Public Broadcaster’s Office Defaced With Pro-Palestinian Messaging

The ABC’s Melbourne office has been vandalised with red paint amid contention about coverage of the Israel-Hamas conflict. Overnight, the main window of the national broadcaster’s office in Southbank, Melbourne, was marked with the words, “Tell the truth about Palestine,” in white paint. Police have opened an investigation into the “criminal damage incident.” “Officers were called to reports unknown offenders had spray painted sections of the building on Southbank Boulevard about 3.50 am,” a Victoria Police spokeswoman said. An ABC spokesman confirmed there were no injuries from the incident. In an earlier protest on Dec. 20, 40 portraits of Palestinian journalists who lost their lives in the conflict were placed on the doors and windows of the ABC office....