Publishers’ Note: The citizens journalism project Australians for Honest Politics is proud to announce that thanks to member donations we have commissioned Peter Clarke (@MediaActive), an elder of Australian journalism, to oversee reporting of the Jon Faine story. As a pioneer ABC radio interviewer, he is well placed to take us behind the story and […]
Open letter to Mark Scott about Jon Faine from Margo Kingston
February 4, 2013 Mr Mark Scott, Managing Director ABC Dear Mark, Re: ABC apology to anonymous complainant and reprimand to Jon Faine over his interview with former shock-jock Michael Smith I write to seek information on this matter and express my concerns at its process. I first learned of it through a strongly worded protest by […]
“Faining Outrage” from ABC Management
Audio of the 2 Jon Faine interviews in question: Jon Faine Interview with Mike Smith and Mark Baker 23 November 2013 http://blogs.abc.net.au/files/hectic-half-hour-23-11-12.mp3 Update: ABC Mediawatch had a segment on the Jon Faine Story. You can find it here. Since our ABC story went live on Tuesday, a new case of how ABC Management responds to […]
What’s happened to our ABC? The Juliar ‘typo’ and cases like Bolt where ABC does say sorry…
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