Journalist Fauziah Ibrahim is taking a break from her on-air role on ABC’s Weekend Breakfast after a Twitter scandal has broken out.
Ibrahim has been facing criticism after two lists were made public from her personal Twitter account. She’d created two lists that she put users in.
One was called, “Labour Trolls/Thugs” and the other, “Lobotomised Sh#theads!”
Basically, instead of just blocking people she put them in lists – which is a choice.
Interestingly the accounts in the lists didn’t belong to anyone high profile but were more average users that were political on Twitter – and assumedly did something for her to label them as ‘thugs’ or ‘sh#theads.’
Naturally, Ibrahim is now being hit with a lot of criticism and the bulk stems from the idea that basically she’s shown her bias towards the labour party.
The lists being made public also seemed to trigger the hashtag #ABCyourbiasisshowing then trended on Twitter.
Thank you @fauziah_ibrahim for making your Twitter account private; that totally reassures the Australian public of your commitment to impartiality and journalistic integrity.
ps. Are you sure you're in the right job?#OurABC https://t.co/qse7Xhg0KI
— 💧Brendan Carton (@brendancarton.bsky.social) (@BrendanCarton) April 25, 2022
I’ve submitted a complaint to the ABC re. Fauziah Ibrahim’s derogatory lists on her Twitter account.
1. Labor Trolls
2. Lobotomised Sh**heads
It’s untenable that she remains a presenter on ABC News covering the election campaign when she has so publicly displayed her impartiality https://t.co/fPpcgjWl4c— Suzanne (@Suzanne_321123) April 22, 2022
before journos want to defend their friend Fauziah Ibrahim and make it about race…. i think calling a politician, on any one side but not the other, a lobotomised shithead would be just as offensive and biased if a white woman named karen said it
— 😷 turnleft (@TurnLeft_2024) April 25, 2022
Interestingly, Ibrahim then didn’t appear in her usual gig on ABC’s Weekend Breakfast.
The Sydney Morning Herald has reported that the ABC updated its guidelines for its employees’ social media use last year and stated, “remaining impartial in the public eye is crucial to maintaining effectiveness.”
So it will be interesting to see what happens with this.
