Tuesday 29 November 2022 05:00 AM Dr Norman Swan is FINALLY told off by ABC bosses trends now
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The ABC has admitted that Dr Norman Swan made comments that 'were clearly incorrect' when he linked the heart-attack deaths of Shane Warne and Kimberley Kitching to Covid-19.
ABC managing director David Anderson said Dr Swan was spoken to by bosses and that he was 'remorseful,' after being questioned by Liberal Senator Sarah Henderson at senate estimates.
'Dr Swan realises that he did provide an opinion that was otherwise not substantiated, that was not in keeping with our editorial standards,' he said.
'He realises that is not to be done and that that was not in keeping with the standards we expect.'
Dr Swan had told Daily Mail Australia it was 'too much of a coincidence' that the Senator and the cricket legend had died of 'sudden cardiac arrests' in their 50s after contracting the virus.
He copped a backlash when it was revealed Ms Kitching had not contracted the virus before her death.
ABC managing director David Anderson says Dr Norman Swan (Pictured) was 'remorseful' about his comments
Warne's former manager James Erskine places some of the blame with the ABC, saying the 'totally disrespectful' and 'asinine' comments should never have even made it to air.
'Why would anyone take any notice of what this guy has to say? What on earth would he know about Shane's health?,' Mr Erskine told The Australian.
'Maybe he (Dr Swan) could tell us who really killed JFK.'
Warne died aged just 52 of a sudden heart attack on March 4 while on holiday in read more from dailymail.....
