Happy new year

A belated happy new year!

For the blog this year brings fewer posts as more important matters take precedence. As such we are likely to miss many of ABC's mistakes, misrepresentations and biased reporting but we hope to score a few points over the next 12 months.

This is of course made difficult as ABC's critical audience is forced to play with one hand tied behind its back and both eyes blindfolded as ABC's complaints department is not subject to independent oversight and the organisation continues to hide behind its FOI exception. Who knew the ABC would use 1984 as an operating manual?

Here are some wobbly numbers to bring in the New Year.

In 2012

A belated Happy New Year from ABC NEWS WATCH.

Last year, following a change in ABC's complaint handling process, we passed on a number of unsatisfactory responses onto ACMA but are still awaiting a response. Hopefully the slow wheels of the bureaucracy will turn over and we'll get a response.

This year will see us continue our focus on ABC's climate change and environment reporting that for some time has been marked by activism over sound journalism.

Missing this year will be pictures from ABC's environment news portal. ABC finally seem to have fixed the glitch that provided such a rewarding mismatch of images and headlines.

Wishing readers all the best for the coming year.