PoliticsABC to change editorial policy after Rinehart furore sparks overreach concerns

ABC managing director Hugh Marks has pledged to revise editorial guidelines covering satire and violence. The move follows the broadcaster’s airing of a program that included offensive comments about billionaire Gina Rinehart. Marks said the guidelines would ensure that no individual became the subject of comedy described in violent terms. Academics and advocates have raised concerns that the proposed changes could amount to overreach. The controversy centers on a four-minute film shown on Race Around the World.

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