ABC News boss Justin Stevens has issued apologies to audiences, commandos and a former US drug enforcement official after receiving the interim findings from an investigation into the 2022 Line of Fire reports.
The ABC has apologised for the inaccurate use of gunshots and the potentially misleading use of a quote as part of its 2022 Line of Fire stories.
The interim findings cleared the ABC of having "deliberately doctored, falsified, manipulated or distorted information, material or evidence in order to mislead audiences". "The review found Mr Hamilton's final comment in an interview that alleged war crimes should always be investigated was not in proper context and therefore did not accurately represent him as talking about allegations of war crimes in general rather than referring to any specific allegations," Mr Stevens said.
ABC Investigations said it had obtained hours of commando operations in Afghanistan from 2011 and 2012, and highlighted a video it said showed a soldier firing his assault rifle from a moving helicopter at what appeared to be unarmed civilians in residential compounds.and trying to find cover as the commando fired his weapon from the helicopter above.
When issues were raised about the story in September this year, the ABC had initially removed just the video from the ABC News website but later removed the full online story it had appeared in. It also recommended equal scrutiny of all elements of multi-platform stories and that News should review its interviews guidance note.
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