The ABC has apologised to Dick Smith and backtracked on a controversial fact check it published which claimed countries like Nepal were evidence 100 per cent renewable output was possible, and accused the businessman of not supporting renewables.
Australian entrepreneur Dick Smith has received an apology from the national broadcaster after RMIT ABC Fact Check made a glaring error in a fact check of a statement he made on nuclear energy.
"No country has ever been able to run entirely on renewables, that's impossible, and so we should be making a decision to go nuclear now." Mr Smith erupted at the ABC and threatened to sue amid reports the fact-check would not be corrected, slamming the national broadcaster for"damaging my name" after claiming he did not support renewables."On 22 March the ABC published a story examining the factual basis of a comment made on Radio 2GB concerning the viability of renewable energy.
"The article also previously incorrectly stated that Mr Smith had rejected renewable-led electricity generation; this has been amended and the ABC apologises to Mr Smith for the error." "It has also added a statement from the CSIRO responding to Mr Smith's assertions regarding that organisation."
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