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My friend's kid wrote to ABC ( Australia) to complain about their one sided take on a issue about a country that she knew about. They wrote back saying they ar
by galtwho 5y ago
My friend's kid wrote to ABC ( Australia) to complain about their one sided take on a issue about a country that she knew about.
They wrote back saying they are not obligated to present all sides of a story.
ABC parades itself as unbiased to boot and is funded by taxpayers.
- stubish 5y agoI recall that they announced this change. I think they had been getting too much flak for providing screen time and publicity for the loonier sides. Sucks if they have traded one journalistic failure for another. I can't find the announcement, but https://about.abc.net.au/2017/11/whats-wrong-with-being-fair-balanced/ https://about.abc.net.au/2017/11/whats-wrong-with-being-fair... is the ABCs take from 2017, and https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/lies-from-both-sides-in-the-game-of-politics,13312 https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/l... an example of criticism from 2019 that the ABC was still "both-siding".