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Can we trust the ABC?(American Broadcasting Companies Inc. ABC Broadcast Group)

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| June 01, 2008 | Luck, Geoffrey | COPYRIGHT 2008 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

THE EVENING in October 2006 when Mark Scott launched himself, and as new Managing Director, his vision for the future of the national broadcaster to a packed meeting of the Sydney Institute, I asked the first question. Uncharacteristically for an ABC executive, Scott had chosen to speak on the tough, controversial topic of editorial values. In more than fifty years, I'd never heard one of his seven predecessors dare to give a speech on this taboo subject. He raised eyebrows across the room (and later temperatures throughout the organisation) with his candid admission of "A sense that the organisation has issues with balance and fairness--particularly through its news and ...

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