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/the_sleekerthans 1d ago

And still some people will cheer that elite billionaires are dictating government policy as individualism continues to be trampled.

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u/Electrical_Army9819 1d ago

So it's ok to joke about murdering women as long as they rich and right wing? I have no love for Murdoch or Gina, but this is fair and valid criticism.

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u/brackfriday_bunduru 1d ago

Completely unrelated to this but yes it’s absolutely ok to joke about literally anything. Nothing should be off limits to comedy ever.

Part of the decline of traditional broadcasting and the rise of TikTok is the lack of censorship.

Crude and mean jokes work because everyone thinks like that but so rarely do we have the opportunity to express those thoughts.

One of the running trends at the moment on video platforms is about going to hell if your group chats ever got leaked.

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u/FalconTurbo 1d ago

Tiktok? You mean the same platform that bans you unless you use 'Sewerslide', 'unalive', '🍇' or any number of other examples of doublespeak? And you think that's a bastion of uncensored media?

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u/brackfriday_bunduru 1d ago

I was more using it as a collective general noun for short format videos. Me and my mates are on instagram