An episode of Media Watch which canvasses whether the ABC’s coverage of transgender issues has been influenced by the broadcaster’s corporate partnership with an LGBTQ+ community group has angered journalists in the broadcaster’s news division.
Framed as “a difficult conversation we need to have”, Media Watch host Paul Barry called on the ABC to review its relationship with Acon, a community-based organisation which grew out of the Aids crisis and now focuses on health and inclusion issues.
