Morrison government asks ABC to please explain controversial Four Corners episode
Federal Communications Minister Paul Fletcher has asked ABC chair Ita Buttrose to explain how a recent Four Corners episode exposing alleged affairs by between ministers and staffers was in the public interest.
In a letter to Ms Buttrose, Mr Fletcher posed a series of questions to the ABC board requesting an explanation as to how the episode complied with the ABC's Code of Practice and its statutory obligations to provide accurate and impartial journalism.
Communications Minister Paul Fletcher has asked the chair of the ABC board, Ita Buttrose, to explain a controversial Four Corners episode.Credit:SMH
The 15 questions included, "Why, in the judgement of the Board, are the personal lives of politicians newsworthy."
The ABC episode, titled "Inside the Canberra Bubble", which aired on November 9, detailed allegations of affairs by Attorney-General Christian Porter and Population Minister Alan Tudge with female staffers who worked in their ministerial offices.
Mr Porter has denied the allegations in the episode.
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