{"id":5033,"date":"2013-06-16T19:49:09","date_gmt":"2013-06-16T09:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/?p=5033"},"modified":"2022-05-02T00:34:28","modified_gmt":"2022-05-01T14:34:28","slug":"the-standard-you-walk-past-is-the-standaed-you-accept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/the-standard-you-walk-past-is-the-standaed-you-accept\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t walk past, @abcmarkscott and @dailytelegraph"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5034 aligncenter\" alt=\"BM2GbetCMAASngC\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/BM2GbetCMAASngC.jpg?resize=600%2C435\" width=\"600\" height=\"435\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Update:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"500\">\n<p>Barrie Cassidy on Jon Faine just said News Management are reviewing Piers Akerman position as we speak. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23abc774&amp;src=hash\">#abc774<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; No Fibs Geek (@geeksrulz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/geeksrulz\/statuses\/347504625307512832\">June 20, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"500\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/abcmarkscott\">@abcmarkscott<\/a> + K Williams ( News Ltd CEO), &#39;THE STANDARD YOU WALK PAST  IS THE STANDARD YOU ACCEPT&#39; Follow Fairfax example. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JointDestroyer\">@jointdestroyer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; margo kingston (@margokingston1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/margokingston1\/statuses\/346160473554706434\">June 16, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"500\">\n<p>Apology from ABC yet? Statement? Reporting? &#10;Apology from News  Ltd yet? Statement? Reporting?&#10;Go <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23Fairfax&amp;src=hash\">#Fairfax<\/a>. Set benchmark, reported stories<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; margo kingston (@margokingston1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/margokingston1\/statuses\/346161980652003328\">June 16, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"500\">\n<p>Attempted to contact both, no response. RT <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/margokingston1\">@margokingston1<\/a>: Apology from ABC yet? Statement? Reporting?  Apology from News  Ltd yet?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Karen Middleton (@KarenMMiddleton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KarenMMiddleton\/statuses\/346162205345067008\">June 16, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Misty__Bella\/status\/346197458856054784<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"500\">\n<p>Sexuality rubbish a tawdry affair <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/4IpuUalNRw\">http:\/\/t.co\/4IpuUalNRw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Daily Telegraph (@dailytelegraph) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dailytelegraph\/statuses\/346179885682790401\">June 16, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"500\">\n<p>Piers&#39; piece is FREE &amp; in Murdoch&#39;s national broadsheet the Oz, not in the tabloid he writes for. THIS IS NEWS LTD&#39;S STATEMENT. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23saysitall&amp;src=hash\">#saysitall<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; margo kingston (@margokingston1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/margokingston1\/statuses\/346196012563587072\">June 16, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"500\">\n<p>STILL no <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/abcnews\">@abcnews<\/a> reports on Piers, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/abcmarkscott\">@abcmarkscott<\/a>? STILL no statement, no apology to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JuliaGillard\">@JuliaGillard<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; margo kingston (@margokingston1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/margokingston1\/statuses\/346215519663312896\">June 16, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"500\">\n<p>Explainer of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MsGraceCollier\">@MsGraceCollier<\/a> cleavage remarks <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/2o5SvSR1Mc\">http:\/\/t.co\/2o5SvSR1Mc<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pixilatedme\">@pixilatedme<\/a>. &#10;Why ABC so quick to defend her, so silent on Piers?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; margo kingston (@margokingston1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/margokingston1\/statuses\/346257524179214337\">June 16, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"500\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/margokingston1\">@margokingston1<\/a> One more time, Margo. The ABC hasn&#39;t defended her, it&#39;s defended the *broadcast*, in which she was roundly pilloried.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mark Colvin (@Colvinius) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Colvinius\/statuses\/346398612294606848\">June 16, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"500\">\n<p>.