Here is a fact check on the ABC website regarding its apology for airing a false allegation that a five year old boy was raped while in immigration detention in Nauru:
First exhibit: the homepage – no evidence of any ABC lies on rape of refugees.
Second exhibit – a search on the ABC for the word “rape”. Nothing apparent. Although the first result makes me VERY angry at the Government (thank you ABC for unbiased reporting).
Third exhibit – I had heard false rumours of an ABC apology – again an interesting result. Very angry about the Stolen Generation. grrrrr.
Well, this went on for sometime. Basically, it’s a “whitewash” on the ABC.
Fourth exhibit – Google is almost able to whitewash the convenient lies, though not at the expense of the ABC. Look down the bottom at the headline from the Daily Telegraph.
Fifth exhibit – Finally, after entering just the right words, I found the ABC reporting about the ABC, except…
It’s a begrudging acknowledgement of error from the ABC, no mention of “false” nor “rape” nor “lies” in the headline from the ABC.
One day, they will be judged by the same standards they apply to their ideological opponents and it will not be pretty. I have heard of kangaroo courts, this is a kangaroo court national broadcaster. It is a disgrace.
