RaymondPierreL33d ago

“Factcheck: The ABC’s claim that "8 million rely on income support" conflated paid sick leave with income support”

When I read the ABC article, my mind did a backflip. We have a population of what? Some 25M ? 8M are on inscome support? That’s a little less than a Third of the population on income support? Wow, ‘No Way’ my mind said. Thats’ like, 1 in 3 ? Freaking hell!

Read more:
https://thepoint.com.au/factchecks/260508-factcheck-the-abcs-claim-that-8-million-rely-on-income-support-conflated-paid-sick-leave-with-income-support

#GiveMeBackMyABC #FactCheck #SloppyJournalism
#AusPol

Factcheck: The ABC’s claim that "8 million rely on income support" conflated paid sick leave with income support

The problem is, that the ABC article was not based on data from the Department of Social Services. Rather, it was based on research compiled for a life insurers lobby group, whose board are all CEOs of insurance companies.

The Point
EpistatacadamMay 25, 2025
@Cyclist @JeniParsons very #sloppyjournalism indeed. I responded to the recent BBC questionnaire that I had stopped watching or listening to BBC news programmes as:
1) They were factually inaccurate,
2) When I pointed this out (this case is an great exemplar, eg TfW is owned by the Welsh Gov as are Scot Tail etc) they responded more than once that the facts were disputed.
3) They failed to be impartial, see response to 2 above, and many news reports favour one side. QT & 🐸.
ExotaurSep 4, 2024

pretty disappointed to hear NPR give credence to long since discredited Satanic Panic narratives in it's segment on Dungeons & Dragons 50th anniversary, saying critics have linked it to "demon worship" without clarifying that those claims are completely baseless and that they emminate from a tiny handful of right-wing religious zealots. smh. #NPR #SloppyJournalism #DungeonsAndDragons #DnD #SatanicPanic #PopCulture #TTRPG #Games #Gaming #ReligiousFundamentalism

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26328105

The great 1980s Dungeons & Dragons panic

Dungeons & Dragons, which celebrates its 40th birthday this year, was once accused of encouraging Satanism, espionage and anti-social behaviour.

BBC News
Greg GlocknerAug 9, 2024

News headlines of the stock market crash on Monday bordered on journalistic malpractice.

First, the dollar drop in stock prices is practically irrelevant. The relative % drop is what matters, and Monday wasn’t that big of a relative correction.

Second, buyers purchased the dip and the market largely recovered. But you wouldn’t know that from the headlines. #sloppyJournalism #stocks

Show threadDavid CohenMay 2, 2023
@flargh @davidoakley He doesn’t go anywhere. He is the King - someone brings it to him. #SloppyJournalism