On Thursday, a story broke about the ABC managing director David Anderson preventing a Four Corners program about QAnon’s influence on Australian politics from going to air. As a result of this week’s events, the Four Corners QAnon program now carries an outsized weight of public expectation and, should it air in the future, will come under more than the usual scrutiny. To quote ABC editorial policiesEditorial decision-making at the ABC is based on upward referral. It is clear that opinions among senior journalists at the ABC about the readiness of the QAnon program were divided. Meanwhile the management difficulties and tensions within the ABC have been both laid bare and made worse.

Source: The Guardian June 05, 2021 19:52 UTC