被解雇的ABC记者指责批评者背弃广播公司

澳大利亚广播公司（ABC）记者Mahmood Fazal在被解雇后发起反击，指责批评者背弃了ABC，并暗示自己沦为了多样性招聘的替罪羊。1Fazal于2024年5月被ABC解雇，目前正在进行诉讼，要求因不公正解雇获得赔偿。1

ABC的Media Watch节目曝露了Fazal在两部节目中的操作方式：他在2023年的《Cocaine Nation》和2024年的《Meth Highway》中分别使用不同的身份呈现了同一位消息人士。1这一发现促使ABC撤回了这两个节目。1

Fazal通过社交媒体视频为自己辩护，声称"他们用我讲述他们想要的故事类型，然后当新老板上台时，我就成了靶子"。1他表示自己是被招聘来接触犯罪人物的，并暗示所有节目都经过了审查程序。1

但Media Watch主持人Linton Besser对此提出了尖锐批评，指控Fazal"冷酷地背弃了那些支持他的人"。1根据报道，Fazal是阿富汗难民之子，曾经是Finks和Mongols摩托车帮的成员。1他最终因与黑社会人物Ryan Naumenko合作的播客未获ABC最终批准而被解雇。1

Mahmood Fazal, a reporter dismissed by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), has accused his critics of betraying the national broadcaster and portraying him as a diversity hire.1 Fazal was fired in May 20241 after the ABC discovered he had presented the same source under different identities across two programs about Australia's drug trade.1 The broadcaster subsequently withdrew both episodes: "Cocaine Nation" (2023) and "Meth Highway" (2024).1

In a social media video, Fazal defended his reporting methods, asserting that all programs underwent editorial review and that he was specifically hired to access criminal figures.1 He suggested he became a scapegoat following the arrival of new management, stating: "They used me to tell the kinds of stories they wanted, and then when the new bosses come in, I become a target."1 Fazal is currently pursuing legal action, claiming unfair dismissal.1

The controversy intensified when Media Watch host Linton Besser accused Fazal of having "coldly betrayed those who championed him."1 Fazal's termination also followed his collaboration on a podcast with Ryan Naumenko, a figure with organized crime connections, which the ABC declined to greenlight.1 Fazal, the son of an Afghan refugee, had previously been associated with members of the Finks and Mongols motorcycle clubs.1