ABC boss Mark Scott: Chris Kenny image was tasteless but justified by him being a public figure
ABC managing director Mark Scott has labelled The Chaser’s depiction of The Australian’s Chris Kenny as tasteless and undergraduate, but said that under editorial guidelines its broadcast was justified as public figures such as Kenny faced different standards.
During an episode of The Chaser’s The Hamster Decides the show broadcast an obviously manipulated image of Kenny and a dog.
In his first interview since the Federal election, Scott told listeners to Melbourne’s ABC 774: “I thought it was pretty full on and tasteless and undergraduate. Personally I didn’t like it much.”
However, he defended the skit saying it was an “attempt at satire and people will draw their own conclusions as to whether it was funny and as to whether it was appropriate.”
I look forward to the Chasers charactering Mark Scott slipping it to a squirrel.
It’s not about second guessing you, Scottie.
Bugger me. Where does this end, as it were?
Imagine if this was done on commercial TV: ACMA (and all the fellow travellers) would be screaming their tits off. One rule for ABC, another for the rest
Aunty needs the arrogance and entitlement slapped off her ugly, old face. Time for a huge cut to her funding if she’s got money to splash around on this kind of depravity.
Kenny should sue Scott’s arse off.
“Undergraduate.”
Yep, that’s The Chaser…