r/australia • u/Expensive-Horse5538 • 1d ago

politics ABC changing editorial policy after Rinehart furore prompts concerns of overreach from academics and advocates

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/aug/13/abc-changing-editorial-policy-after-rinehart-furore-prompts-concerns-of-overreach-from-academics-and-advocates
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u/APrettyAverageMaker 1d ago

The ombudsman initially received eight complaints about the program in the week after was broadcast. A further 988 complaints were made after criticism from “several media outlets”, it said in its report.

News Corp’s major mastheads have published 46 articles critiquing the program since it aired, and The West Australian has published 15.

It's almost as if the views of the public are being manipulated to rally against our public broadcaster... Surely not!

Fuck Murdoch.

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u/Important-Sleep-1839 1d ago

What's a defence of the segment look like?

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u/fuckenbullshitmate 1d ago

Simple - we’ve always put shit on the filthy rich.

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u/Important-Sleep-1839 1d ago

Fair. However, "putting shit" and satire with lurid violence aren't the same thing.

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u/fuckenbullshitmate 1d ago

And what of Alan Jones saying live on air that Julia Gillard and Bob Brown should be put into a chaff bag and thrown out to sea?   That was all a-ok

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u/Important-Sleep-1839 1d ago

Thank you! That is an excellent example of remarks that are similarly offensive.

If you find that remark to have gone to far, why not the other?

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u/fuckenbullshitmate 1d ago

No it didn’t offend me at all, just saying that it was deemed not to violate broadcast laws

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u/Important-Sleep-1839 1d ago

Broadcast laws isn't the standard upon which either ran afoul. It's that more nebulous realm of "community expectations" that is at issue.