Australia's ABC's Bias Fuels Antisemitism and Social Division

Australia funds the ABC with more than a billion dollars a year, supposedly to ensure independent, balanced journalism. Yet on the topic of Israel and Hamas, balance has been missing in action — replaced by a relentless framing that casts Israel as aggressor and treats Hamas-approved propaganda as fact.

Chris Kenny’s recent editorial lays bare the problem: ABC reporters echo claims from “Palestinian health officials” — in reality, Hamas — without question. They amplify allegations of “genocide” and “starvation” that are later debunked. They report Hamas narratives from hospitals or prisons as though terrorists never lie.

When falsehoods are platformed repeatedly, what happens? People believe them.

And that belief has consequences.

Words Aren’t Harmless — They Shape Reality

Since October 7th, Australia has seen:

• Jewish schools needing police protection

• Families removing mezuzahs from their door frames

• Children taunted as “baby killers”

• Pro-Palestinian mobs chanting openly antisemitic slogans

• Violence, intimidation and chaos on our streets

Where does this rage come from? From the stories people are fed.

When the ABC refuses to report key facts — like verified Hamas executions of Palestinians in Gaza — while endlessly portraying Israel as a deliberate killer of civilians, it is manufacturing the anger erupting in our suburbs and schools.

This isn’t just bias.
It’s a public safety failure.

The ABC’s Response? Shoot the Messenger

Instead of reflecting on the errors Chris Kenny exposed, ABC’s Director of News, Justin Stevens, tried to silence Kenny by writing complaint letters to his employer.

A government-funded executive attempting to shut down media criticism of his own organisation.

Accountability?
Transparency?
Forget it.

The ABC insists it has only been “caught out three times” and that there has been “no finding of bias”.

Well — if your internal system can’t find the bias right in front of the nation’s eyes, that only shows the system is broken.

A Taxpayer-Funded Propaganda Problem

Let’s be plain:

This war began because Hamas butchered, burned, raped and kidnapped innocent Israelis — gleefully filming the horror.

Israel — a democracy, defending its citizens — is treated by the ABC as morally equivalent to a terrorist death cult.

Or worse.

That false “two sides” moral equivalence allows viewers to justify hatred. To see terrorism as resistance. To accuse Jews in Australia of crimes committed by Hamas in Gaza.

Media shapes the mob.
The ABC has been feeding it.

This Must Stop

A billion-dollar public broadcaster cannot:

✅ refuse accountability
✅ repeat terrorist narratives
✅ ignore atrocities
✅ dismiss criticism
❌ while insisting it alone defines “truth”

At a time when balance is essential, the ABC has stoked the fires of antisemitism. They have helped turn a conflict thousands of kilometres away into a source of division and fear at home.

The ABC must be held to the standard Australians pay for — truth, fairness, and responsibility.

Because biased journalism is not just bad journalism.

In times like these —
it is dangerous.

Here is Chris Kenny's Editorial; -