Posted on 05/23/2021 3:18:49 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
The ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) is fighting back at “offensive” allegations it “manipulated” Craig McLachlan’s accusers.
In January 2018, a number of media organisations published allegations McLachlan had indecently assaulted four women during a 2014 stage production of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Victoria Police later charged him with seven counts of indecent assault and six counts of common law assault against four women on the set of the Rocky Horror Show in 2014.
He was acquitted of all charges in December last year.
The actor broke his silence earlier this month in a highly emotional interview with Channel 7’s Spotlight.
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The ABC spokeswoman said the clips shown on Spotlight had been “selectively edited” and were taken out of context.
“Seven has selectively edited raw footage and used very brief grabs without full context from near the end of an almost hour-long interview with one of the women,” the ABC said.
“The unedited footage shows the interviewee was asked to repeat in a more succinct way statements she had already made on-camera.
“This is a normal television industry practice in some cases to ensure content is presented in a clear way for viewers.
“At the time of the original story the ABC offered Mr McLachlan the opportunity of an interview, sent him detailed questions and ran his responses extensively.”
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(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...
Coaching interviewees on how to dramatize their comments is not reporting facts. It's manipulation of the viewing audience.
Related:
‘Disturbing’ footage shows ABC journos ‘coaching’ answers to women making allegations
Good grief!
Dammit Janet!
Gets ya in trouble every time.
“This is a normal television industry practice in some cases to ensure content is presented in OUR way TO MISLEAD viewers.”
There...fixed it...
The lefty Australian media wanted their own Weinstein and the didn’t give a rat’s arse who it was. The y set out to get him and coached the little media whores into saying what they wanted. They not only need to be sacked but he should take them for every penny they have.
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