Emails show cotton industry was screaming ABC bias before it saw a single frame. Plus: Sky’s big fat Greek fiasco
The ABC published not one but two lengthy public statements in defence of Monday’s Four Corners program Cash Splash this week amid accusations of bias from lobby groups. ABC communications pumped out no fewer than 1,500 words of rebuttal to complaints from groups including Cotton Australia, National Irrigators’ Council, NSW Farmers, NSW Irrigators and Webster’s Chris Corrigan.
“It is highly disappointing to watch the ABC once again wilfully disregard its own Charter requiring journalistic accuracy, balance and fairness, in order to satisfy its hunger for producing sensationalist television stories,” Cotton Australia said. “We condemn the continued unbalanced reporting from the national broadcaster and call on them to do their job – report balanced, fair and factual pieces of journalism. This is a call we will not back down on.”
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