abc Claims | PoliticalClaims.au

C0033 Partially True

3.5

"Threatened media companies, saying they will have their access blocked if journalists report on a particular housing affordability policy from a new, ..."

ABCCorruption

C0100 Partially True

6.0

"Sued the ABC for defamation, after they published sexual assault allegations about a unnamed senior politician without identifying him. Private news c..."

ABCCyberDefamation

C0113 Partially True

6.0

"Withheld the report from the Aged Care Royal Commission for 2 days, releasing it only half an hour before the relevant press conference, which meant j..."

ABCAgeingCorruption

C0123 True

7.0

"Appointed a failed Liberal candidate to the SBS board instead of any of the ones recommended by the independent nominations panel."

ABCCorruptionCulture Wars

C0135 Misleading

4.0

"Introduced a scheme to pay community broadcasters to give up spectrum rights, and possibly force the SBS and ABC to give up their spectrum rights, wit..."

ABCCulture WarsTech

C0149 Partially True

5.0

"Introduced a mandatory code of conduct to force companies like Google to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to large private news companies (but not ..."

ABCCorruptionCulture Wars

C0150 Misleading

5.0

"Introduced red tape and distorted the free market by forcing Google to give special insider knowledge of proprietary search algorithm changes to large..."

ABCCyberTech

C0180 True

7.0

"Suspended requirements that commercial television stations produce at least some content in Australia to create Australian jobs."

ABCEconomy

C0209 Partially True

6.0

"Gave $345,000 to News Corp to build a spelling bee website, discarding any pretence of propriety or fairness by skipping the usual parliamentary check..."

ABCCorruptionTax

C0283 True

8.0

"Handed out $17.1M to private TV stations for a grant they didn't ask for, without offering the money to the public broadcaster."

ABCCorruptionCulture Wars +1 more

C0285 Partially True

6.5

"Rejected recommendations from the Productivity Commission that the government add a 'fair use' exemption to copyright law, and to change the law to ex..."

ABCEconomySafety

C0318 Partially True

6.5

"Spent $48.7 million on a single Captain Cook memorial. There are already 35 Captain Cook memorials in Australia. The money was taken from the ABC budg..."

ABCCulture WarsTax

C0319 Partially True

7.0

"Cut $84 million from the ABC (again)."

ABCCulture Wars

C0344 Partially True

6.0

"Gave $30 million to Foxtel to boost 'under represented sports', and was unable to explain why free-to-air channels didn't get the money, because the d..."

ABCCorruption

C0360 Partially True

6.0

"Prevented university newspapers from attending the release of multiple annual budgets like all other newspapers. These particular budgets contained mu..."

ABCCorruptionEducation +1 more

C0408 Misleading

4.0

"Introduced a second internet filter. Internet consumers will be forced pay their telcos to block websites which foreign film companies dislike. The Li..."

ABCCorruptionCyber +4 more

C0415 Partially True

6.5

"Tried to privatise the database of ASIC (the corporate watchdog). Under private hands the cost journalists must pay to obtain information about potent..."

ABCCorruption

C0539 True

8.0

"Cut $13 million from the Australia Council and Screen Australia."

ABC

C0551 Partially True

6.0

"Cut all funding for The Conversation, a website which allows academics to promote and explain their research to a broader audience."

ABCEducationScience

C0623 Misleading

4.0

"Started an online petition to stop job losses at the ABC, just 36 hours after cutting ABC funding by 5%."

ABCCulture Wars

C0627 True

7.0

"Contracted out the managing of the Do Not Call Register to a marketing company."

ABC

C0640 Partially True

6.0

"Gave ASIO the power to read, delete and modify anything and everything on the entire internet, with only one warrant. No one can sue them if they use ..."

ABCCorruptionTerror

C0641 True

8.0

"Broke an election promise by cutting ABC funding again ($120 million this time)."

ABCCulture Wars

C0646 Partially True

6.0

"Forced all community TV stations off the air, claiming that moving online will be better for stations and viewers. Meanwhile they continue to ferventl..."

ABC

C0722 True

7.0

"Cut $38 million from Australian television and film funding."

ABCCulture Wars

C0766 True

9.0

"Broke an election promise by cutting $40 million from the SBS and ABC."

ABCCulture Wars

C0777 True

8.0

"Broke an election promise to not cut ABC funding, by cutting all funding to the Australia Network (part of the ABC)."

ABCCulture Wars

C0793 Misleading

3.0

"Claimed a 2.5% reduction in funding every year for the ABC is not a funding cut."

ABCCulture Wars

C0834 True

6.0

"Prevented journalists from interviewing asylum seekers injured in the Manus Island riots."

ABCRefugees

C0854 True

7.0

"Proposed the scrapping of regulation which prevents media monopolies and duopolies."

ABC

C0878 Partially True

6.0

"Guarded the body of a dead asylum seeker using guards who were possibly the ones that shot him. Those same guards confiscated a camera from a journali..."

