The ABC has launched a scathing attack on Australia’s communications watchdog after it ruled the national broadcaster had misled viewers in a Four Corners investigation about cable TV network Fox News and its coverage of former US president Donald Trump.
The ABC has launched a scathing attack on Australia’s communications watchdog after it ruled the national broadcaster had misled viewers in ainvestigation about cable TV network Fox News and its coverage of former US president Donald Trump.the two-part program
ABC journalist Sarah Ferguson presented Fox and the Big Lie, the program that frustrated executives at the American cable network. ACMA chair Nerida O’Loughlin said the national broadcaster did not give viewers the opportunity to “make up their own mind”. But the ACMA agreed with the ABC on a range of other matters, including the accuracy of its reporting of Fox News’ ratings and a decision to broadcast statements that Fox News had supported Trump’s claims of election fraud. It said the ABC did not breach impartiality standards and did not unduly favour one perspective over another.
It argued it did not believe it was obliged editorially to include an assessment of the role of social media in the Capitol riots and the expectation it should feature a PR statement by Fox that did not answer questions related to the topic at hand.“This was a comprehensive investigation analysing the role Fox News played in helping promulgate the ‘big lie’ – that the 2020 US Presidential election was stolen. It is as relevant now as it was when it was first broadcast,” Stevens said.
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