Report from former ABC staffers highlight political interference from Coalition
A report authored by former ABC journalists Quentin Dempster and Fergus Pitt, and published by political activist organisation, GetUp, has highlighted the alleged ongoing attempted interference from the Coalition government in ABC editorial.
The report, also contributed to by other former ABC journalists and staff, alleges the Coalition “has waged and sustained an intentional campaign of political interference against the ABC”, with undermining tactics stretching from financial, to legal, editorial and in the boardroom.
Dempster, a Walkley award winner said that the report reveals that when in power, governments “despise what is at the very heart of the ABC’s value and trustworthiness – it’s independence”.
Don’t know the other chap, but anything from Quentin Dempster will be cranked out with extreme pro-ABC bias.
The man is incapable of objectivity, with regard to ABC.
Also, the opening par of this story is missing a word (and a pretty important one, see CAPS):
A report authored by former ABC journalists Quentin Dempster and Fergus Pitt, and published by political activist organisation, GetUp, has highlighted the ALLEGED ongoing attempted interference from the Coalition government in ABC editorial.
Hey Paul
Thanks for flagging this. The second para had the word “alleges” already in it, but have also updated the first for further transparency.
Thanks
Calum
Well done.
If you actually read it you’ll see they don’t need to put Alleged there.
A report commissioned by a left leaning organisation to get two former ABC journalists to come to conclusions of political interference in the ABC. Jesus wept. Don’t suppose they thought of asking for a report by politically non-aligned freelance journalists or better still, lawyers to investigate and report? Silly question, really.
Regardless, please provide factual evidence demonstrating interference e.g. by whom, when and what form did the interference take.
A triumverate of the left finds the Coalition dislikes the coverage it gets in the ABC and dares to speak up.
What a surprise!