Gina Rinehart has threatened the ABC with legal action. Is there any merit in it?
Putting the merit of what is satire aside, the ABC segment that so incensed the mining magnate was clearly not defamatory. So what breaches would Gina be claiming? The post Gina Rinehart has threatened the ABC with legal action. Is there any merit in it? appeared first on Crikey .
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) has apologized for an episode of its "Race Around the World" show that featured a fictional scenario involving a violent attack on businesswoman Gina Rinehart. Despite the ABC's formal complaints handling process finding the episode did not breach editorial standards, the corporation has removed the material from its platforms and issued an apology to Rinehart.
The incident came to light after the mining magnate's company, Hancock Prospecting, lodged a formal complaint with the ABC Board. The ABC's managing director, Hugh Marks, acknowledged that the segment fell short of community expectations and that the treatment of Rinehart was not fair. The Ombudsman found that while the remarks did not breach editorial standards, they did not meet community expectations.
Marks stated that the apology was appropriate in the circumstances and that the ABC would amend its guidance on violence in programming.
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