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David Anderson’s resignation as ABC managing director could be a watershed moment for the broadcaster

The resignation of David Anderson as managing director of the ABC has the potential to be a watershed moment in the history of the national broadcaster.

The Conversation

Kim Williams is right to criticise how the ABC covers news, but there’s a change he needs to make to fix it

ABC chair Kim Williams has attracted considerable attention with his criticism of the broadcaster’s online news choices. Williams has taken issue with what he sees as the ABC prioritising lifestyle stories over hard news. In the process, he has raised an important issue of principle.

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‘I am just a marionette’: ABC veteran Phillip Adams reveals what sets him apart ahead of final show

Colleagues pay tribute to Radio National broadcaster whose ‘naughty streak and compassion for underdog’ shone in interviews with everyone from Mikhail Gorbachev to Gore Vidal

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As News Corp rails against social media, the Oz plays the Nazi card

Now, more than ever, we need real conversations about racism. But The Australian only cares about owning the libs.

Crikey

News Corp cajoles and, yes, bullies other Australian media outlets

The US company understands the business of journalism better than anybody else.

Crikey

Dutton’s ‘no vacancies’ for migrants depends on a complicit media

Traditional media once understood migration reporting was to be ‘handled with care’. The rhetoric has long since become toxic.

Crikey

Labor to allow foreign citizens to join ADF

Labor will loosen entry requirements for the ADF to allow permanent residents from the US, UK, New Zealand, Canada and Pacific Island nations to serve. And two-thirds of voters support increasing the age limit for social media use.

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Trump, Tingle and touching the nerve of white grievance

Why do racists hate being called racist? The fury directed at Laura Tingle throws some light on the grievance that powers Donald Trump.

Crikey

In publicising Laura Tingle’s ‘counselling’, the ABC risks giving the bullies a victory

No matter what the national broadcaster does, News Corp and the Australian will keep gnawing at it

The Guardian - AU

As News Corp rages over Laura Tingle, Sharri Markson bewails an ‘explosion of racism’ across Australia

Murdoch’s empire down under has been quietly reorganised – with a long, slow cull of journalists expected to follow

The Guardian - AU

Tingle stated the obvious, and the obvious is based on evidence

Tingle gets the backing of Crikey readers, who say those in the Coalition and the media who are criticising her need to examine Australia’s racist history.

Crikey

Donald Trump found guilty

A Manhattan jury has found Donald Trump guilty of falsifying business records to cover up a payoff to porn star Stormy Daniels, making him the first former US president to be convicted on felony charges.

Crikey

ABC boss rejects suggestion it ‘cowered to a News Corp pile-on’ over Laura Tingle comments

David Anderson says News Corp is ‘obsessed’ with the ABC after Tingle faces backlash over ‘racist country’ comments

The Guardian - AU

The Laura Tingle fallout shows how the ABC kowtows to News Corp

News Corp’s outrage machinery clunked into gear following Laura Tingle’s ‘racist’ Australia comments. The ABC should know better than to kowtow.

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Crikey

Labor to rewrite controversial immigration directive

Following scrutiny, Immigration Minister Andrew Giles will rewrite a rule that softened visa cancellations for non-citizen criminals, and the ABC’s Laura Tingle has been ‘counselled’ over recent remarks.

The Guardian - AU

ABC counsels Laura Tingle over ‘racist country’ comments but journalist stands by remarks

Reporter says ‘we clearly have an issue with racism’ in lengthy statement addressing her Sydney writers’ festival appearance

Crikey

Is Australia a racist country? We asked five experts

‘If you are talking about a process in which distinctions between people based on colour, ethnicity, nationality, culture or background are used to allocate resources broadly in society, that’s racism.’

The Conversation

The coverage of Laura Tingle’s comments on racism is a textbook beat-up, but she’s not in the wrong

Striking the balance between journalists’ private free speech rights and the public duty they owe to impartiality and their employer’s reputation is one of the most complex ethical issues confronting the media today.

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The Conversation

Is Australia a racist country? We asked 5 experts

Over the weekend at the Sydney Writers’ Festival, high-profile political journalist Laura Tingle told the audience Australia is a racist country, and always has been. It prompted widespread media coverage and criticism from Coalition politicians and media commentators.

The Guardian - AU

ABC denies holding emergency talks after Laura Tingle’s ‘racist country’ comments criticised in Murdoch press

Tingle says Australia is a ‘racist country’ in response to question at Sydney writers’ festival about Peter Dutton’s immigration policy

Crikey

Award-winning author Lucashenko claims ABC’s David Marr called her ‘f**king rude’ backstage

Plus a News Corp beat-up on the ABC’s Laura Tingle? Quelle surprise.

The Guardian - AU

New boss Luke McIlveen’s reverence for Ray Hadley unnerves SMH and Age staff

Past praise of shock jock and mockery of serious journalism causes shudder as Nine newsrooms divided. Plus: Phillip Adams puts Late Night Live to bed

The Guardian - AU

Government no longer holds CCTV footage from night of Brittany Higgins’ alleged rape, court told

Federal government tells court it cannot supply footage for use in Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation proceedings. Lehrmann has consistently denied the rape allegation

AAP

High-profile journalists to appear in Lehrmann case

High-profile journalists Peter FitzSimons and Laura Tingle will provide evidence in defamation action brought by former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann.

The Guardian - AU

Bruce Lehrmann says ABC acted maliciously by showing Brittany Higgins speech, court documents show

Former political staffer suing national broadcaster over a February 2022 joint address by Higgins and Grace Tame at the National Press Club

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