don’t watch media watch. What are these supposed inaccuracies??
- 0xy 6y agoI've had retractions printed in nearly every Australian news website, and among the 3 times I've contacted the ABC about inaccurate reporting the average response time is 1.5 months. 100% of my reports resulted in retractions (extremely delayed ones). This is not an organisation that cares about journalistic integrity. In fact they actively eschew ethics while their private sector counterparts reply in 1/50th the time or less. Also, you're using an ABC-produced show as evidence that the ABC isn't ethically compromised? "We investigated ourselves and found we we did nothing wrong"? Before you accuse me of being a shill, remember I've had retractions printed in News Corp outlets, too.