The ABC’s managing director and news boss have denounced “opportunistic” attempts by News Corp and Liberal senator Sarah Henderson to conflate its own Four Corners report on Donald Trump and the January 6 Capitol riots with the unfolding saga engulfing the British public broadcaster, the BBC, which has claimed the scalps of its two most senior executives.

Hugh Marks backed the 2021 Four Corners investigation led by 7.30 host Sarah Ferguson, ‘ Downfall, ’ which used footage from Trump’s address on January 6, saying its investigation and use of the footage was consistent with the ABC’s high standards of factual, accurate and impartial storytelling.

The BBC’s top executive, director general Tim Davie and BBC News CEO Deborah Turness both resigned this week after an internal memo w

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