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In a diversifying media landscape news editors face an increasingly difficult challenge reviewing the work of reporters under their supervision. Inevitably some mistakes, errors and substandard articles slip past their critical eyes.

The simple aim of ABC NEWS WATCH is to publicise the errors, omissions, and substandard reports produced by the News service and related entities of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). In doing so we hope to provide an independent check or audit on ABC news articles and in doing so improve the standard of ABC news reporting. After all its our ABC.

Monday, March 22, 2010

From the vault - carbon per capita

News Bulletin – 22 March 2007
The complaint
An audience member wrote to complain about a story which reported that Australia was the second greatest producer of carbon emissions in the world. The complainant asserted that this statement was incorrect and required the qualification that this was per capita.
Findings
The ABC agreed a mistake had been made and the statement should have included the phrase “per capita”.


"From the Vault" - digging up past corrections and clarifications from the ABC archives
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