ABCCorruptionRefugees

C0886 Partially True

6.0

"Chose not to mention a $882 million payout to News Corp. when outlining a $16.8 billion budget black hole. The payout was the single biggest item in t..."

ABCCorruptionTax

C0900 True

6.0

"Violated Youtube's policies regarding deceptive content, resulting in the suspension of Abbott's whole channel."

ABC

C0910 True

6.0

"Criticised the ABC because they are not biased towards the Government."

ABCCulture Wars

C0935 Misleading

3.0

"Tried to silence the media to stop them criticising the upcoming private jet deal for politicians."

ABCCorruptionTax

C0937 Partially True

6.0

"Criticised the ABC for not 'advancing Australia's broad and enduring interests in the Asian region', without actually accusing the ABC of any specific..."

ABCCulture Wars

C0975 Partially True

6.0

"Made Orwellian threats about cutting ABC funding because the government didn't like one of their stories, and because their quality of journalism is t..."

ABCCulture Wars

abc

All abc Claims

"Threatened media companies, saying they will have their access blocked if journalists report on a particular housing affordability policy from a new, ..."

"Sued the ABC for defamation, after they published sexual assault allegations about a unnamed senior politician without identifying him. Private news c..."

"Withheld the report from the Aged Care Royal Commission for 2 days, releasing it only half an hour before the relevant press conference, which meant j..."

"Appointed a failed Liberal candidate to the SBS board instead of any of the ones recommended by the independent nominations panel."

"Introduced a scheme to pay community broadcasters to give up spectrum rights, and possibly force the SBS and ABC to give up their spectrum rights, wit..."

"Introduced a mandatory code of conduct to force companies like Google to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to large private news companies (but not ..."

"Introduced red tape and distorted the free market by forcing Google to give special insider knowledge of proprietary search algorithm changes to large..."

"Suspended requirements that commercial television stations produce at least some content in Australia to create Australian jobs."

"Gave $345,000 to News Corp to build a spelling bee website, discarding any pretence of propriety or fairness by skipping the usual parliamentary check..."

"Handed out $17.1M to private TV stations for a grant they didn't ask for, without offering the money to the public broadcaster."

"Rejected recommendations from the Productivity Commission that the government add a 'fair use' exemption to copyright law, and to change the law to ex..."

"Spent $48.7 million on a single Captain Cook memorial. There are already 35 Captain Cook memorials in Australia. The money was taken from the ABC budg..."

"Cut $84 million from the ABC (again)."

"Gave $30 million to Foxtel to boost 'under represented sports', and was unable to explain why free-to-air channels didn't get the money, because the d..."

"Prevented university newspapers from attending the release of multiple annual budgets like all other newspapers. These particular budgets contained mu..."

"Introduced a second internet filter. Internet consumers will be forced pay their telcos to block websites which foreign film companies dislike. The Li..."

"Tried to privatise the database of ASIC (the corporate watchdog). Under private hands the cost journalists must pay to obtain information about potent..."

"Cut $13 million from the Australia Council and Screen Australia."

"Cut all funding for The Conversation, a website which allows academics to promote and explain their research to a broader audience."

"Started an online petition to stop job losses at the ABC, just 36 hours after cutting ABC funding by 5%."

"Contracted out the managing of the Do Not Call Register to a marketing company."

"Gave ASIO the power to read, delete and modify anything and everything on the entire internet, with only one warrant. No one can sue them if they use ..."

"Broke an election promise by cutting ABC funding again ($120 million this time)."

"Forced all community TV stations off the air, claiming that moving online will be better for stations and viewers. Meanwhile they continue to ferventl..."

"Cut $38 million from Australian television and film funding."

"Broke an election promise by cutting $40 million from the SBS and ABC."

"Broke an election promise to not cut ABC funding, by cutting all funding to the Australia Network (part of the ABC)."

"Claimed a 2.5% reduction in funding every year for the ABC is not a funding cut."

"Prevented journalists from interviewing asylum seekers injured in the Manus Island riots."

"Proposed the scrapping of regulation which prevents media monopolies and duopolies."

"Guarded the body of a dead asylum seeker using guards who were possibly the ones that shot him. Those same guards confiscated a camera from a journali..."

"Chose not to mention a $882 million payout to News Corp. when outlining a $16.8 billion budget black hole. The payout was the single biggest item in t..."

"Violated Youtube's policies regarding deceptive content, resulting in the suspension of Abbott's whole channel."

"Criticised the ABC because they are not biased towards the Government."

"Tried to silence the media to stop them criticising the upcoming private jet deal for politicians."

"Criticised the ABC for not 'advancing Australia's broad and enduring interests in the Asian region', without actually accusing the ABC of any specific..."

"Made Orwellian threats about cutting ABC funding because the government didn't like one of their stories, and because their quality of journalism is t..."

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