28 Mar 2021

‘Trashy’ TV report from Australia “an error”

From Mediawatch, 9:06 am on 28 March 2021

A news report showing restrained 501-ers being herded onto a repatriation flight while being harassed by an Aussie TV reporter raised hackles here because an Australian minister called it “taking out the trash.”  But how did this heartless report get made in the first place? 

Australia's Nine News superimposed 'Con Air' onto the deportation flight in its exclusive that has now been deemed "an error" by the Border Force.

Australia's Nine News superimposed 'Con Air' onto the deportation flight in its exclusive that has now been deemed "an error" by the Border Force. Photo: screenshot