A Four Corners investigation into Fox News and its reporting of the Donald Trump presidency breached accuracy and fairness requirements in the ABC’s code of practice, Australia’s media regulator has found.
presidency breached accuracy and fairness requirements in the ABC’s code of practice, Australia’s media regulator has found after a year-long investigation.
Responding to a complaint by Fox News, the ACMA concluded in a 65-page report released on Wednesday, that the program omitted key information that meant it reported information “in a way that materially misled the audience”.“By omitting key information, the ABC did not give its audience the opportunity to make up their own minds about Fox News,” ACMA chair Nerida O’Loughlin said.“Both audiences and participants are entitled to the full picture.
ACMA rejected, however, suggestions from Fox News that the episodes were partisan. Fox News submitted: “It was plainly a biased approach, lacking impartiality and ignoring facts that did not suit the ABC’s narrative”.“There were instances where the presenter used emotive and strident language,” the regulator wrote, but found Ms Ferguson showed due impartiality in her questioning. The opinions shared by interviewees in the program are not subject to accuracy standards in the code of conduct.
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