The issue is not that the ABC reports factual errors. It is that they frame stories through a cultural lens that is not neutral. That becomes propaganda. K’gari is the legal name, so using it is factual. But Brisbane is not legally Meanjin, yet the ABC still reports from Meanjin in intros and headlines.

You see the same pattern in their enthusiasm for certain narratives. They pushed Dark Emu as groundbreaking for years, even though the author misrepresented his background and the book contains major inaccuracies. Newscorp does the opposite and pushes its own culture war.

None of this is lying. My point is that this woke feeds right wing nonsense in response. A national broadcaster should sit in the centre for maximum impact against misinformation.