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ABC managing director tells National Press Club comparisons between BBC program edit and Four Corners episode are not legitimate

The ABC managing director, Hugh Marks, has slammed attacks on the ABC as “opportunistic” as it faces accusations its Four Corners program distorted a speech by Donald Trump on 6 January 2021, but he said there are lessons to learn from the BBC’s error.

The ABC has faced pressure from Sky News Australia and The Australian who have called the treatment of the speech in a Four Corners episode, an “almost identical act of deception” as the edit of a BBC program that led to multiple high-level resignations at the British public broadcaster.

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