Tired of soaring violence, robberies and street crimes, thousands of residents in Alice Springs recently held a meeting to discuss next steps, Sky News Digital Editor Jack Houghton says.
The national broadcaster faced criticism for its coverage of the event after interviewing a series of people who voiced their discontent at the meeting, including one woman who called the event a “white supremacist fest” with a “scary” vibe.
“By not challenging those making assertions of white supremacy, the ABC effectively fell in with the narrative,” Mr Houghton said.“Head in the sand, and completely ignoring the disregard for the ABC’s editorial policies which require that presenters, ‘present a diversity of perspectives so that, over time, no significant strand of thought or belief within the community is knowingly excluded or disproportionately represented’.
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