On 15/4/2021 The ABC 7:30 program presented a report that effectively allowed itself to make serious allegations unsupported by evidence that a coronial inquest had 'got it wrong' in relation to the death of a man in Tamworth prison.
The family of the man was interviewed and the reporter said that the family "do not accept" the result of the Inquest.
So the question is, what enquiries did the ABC make before airing that story to ensure itself that the family's claims had some merit ?
No evidence was given to refute the findings of a professional coroner, the word of the family was accepted without question.
This seems yet another example of the ABC's reduction to being a provider of propaganda rather than facts, telling one side of the story without balance.
For a corporation renowned for it's 'investigative' journalism, it seems very little investigation was done for this story.
This is the program, the segment is at the 14 minute mark.
