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ABC news anchors and presenters are abusing journalistic standards

18 October 2014

9:00 AM

18 October 2014

9:00 AM

Is there a growing divergence between television news programs and the profession of journalism? Are the hosts of radio and TV shows, like the shock-jocks of commercial radio, becoming judge and jury, putting aside what should be their professional objectivity to promote their points of view? Are presenters and anchors, especially on the ABC, working actively as journalists or have the more high-profile hosts crossed the line into the realm of broadcasting partisanship and political advocacy?

This is a growing issue for the national broadcaster, the only serious provider of TV and radio news in Australia.

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