Welcome to journalism in the genuine world,which is riddled with political sensitivities, insurance policies and compromiseOutgoing ABC managing director Mark Scott was lucky that Senator Sam Dastyari was leading the charge at Senate estimates on the ticklish issue of whether Aunty’s in-house tech editor Nick Ross had been leant on by editorial higher-ups. Ross contends that prior to the 2013 election he was urged to recede soft in his reporting of Malcolm Turnbull’s version of the national broadband network (NBN). Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com