The managing director of the ABC,Mark Scott, launches a robust defence of the companys Middle East correspondent, or Sophie McNeill,during a Senate hearing on Monday, in the face of suggestions from senator Eric Abetz that she could be too biased for the role. After Abetz quotes from one of McNeill’s reports on an attack in Israel and points out previous statements she has made approximately admiring journalists with obvious anti-Israeli views, and Scott insists that she is doing an excellent job and cannot be judged on a single piece of workContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com