The coverage of Laura Tingle’s comments on racism is a textbook beat-up, but she’s not in the wrong
- Written by Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
Striking the balance between journalists’ private free speech rights and the public duty they owe to impartiality and their employer’s reputation is one of the most complex ethical issues confronting the media today.
It is in the spotlight again because of remarks made by Laura Tingle, chief political correspondent for the ABC’s...
