Uighur film 'shelved' in ABC China push – China News

www.theaustralian.com.au — A CONTROVERSIAL film about Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer may have been pulled by the ABC to promote managing director Mark Scott's vision of a "soft diplomacy" role for the public broadcaster. [...] We had believed that the line `the Australian film China doesn't want Australians to see' would be a good one for the ABC to use to publicise its broadcast," said Mr Lewis, who worked in senior roles for ABC TV for about 20 years.

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Stuart 2 years 23 hours ago

Another nail in the coffin of free speech. How exactly does Mr Scott see the end game?

He really has no idea what such a precedent will mean further down the road.

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