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A damning independent report exposes systemic bias and misinformation in the ABC’s Gaza war coverage, raising urgent questions about the national broadcaster’s editorial integrity and taxpayer accountability.

A new independent report (ABC Misinformation Report, Created by Independent Research Group) reveals that the ABC has repeatedly failed in its duty to provide accurate, impartial journalism during its coverage of the Israel–Gaza war, contributing to a climate of rising antisemitism in Australia.

The 58‑page dossier, based on publicly available and verifiable evidence, shows that the national broadcaster amplified unverified claims, relied on compromised sources, and normalised extreme narratives without adequate scrutiny.

This has been reported globally by The Jerusalem Post and others.

The report demonstrates that the ABC’s coverage “embedded disinformation across programs, desks, and editorial decisions,” creating a pattern of systemic bias rather than isolated mistakes. It highlights three recurring narratives—“famine,” “baby killers,” and “genocide”—which it says were repeatedly presented as fact despite being based on misinterpreted images, mathematically impossible claims, or activist-driven allegations.

Misreporting and Emotional Manipulation

The dossier cites multiple cases where images of children with genetic or medical conditions were presented as victims of Israeli‑induced starvation. In one example, the ABC promoted a photo of a severely underweight boy later confirmed to have cerebral palsy, not famine. The report notes that the ABC later issued a quiet clarification, but only after the image had already gone viral.

Another case involved the ABC broadcasting a UN official’s claim that 14,000 babies would die within 48 hours—a figure the report calls “statistically impossible.” The ABC later amended the quote, but the correction came after widespread public alarm.

The report also documents an incident in which the ABC aired allegations that Israeli soldiers executed a 10‑year‑old boy, despite internal emails showing the ABC knew the child was alive. The dossier describes this as “a deliberate distortion of the facts.”

Use of Unreliable Sources and UN “Credential Laundering”

The report argues that the ABC repeatedly relied on Hamas‑controlled Gaza sources, activists posing as journalists, and UN officials with documented political biases, without disclosing these conflicts to audiences.

A major example is the ABC’s promotion of a resolution by the International Association of Genocide Scholars, which the broadcaster described as representing “the world’s leading genocide scholars.” The report shows that membership required only a US$30 fee, no vetting, and included fake accounts such as “Adolf Hitler” and “Sheev Palpatine.”

The ABC also platformed UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese without disclosing her history of antisemitic remarks, including her claim that the October 7 massacre was “a reaction to Israel’s oppression.”

Impact on Antisemitism in Australia

The ABC’s coverage has materially contributed to rising antisemitism, stating that repeated allegations of genocide and starvation created “a modern blood libel” in which Israel—and by extension Jews—were portrayed as uniquely evil.

ABC’s own reporting linking the Gaza war to the rise in antisemitism, but argues the broadcaster failed to recognise its own role in shaping public sentiment. The ABC headlines in the first two weeks after October 7 were four to five times more sympathetic to Gaza than to Israel, even as Israeli civilians were still being identified among the dead and kidnapped.

The report concludes that this imbalance “legitimised hostility toward Jewish Australians,” contributing to an environment in which antisemitic harassment, doxxing, and even violence—including the Bondi synagogue shooting—became more socially acceptable.

A Call for Journalistic Integrity

The ABC’s failures reflect a deeper institutional problem: the replacement of fact‑based reporting with emotionally charged narratives, selective sourcing, and ideologically aligned commentary. They warn that a taxpayer‑funded broadcaster has a special responsibility to avoid amplifying misinformation, especially in conflicts where false claims can inflame social tensions.

The ABC charter and its own Editorial Policies call for journalistic impartiality. The ABC are in breach of their own charter and Act.

The ABC’s reporting on politics is also beyond the pale, e.g. The recent comments on air in the Farrer by-election commentary that ONP has been ‘legitimised’ is pure leftist bias.

The report concludes with a stark warning that we can all heed:

“A lie told once remains a lie, but a lie told a thousand times becomes the truth.”

Unless the ABC reforms its editorial standards, it risks further eroding public trust and deepening divisions within Australian society.

In my view, the ABC is a Marxist cesspool of liars that needs to be defunded and shut down. Our tax dollars are being wasted to the tune of $1,266,344,000 ($1.266 BILLION) per year based on forward estimates.

I’ll finish with this thought: God takes lying rather seriously:

A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will perish.
— Proverbs 19:9

But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulphur, which is the second death.
— Revelation 21:8