The ABC’s editorial policy seems to be don’t let the facts stand in the way of a good story. Though it could be far more sinister. For example, back in October 2022 It labelled the trial of a man for rape as the ‘Higgins trial’, as if the victim were on trial.
Agreed. I tweeted this in Oct22:
Bruce Lehrmann is on trial for rape. It took ABC News THREE attempts to make the alleged rapist rather than the alleged victim the focus of their headline:
• Higgins Trial
• Rape Trial (with Higgins' image)
• Lehrmann Trial
😠 #LehrmannTrial #WordsMatter
This is a useful chart. While a totally uncorrelated set of data, inverted it depicts the amount of rorting in the Australian political and public sector from the time John Howard was kicked out until Scott Morrison was kicked out. The low point was the end of the Rudd / Gillard Labor terms.
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ABC are just LNP propaganda now.
Bruce Lehrmann is on trial for rape. It took ABC News THREE attempts to make the alleged rapist rather than the alleged victim the focus of their headline:
• Higgins Trial
• Rape Trial (with Higgins' image)
• Lehrmann Trial
😠 #LehrmannTrial #WordsMatter