‘If your aim was to hurt me, you’ve succeeded’: Stan Grant’s emotional final Q&A appearance
Stan Grant has delivered a blistering message of hurt and hope at the end of his final episode hosting Q&A.
The celebrated Indigenous broadcaster will now step away from the ABC in the wake of sustained and sickening racial attacks, including threats against him and his family, which he called out in a searing op-ed on Friday.
In it, he wrote of the barrage of abuse that erupted after he appeared as part of the ABC’s coverage of the coronation of King Charles III – a storm he said was whipped up by some in the media who distorted or misrepresented his views and remarks.
By quitting, that lets the bigots show they can hound someone out by their vitriol.
Surely by continuing, that would have shown that they are not a success.
I hear what Stan said (& if he felt he can’t go on, who am I to say otherwise), but this will only encourage them.