The ABC has become much better at owning its mistakes, with the public broadcaster moving past a "defensive mindset", its managing director says.

Hugh Marks said he welcomed "reasonable criticism" of the ABC, but rejected "opportunistic" attempts to conflate its coverage of Donald Trump with the BBC's misleading edits of the January 6 riots.

The British broadcaster is in crisis after two senior executives resigned following editing on its current affairs program Panorama of a speech by Mr Trump, making it appear he was urging people to attack the US Capitol in 2021.

The ABC has faced accusations its Four Corners program also edited Mr Trump's January 6 address.

"The same faults were not consistent on both programs. I didn't accept that was legitimate criticism," the media chief said wh

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