ASYLUM SEEKERS, CHANNEL 9 NEWS AND MEDIA WATCH

On 19 October 2009, Channel 9 News aired a national news report on asylum seekers. The report quoted numerous statistics which have since come under the scrutiny of Media Watch who allege that some of the reported details were misleading and inaccurate.

9 News stand by their report.

In the interest of fairness and balance, here is the ABC’s Media Watch response that followed….

Duration : 0:6:19

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One Response to “ASYLUM SEEKERS, CHANNEL 9 NEWS AND MEDIA WATCH”

Swfty01 on March 18th, 2010 at 9:36 am

Does this take into …
Does this take into consideration the illegal immigrants from boats that werent detected then used bogus ID to gain benefits?Or the ones that work for cheap for cash in hand so dont have to pay tax?

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