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A Triple J segment describing the war between Israel and Gaza as a “genocide” has been criticized by the national broadcaster’s own watchdog.
ABC ombudsman Fiona Cameron found that the November 24 episode of the Hip Hop Show, guest-hosted by Indigenous musician Miss Kaninna, had breached the national broadcaster’s impartiality standards.
Ms Cameron’s report said Ms Kaninna’s comments on the Middle East conflict were “not properly impartial” and would not have been aired if senior management had been notified.
During the show, the host played a 2009 single by anti-Zionist rapper Lowkey titled “Long Live Palestine,” followed by a rant in which she recited a popular pro-Palestine chant: “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.” .
The Ombudsman’s office received 10 complaints about the program claiming Miss Kaninna’s comments were “offensive and lacked impartiality”.
Triple J has come under fire after a guest presenter on the Hip Hop Show, indigenous musician Miss Kaninna (pictured), described the war between Israel and Gaza as a “genocide”.
“Somehow if you listen to that song, every single thing that brother talks about, you would think he wrote it yesterday,” Miss Kaninna told listeners.
“12 years later, the genocide, oppression and continued hatred towards the Palestinian people on their indigenous lands is savage.”
Miss Kaninna, who was nominated as Triple J’s Unearthed Artist of the Year three weeks earlier, asked the audience: “When is anything going to change?” When are we going to wake up?’
“As a sovereign Aboriginal woman, I stand in solidarity with my brothers and sisters in Palestine,” she continued.
‘From the river to the sea. Palestine will be free.’
Cameron’s report, which was published on Wednesday, said that while the comments were formulated as his own opinion in a show of solidarity, they breached the ABC’s rules on current affairs coverage.
“ABC standards require that all news and information be presented with due impartiality and take into account the nature of the content, the likely expectations of the audience and the contentiousness of the topic,” the report reads.
“In this context, the comments were not properly impartial.”
Ms. Kaninna ended her brief rant by reciting a popular pro-Palestine chant: “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” (pictured, the phrase on a sign at a pro-Palestine protest).
The ABC Ombudsman received 10 complaints about the program and found that the comments had breached the broadcaster’s rules on the impartial presentation of news (pictured, Miss Kaninna)
The report placed blame on the show’s producer, as Miss Kaninna was an “external contributor” and likely unaware of the broadcaster’s impartiality rules.
Cameron said the producer had not followed the proper editorial process as he was the sole decision-maker in including the segment.
The report referenced ABC rules that state the producer should have notified a senior manager of the segment that “could cause controversy.”
“If this step had been taken, the material would not have aired in the way it did,” Ms Cameron’s report reads.
As a result of the Ombudsman’s investigation, Triple J accepted that the segment breached ABC standards.
Part of that acceptance includes staff not raising the segment, senior management being “disciplined,” and the show being removed from online platforms.
The station also agreed to remove any future guest hosts from its programming and train staff on the “importance of escalating contentious or controversial topics.”
The Ombudsman noted that an acknowledgment of the infringement on air during the following episodes of the program “would have been desirable.”