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Beyond 'impartiality': how the ABC can benefit from editorial audits

12/16/2013

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The decision of the ABC to conduct regular editorial audits of its coverage of controversial topics is a great idea.

The ABC has a unique place in the Australian media landscape. Learning more about how it covers the big topics is important for both the organisation and the Australian public it serves.

How can the ABC get the most out of this process?

If we only had the bias equivalent of a geiger counter to run over a wad of ABC online news reports, or 7.30 segments. Oh, for something with a gauge and needle to show how much bias had been detected: something that beeped louder and more insistently as the bias levels went up.

But we don’t and never will have a bias meter. “Impartiality” and “objectivity” – the gold standards of public broadcasting – are not backed up by bullion in the central bank.


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    Annabelle Lukin is a linguist in the Centre for Language in Social Life, Macquarie University.

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