"Just last week it was brought to our attention by Channel Seven that a video clip in an online story from two years ago had an error. A preliminary inspection suggests a section of audio was incorrectly edited," Stevens said.
Channel Seven's Spotlight program accused the ABC of adding the sound of five extra bullet shots into a video clip of Australian troops firing from a helicopter in Afghanistan during a report on ex-commando Heston Russell.
In a statement to Spotlight, the ABC said: "We have removed the online video where an error has been identified, based on preliminary inspection of the audio.
"The ABC is seeking more information on how this occurred."
Last year, Mr Russell was awarded $390,000 in damages in his defamation case against the ABC, after a judge rejected the broadcaster's public interest defence.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-17/justin-stevens-addresses-the-melbourne-press-club/104361650
when spurious claims against the ABC are made, surely its important to have both sides of the case cited.
