https://x.com/ljayes/status/1751176296661668285?s=46&t=YLNWAZs_QNkT_JeLIdyNxQ
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I’ll state clearly that anyone claiming we did it deliberately for clicks is wrong
The live feed we have access to (as they’re from our partner WAMN) began at the same moment as the video we posted did, we cut out nothing
I can confirm 6 News is now reviewing our practices and further looking at how we can best ensure we have 100% of all available feeds to guarantee full context
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I think they are talking about the fact that in your original post you were claiming that Basil was saying that about the female final and that there was no context about what happened beforehand.
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Literally every media organisation did that, that was not mutually exclusive to 6 News.
Heck 10 still have the clip up and haven’t edited or taken it down like others.
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I don’t want to make this a “we’ll look they’re wrong so we’re fine” thing, but I will note - the unedited video Zempilas posted is clearly the same feed as Channel 10 posted, except Channel 10 didn’t show the first bit
Whereas our feed simply never had the first bit and that’s out of my control
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The original tweet from 6 News only features the quotes from Basil. There’s no commentary associated with the quotes. The interpretation of those quotes came from the people replying as opposed to 6 News.
Sorry, but I don’t think they have done anything wrong here.
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Did you approach Basil for comment prior to publishing the tweet?
I’m sorry if this comes across as harsh - but something doesn’t have to be “deliberate” to be misleading, unethical and even defamatory. A failure to do due diligence is absolutely driven by a desire to get what you thought was a gotcha moment uploaded as quickly as possible - for clicks.
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The point is the selected quotes used by 6 News weren’t an accurate representation of the said conversation, quotes which resulted in two people being defamed. Relying on a single source is not due diligence.
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May I suggest having an adult supervise you kiddos, especially as you’re using the internet without any parental supervision, or content blockers.
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I agree with this but I think the circumstances here were pretty unusual when it was a raw press conference feed that by sheer chance began at the moment he asked about the tennis, with no apparent indication he had been engaging in a previous convo that would’ve seriously changed context (at least for me)
Highly unfortunate and again we’re reviewing our practices
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In my view, even the previous conversation being there would also have many people (rightly or wrongly) interpreting his comment the same way. I would definitely have interpreted it the same because the previous coversation seemed distinct to the tennis conversation. Perhaps I’m biased because I’m not a big fan of him, especially with some of his other controversial takes.
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Nonsense, your whole operation is dependant on clicks, the more the merrier and you’re quite good at confecting outrage from the loony fringes on social media.
Are you able to share a timeline of when 6 news viewed the footage to when you were tweeting about it implying Zempilas was denigrating women’s tennis?
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wow, an online news channel relies on people clicking? amazing observation!
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Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit. Don’t disrespect your audience by telling us we’re wrong.
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I will say this - i think it’s dangerous to publish a hot mic/gotcha moment when you’re not on the ground yourself or have joined halfway through a conversation without context.
That’s not to say you shouldn’t publish hot mic moments should you come across one - there’s plenty of stories that have come about from hot-mics, but you do have to realise in some cases you’re playing with people’s lives/livelihoods in doing so.
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Literally every media organisation posted this clip without knowing the full context, coming in here to berate Leo (and his team) just cause he’s an active member of this forum ain’t it.
As well, though Basil has allegedly cleared up what the context was behind the comment, I and from what I’ve seen from others online, are still skeptical even hearing the wider context of the conversation (both the clip / explanation) that what he’s saying was what was meant in this situation.
My natural conclusion is still that he was talking about the Tennis, but we’ve all got our opinions.
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Of course every media outlet published it following the storm that 6 News created with their clickbait video as it couldn’t be ignored. It derailed the announcement from Basil so it became the story.
The difference is that outlets with credibility published it with the context he was talking to a reporter about that reporter reading the news up against his wife on a different channel, but not at 6pm, implying the 9 reporter was a reserve call up.
If I were 6 News I would be crossing my fingers this morning that there isn’t a defamation notice in the mail. They’re probably very lucky that it is run by kids and the response to Basil for taking legal action against kids would be poor.
Either way 6 News has hurt their reputation in the public, and I would think harmed job prospects a little for some of these budding reporters.
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There wouldn’t be grounds to sue for defamation as they apologised, it was a mistake, and they reported what they believed were truthful facts at the time.
Plus, in my opinion, Basil is a knob.
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I’m not a fan of Basil, but apologies or corrections don’t protect 6 News from defamation action.
People have short memories, as well I seriously I think the second point is a little far fetched of a conclusion based on what happened.
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