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Déjà vu on the ABC : Comments
By Roger Underwood, published 24/1/2007There is clearly a culture within the ABC, or at least among its journalists, that they are above criticism. Best Blogs 2006.
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Posted by Bas, Monday, 29 January 2007 6:56:52 AM
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Your last post reads as a first rate example of “I can handle the facts so denial is the best way out.”
Again just for your benefit, the ABC Independent Complaints Review Panel found that ABC Four Corners program Lords of the Forests was seriously flawed, riddled with instances of “serious bias, lack of balance and unfair treatment”. The ICRP went on to say “Much of the program was found to have failed to uphold the ABC’s key values of honesty, independence and fairness” and that "Four Corners used un-sourced vision out of context or in a way that was misleading to viewers".
The ICRP also found that the reporter’s use of emotive language throughout the program destroyed any claim that the production was balanced.
Don't think these findings by the ABC’S own watch dog can be dismissed as only trivial but then again guess denial is the easy way out if the truth hurts.