Claim 316

ABC's editorial director called the Afghan Files reporting outstanding and in the public interest.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: ABC's editorial director called the Afghan Files reporting outstanding and in the public interest.
Field: effect_on_reporting
Value: Editorial director calls reporting outstanding
About: incident 2019-australia-afp-raids-abc-afghan-files
Source: ABC raided by Australian Federal Police over Afghan Files stories
Publisher: ABC News (Australia)
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2019-06-05

Quotation from the source

This was outstanding reporting … it was clearly in the public interest and sometimes difficult truths have to be told