Mornings, 23rd November 2012
Summary published: 1st February 2013
Complaint:
Several audience members complained about interviews
on 774 ABC Melbourne which covered allegations against the Prime Minister in
relation to her involvement in an AWU slush fund. Complainants said that
interviews with Mark Baker, Editor-at-Large at The Age and Michael
Smith, former 2UE talkback host, lacked balance, were conducted aggressively,
and that the presenter demonstrated bias.
Audience and Consumer Affairs response:
Audience and Consumer Affairs found that the
interviews were in breach of the ABC’s editorial requirement to gather and
present news and information with due impartiality. The argumentative style of
the interviews, combined with a pattern of strongly stated personal opinions by
the presenter that at times oversimplified the issues at hand, was not in
keeping with the ABC’s rigorous impartiality standards for news and
information. Seventeen complaints were upheld.
Complaints finalised January 2013.
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