BRS judgement is a vindication for the journalism but it does NOT mean the system works
Welcome to an end-of-week update after one of the most significant days in public interest journalism – the defamation victory of the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and the Canberra Times over war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith.
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I shall look forward to it, Tim.
(Apologies, Mal – a broken promise. You’ll see I didn’t get to it in Saturday’s – very long – email. I ran out of time and space. I still have opinions which will inevitably emerge in future posts though!)
Mate, you could write an entire book on this one. Sometimes the subject matter just doesn’t want to fit itself into a post. All the best.
I’m surprised that KS only gets one mention, and a passing one at that in this piece Tim. Competing oligarch worldviews, preoccupations and their rivalries along with the profitability for MSM in prosecuting and protracting the culture wars is why so much time and money was poured into this.
Freedom of the press remains a fundamental, yes, and of course you’re right to draw out the lessons. But sadly it’s almost a surface issue in the whole BRS calamity and the role the media has played in it.
Thanks for the comment, Mal. You’re right that there’s a whole other dimension. I’m likely to return to the role of Kerry Stokes and Seven West Media in tomorrow’s edition.
All the best,
Tim