ABC'S POLITICAL AGENDA - NOT OUT ABC, WHY ARE WE PAYING FOR IT?
Late-night tweets reveal truth about ABC’s culture
GERARD HENDERSON - The ABC’s chief political correspondent Laura Tingle. - OCTOBER 23, 2020
Isn’t it interesting that so many of the best and brightest at the ABC, who spend their professional lives critiquing the political errors of others, make such mistakes themselves? Take the case of ABC chief political correspondent Laura Tingle, who appears regularly on 7.30. In my Media Watch Dog blog on October 16 I publicised the story about a tweet Tingle sent out at 11.27pm on October 9.
Commenting on the fact that her friend and colleague Philippa McDonald was leaving the ABC, Tingle blamed Prime Minister Scott Morrison. She accused him of “ideological bastardry” and concluded “hope you are feeling smug”. The tweet was removed by early the following morning.
Last Wednesday at Senate Estimates, ABC managing director and editor-in-chief David Anderson said he knew “Laura deems that to be a mistake; I think it was an error of judgment — as I think clearly Laura did too as she took that tweet down”.
Well, yes. An error of judgment indeed. That’s why the tweet was taken down and that’s why Tingle conceded her “mistake”. The problem is that Anderson failed to concede that Tingle posted her message in the first place because she wanted others to know that, in her view, the Prime Minister is into “ideological bastardry” and is “smug”. There is no problem with any Australian holding this view. It’s just that the ABC’s chief political correspondent is expected to exhibit an air of political detachment or disinterest when commenting on politics or when interviewing individuals.
Anderson told the Senate that Tingle had been contacted by 7.30’s executive producer Justin Stevens and he was “satisfied that no more action needs to be taken”. That’s a bit like asking the coach of a football team what to do about the star performing captain who has made a “mistake”. Stevens, like so many of his colleagues, invariably goes into denial when criticism is made of his team.
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https://www.theaustralian.com.au/inquirer/latenight-tweets-reveal-truth-about-abcs-culture/news-story/27a72eb466d47ca9ae1f20412664d149 ABC'S POLITICAL AGENDA - NOT OUT ABC, WHY ARE WE PAYING FOR IT?
Late-night tweets reveal truth about ABC’s culture
GERARD HENDERSON - The ABC’s chief political correspondent Laura Tingle. - OCTOBER 23, 2020
Isn’t it interesting that so many of the best and brightest at the ABC, who spend their professional lives critiquing the political errors of others, make such mistakes themselves? Take the case of ABC chief political correspondent Laura Tingle, who appears regularly on 7.30. In my Media Watch Dog blog on October 16 I publicised the story about a tweet Tingle sent out at 11.27pm on October 9.
Commenting on the fact that her friend and colleague Philippa McDonald was leaving the ABC, Tingle blamed Prime Minister Scott Morrison. She accused him of “ideological bastardry” and concluded “hope you are feeling smug”. The tweet was removed by early the following morning.
Last Wednesday at Senate Estimates, ABC managing director and editor-in-chief David Anderson said he knew “Laura deems that to be a mistake; I think it was an error of judgment — as I think clearly Laura did too as she took that tweet down”.
Well, yes. An error of judgment indeed. That’s why the tweet was taken down and that’s why Tingle conceded her “mistake”. The problem is that Anderson failed to concede that Tingle posted her message in the first place because she wanted others to know that, in her view, the Prime Minister is into “ideological bastardry” and is “smug”. There is no problem with any Australian holding this view. It’s just that the ABC’s chief political correspondent is expected to exhibit an air of political detachment or disinterest when commenting on politics or when interviewing individuals.
Anderson told the Senate that Tingle had been contacted by 7.30’s executive producer Justin Stevens and he was “satisfied that no more action needs to be taken”. That’s a bit like asking the coach of a football team what to do about the star performing captain who has made a “mistake”. Stevens, like so many of his colleagues, invariably goes into denial when criticism is made of his team.
READ ON...
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/inquirer/latenight-tweets-reveal-truth-about-abcs-culture/news-story/27a72eb466d47ca9ae1f20412664d149
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