Please Explain creator says it's his job to 'pick on' public figures

Please Explain creator says it's his job to 'pick on' public figures | 7.30

The creator of Pauline Hanson's Please Explain cartoons has told 7.30 it's his job "to pick on people who are in the public realm", and has refused to apologise to senator Jacqui Lambie for an episode that mocked her medical condition.
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