This “Media Watch” is supposed to be the ABC’s top-notch fact-checking program.
Lookie here.
The food convoy was hit by a precision Israeli drone attack on 1 April, killing 7, including one Australian.
Israel immediately apologised and said it would carry out an investigation. It did that by 6 April.
The report here, by the ABC was out on the 9th. Yet nothing reported of what was learned in the report.
The ABC says it’s “inexcusable”. Yes, it was, and Israel did not excuse it. Not even for one minute.
The ABC says the food convoy was clearly marked on the roof. Yes it was. But this was nighttime and they had no night vision, only thermal imaging, which doesn’t reveal the signage.
The ABC fails to mention that the IDF were working together with the World Central Kitchen and had been for months.
They fail to mention that the IDF tried to contact the WCK staff, numerous times by phone, but failed to get through.
They fail to mention that there was a Hamas gunman on the roof of the WCK truck, firing into the air, to draw fire. That the convoy had gone into a warehouse for reasons unknown and come out, half an hour later, with that Hamas gunman on the roof.
None of this mentioned, but Australia’s “Most trusted news source”. Misinformation by Omission.
What is most revolving about this, not just the poor job here, showing how anti-Israel the ABC is, but the fact that the ABC is always lecturing us about how we have to be careful about Misinformation. Yeah, right, ABC, look in the mirror.
