ABC to review editorial policies after investigation finds gunshots ‘inadvertently’ added to Afghanistan footage

Director of news Justin Stevens apologises for editing errors' in the video clips

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The ABC will review its editorial policies after an independent review found five additional sounds of gunshots were inadvertently but inaccurately" introduced into footage showing a commando firing from a helicopter.

But the review by the former ABC editorial executive Alan Sunderland said there was no evidence that anyone at Australia's national broadcaster deliberately doctored, falsified, manipulated or distorted information, material or evidence in order to mislead audiences".

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