Aim of ABC NEWS WATCH

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.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

From the vault-the errors always seem to go one way...up

News Online – 16 March 2007
THE COMPLAINT
Two online users pointed out that a report on weather changes in the northern hemisphere incorrectly stated that 0.18 was three times 0.6.
THE RESPONSE
The ABC agreed that there was a typographical error in the story; the temperature rise in question should have referred to 0.06 degrees. The figure was corrected.
PUBLIC REPORT ON AUDIENCE COMMENTS AND COMPLAINTS
APRIL – JUNE 2007 
http://www.abc.net.au/corp/pubs/documents/public_report_apr_jun_2007.pdf

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