On February 20, Australia’s 7.30 current affairs program on national broadcaster ABC included a ten minute segment on the Ahed Tamimi case.
In the report, it appears that video footage of Tamimi has been deliberately cut mid-sentence to alter the impression that Tamimi was inciting violence – a key allegation in her trial.
Regarding the report in general, while there is some comment from the Israeli side courtesy of Deputy Minister Michael Oren and NGO Monitor’s Maurice Hirsch, the bulk of the it is sympathetic towards Tamimi and her family.
Not surprising given that the segment was put together by Sophie McNeill, who has a history of advocacy journalism and vilifying Israel. McNeill recently came under the spotlight after Australian Labour MP Michael Danby took out two half-page ads criticizing McNeill and ABC’s anti-Israel bias.
HonestReporting will be lodging a formal complaint with ABC. You can do the same on their page.
The full report can be found at Honest Reporting.