Dumb, Drunk and Racist biased against ‘mainstream Aussies’ complaint struck down
A complaint to the communications regulator that The ABC’s Dumb Dunk and Racist series was “biased against Mainstream Australians” by a West Australian viewer has been thrown out.
The complaint was made to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) after the January 25 Broadcast of an episode of Joe Hildebrand’s satirical documentary and alleged the program was “anti-Australian” and would leave viewers thinking that white Australians were all “murderers, rapists, child stealers, STD spreaders and suppliers of alcohol”.
I recently viewed a show called Dumb Drunk and Racist which was broadcast by the ABC,” wrote the complainant.
In fairness, The ABC could have saved a lot of time effort and money by having Joe Hildebrand speak to his colleagues at Newslimited and read his own newspaper for a week to answer Yes, Yes and Yes to all three questions.
Well, I don’t know about racist, but from the newspaper in Queenstown, NZ today:
“Other incidents included a 25-year-old Australian man being arrested for urinating on a shop window and into his own mouth. He was charged with offensive behaviour.”