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Colvinius\">@Colvinius<\/a>, still ABC silence on Piers, cleavage the priority? No standards issue? <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/nwaiWtxk6n\">http:\/\/t.co\/nwaiWtxk6n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; margo kingston (@margokingston1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/margokingston1\/statuses\/346409815037325312\">June 16, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"500\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/margokingston1\">@margokingston1<\/a> Piers also roundly rebuked by the panel &#8211; &amp; by Barrie. What do you want? People you don&#39;t like can&#39;t appear at all on ABC?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mark Colvin (@Colvinius) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Colvinius\/statuses\/346425169608331264\">June 17, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"500\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Colvinius\">@Colvinius<\/a>, spare me, Mark. Of course not. Your answer implies ABC sets no standards on who it pays to appear on the ABC to talk politics.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; margo kingston (@margokingston1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/margokingston1\/statuses\/346426663388733440\">June 17, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"500\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/margokingston1\">@margokingston1<\/a> Not at all. But your approach would likely also bar someone like Catherine Deveney from appearing on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23qanda&amp;src=hash\">#qanda<\/a>. And there&#39;s a<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mark Colvin (@Colvinius) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Colvinius\/statuses\/346431377945817088\">June 17, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"500\">\n<p>.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Colvinius\">@Colvinius<\/a>, I don&#39;t know <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CatherineDeveny\">@CatherineDeveny<\/a> work &#8211; does she make up facts on ABC to falsely accuse, broadcast rumours, work unethical?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; margo kingston (@margokingston1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/margokingston1\/statuses\/346439820152803328\">June 17, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"500\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/margokingston1\">@margokingston1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Colvinius\">@Colvinius<\/a> No.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Catherine Deveny  (@CatherineDeveny) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CatherineDeveny\/statuses\/346441373899182080\">June 17, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"500\">\n<p>.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CatherineDeveny\">@CatherineDeveny<\/a>, so ending paid gig Piers on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23Insiders&amp;src=hash\">#Insiders<\/a> for gross breach of journalistic\/ethical standards would not exclude u  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Colvinius\">@colvinius<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; margo kingston (@margokingston1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/margokingston1\/statuses\/346442774859632641\">June 17, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"500\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/margokingston1\">@margokingston1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Colvinius\">@Colvinius<\/a> No journalistic\/ethical standards for comedians and I think the idea of legislating &#39;offense&#39; is medieval.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Catherine Deveny  (@CatherineDeveny) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CatherineDeveny\/statuses\/346443811997773824\">June 17, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"500\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/margokingston1\">@margokingston1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Colvinius\">@Colvinius<\/a> In defamation and broadcast law, publisher is responsible for all content, but ABC doesn&#39;t seem to accept this.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Stephen Spencer (@sspencer_63) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sspencer_63\/statuses\/346429742305656832\">June 17, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"500\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/margokingston1\">@margokingston1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PetefromHayNSW\">@PetefromHayNSW<\/a> But Cath has been accused (rightly or wrongly) of saying things every bit as offensive or extreme as Piers.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mark Colvin (@Colvinius) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Colvinius\/statuses\/346432137068687362\">June 17, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"500\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sspencer_63\">@sspencer_63<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/margokingston1\">@margokingston1<\/a> In exactly the same way newspapers do  for their letters pages. Publish but not endorse diverse views.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mark Colvin (@Colvinius) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Colvinius\/statuses\/346432695783538688\">June 17, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"500\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Colvinius\">@Colvinius<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/margokingston1\">@margokingston1<\/a> your saying that had Piers sent those comments to the ABC in a letter you would have published them? Rubbish.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Stephen Spencer (@sspencer_63) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sspencer_63\/statuses\/346433491380076547\">June 17, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"500\">\n<p>.