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Ten’s Hugh Riminton wins Fairfax apology over Sam De Brito column

Ten’s political correspondent Hugh Riminton has revealed that he took legal action after being defamed in a column by Fairfax writer Sam De Brito  earlier this month.  

Writing in today’s edition of The Australian, Riminton said that De Brito had alleged that he had used the words “Don’t you know who I am?” in a bust-up with airport custom officials.

De Brito’s column – All Men Are Liars (Except Sam De Brito) runs in both the Sun-Herald in Sydney and Sunday Age in Melbourne.

But Riminton said that the incident never took place and he was not even at an airport at the time De Brito claimed he’d uttered the words.

In his item for the Australian, Riminton said: “My faith in the management of the Fairfax press has been dented and I would rather it had not happened.”

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