NSW abortion bill: Sunrise and Seven News air false pro-choice chant claim

NSW abortion bill: Sunrise and Seven News air false pro-choice chant claim
Barnaby Joyce falsely claims rally chanted ‘put the foetus in the bin’ despite organiser confirming chant was ‘bigots’

Amanda Meade
Mon 16 Sep 2019

Seven News and Sunrise have repeated a false claim that pro-choice activists campaigning in favour of the New South Wales abortion legislation chanted “put the foetus in the bin” as supporters and opponents of the bill clashed in Sydney on Saturday.

The actual words were “put the bigots in the bin”, but Sunrise co-hosts David Koch and Samantha Armytage allowed Barnaby Joyce to repeat the claim unchallenged on Monday morning in a live interview on the program.

Continued: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/16/nsw-abortion-bill-sunrise-and-seven-news-air-false-pro-choice-chant-claim