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Wendycarlisle\">@Wendycarlisle<\/a>, all those pieces, including in News Ltd, about drawing a line, raising standards in public discourse &#8211; ABC no? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Colvinius\">@colvinius<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; margo kingston (@margokingston1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/margokingston1\/statuses\/346419974585348096\">June 17, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"500\">\n<p>How cool is this  &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/therevmountain\">@therevmountain<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23storify&amp;src=hash\">#storify<\/a> on our discussions on the ABC&#39;s Piers&#39; ethics. <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/5zstwC3iKI\">http:\/\/t.co\/5zstwC3iKI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thecitizenweb\">@thecitizenweb<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/geeksrulz\">@geeksrulz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; margo kingston (@margokingston1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/margokingston1\/statuses\/346839607075282944\">June 18, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/storify.com\/therevmountain\/further-down-the-rabbit-hole.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<noscript>[<a href=\"\/\/storify.com\/therevmountain\/further-down-the-rabbit-hole\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">View the story &#8220;Further down the rabbit hole&#8221; on Storify<\/a>]<\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Letter of complaint to the ABC<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Program:<\/strong> Insiders<br \/>\n<strong>Program Date:<\/strong> 16 June 2013<br \/>\n<strong>ABC Service\\Network:<\/strong> ABC1<br \/>\n<strong>ABC Recipient:<\/strong> Audience &amp; Consumer Affairs<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Subject:\u00a0Piers Akerman defames Tim Mathieson\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It is unacceptable for\u00a0the ABC to host a person like Piers Akerman who openly and defiantly\u00a0defamed Tim Mathieson and debases our ABC. Your network has been sullied and\u00a0your reputation smeared. This is below all and any community standards and\u00a0expectations of the public broadcaster.<\/p>\n<p>You need to stop engaging in this sort of behaviour and start pre-recording\u00a0known offenders of public standards or ban them altogether.<\/p>\n<p>There are numerous examples beyond this one where sexist, racist, defamatory\u00a0comments has been allowed to be broadcast unchallenged.<\/p>\n<p>This has to stop now.<\/p>\n<p>You owe a legal and moral obligation to your audience to uphold community\u00a0standards. It is not good enough or acceptable any more to be just the\u00a0messenger of sexist, racist, defamatory comment.<\/p>\n<p>You are the public broadcaster and the community looks to you for moral\u00a0leadership. If you repeat these claims unchallenged as opinion or news, you\u00a0are condoning them.<\/p>\n<p>You are in control of your own editorial standards. Apply them rigorously\u00a0without fear or favour.<\/p>\n<p>Do not under any circumstance broadcast lies, innuendo, rumour, gossip,\u00a0sexist, racist, defamatory comment without context and without challenge.<\/p>\n<p>Always challenge, do not quote blindly.<\/p>\n<p>At the very minimum, Mr Mathieson deserves an unreserved apology from you.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Akerman should be suspended from appearing on the ABC until he can\u00a0behave like a mature adult in polite society.<\/p>\n<p>Please take action now and respond to me, to Mr Mathieson, to your audience\u00a0and to the Australian community at large.<\/p>\n<p>You owe us all an apology.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tony Yegles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read More:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"#Mediawatch honest broker for silent, censored Piers\u2019 ABC\" href=\"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/2013\/06\/18\/mediawatch-honest-broker-for-silent-censored-piers-abc\/\">#Mediawatch honest broker for silent, censored Piers\u2019 ABC<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"ABC Piers silence is consent: @CatherineDeveny on why she\u2019s no Akerman\" href=\"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/2013\/06\/17\/abc-piers-silence-is-consent-catherinedeveny-on-why-shes-no-akerman\/\">ABC Piers silence is consent: @CatherineDeveny on why she\u2019s no Akerman<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Update: Barrie Cassidy on Jon Faine just said News Management are reviewing Piers Akerman position as we speak. #abc774 &mdash; No Fibs Geek (@geeksrulz) June 20, 2013 &nbsp; &nbsp; @abcmarkscott + K Williams ( News Ltd CEO), &#39;THE STANDARD YOU WALK PAST IS THE STANDARD YOU ACCEPT&#39; Follow Fairfax example. @jointdestroyer &mdash; margo kingston [&hellip;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[3434,3402,57,3546,65,585,26,27,31,35],"tags":[2587,678,676,309,2574,677,429,679],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t0mw-1jb","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5033"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5033"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56798,"href":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5033\/revisions\/56798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}