In this week’s Media Briefs, your correspondent is shut out of an IDF briefing, without his favourite cricket highlights channel to pass the time…
The war on the coverage of the Israel-Hamas conflict continues to rage in Australian newsrooms and fissures are beginning to arise. In this week’s Media Briefs, ABC journalists have spoken out on the national broadcaster’s treatment of the conflict, and your correspondent tried (and failed) to get a briefing from the Israeli Embassy, ending up stuck where no one wants to be. Elsewhere, an era of cricketing highlights comes to an end off the back of some vexatious copyright claims.
ABC fractures over Gaza
Nine newspapers reported overnight that ABC staff have spoken out against the coverage of the national broadcaster’s reporting on the Israel-Hamas conflict in a mass meeting of over 200 reporters this week.
There were a number of issues raised in the meeting, including the ABC’s reliance on Israel Defence Force (IDF) spokespeople and reticence to use stronger language when describing Israeli policy. Sarah Ferguson’s reports on 7.30 were raised in particular.
Read more about the week in Australian media…
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