Comment on In the Crosshairs at Their ABC by kh

“Far right” was not error or loose talk by some keffiyeh-draped ABC apparatchik. A few nights earlier, ABC star Sarah Ferguson on her 7.30 show (September 17) had ushered in this dark new ABC tone about Kirk[2] , whom the ABC had not previously slandered as demonic or “far right”. Now here’s the ABC style and policy guidance (my emphases) which ABCTV weekend staff clearly viewed as “not applicable”:Labelling of groups and individualsThe ABC takes no editorial stand in its programming, and its journalism is accurate, impartial and objective. As a test for the ABC’s “consistency”, put “far right” into the ABC search box. On the Reuters benchmarks, however, trust in the ABC has fallen by 10 points to 64% since 2019, leaving the ABC less trusted than SBS for the first time on this scorecard.