The ABC squandered trust with its multicultural audience when it sent Antoinette Lattouf packing | Paula Kruger
Shutting down voices is not ‘social cohesion’. We need a different approach to our most difficult conversations
The media industry is facing challenges on multiple fronts. Still, whether it involves working with broken business models or the disruption of AI in creating content, there is always hope in the face of an uncertain future if you have the trust of your audience. In the chaos of media distraction and twisted truth, trust is everything.
So it is of great concern if the country’s most trusted news outlet squanders this valuable attribute. The federal court ruled that the ABC unlawfully terminated the journalist and Media Diversity Australia co-founder Antoinette Lattouf in December 2023. The evidence gave an unflattering insight into the broadcaster’s multilayered management and found that Lattouf had been unfairly fired for her political opinions. But what has shaken trust internally and externally is the impact of an orchestrated campaign by pro-Israel lobbyists.
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