Scape Goat Alleged SPP incident/broken curfew + malicious and exploitative reporting by Channel 7 news

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Will need to explain for this country bumpkin who doesn't watch much tv.
Today Tonight is a trashy "expose" show that became famous for going after and demonising minority groups while doctoring videos and showing quotes out of context. It's basically trash TV that hovers somewhere between reality TV, fake news and hate speech that is aimed at the absolute lowest and most gullible members of society.

Explains why 7 news has rapidly gone down a similar gutter.
 

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From a purely selfish standpoint I'm enjoying watching this play out. You just know Elspeth Hussey and co are having horrendously sleepless nights at the moment. May she stew in her own sweat.
Actually how does it work? My thoughts are that unless she selected to use the terminology herself without approval from the network then she's safe and only the network will be sued. Thereafter the network will choose to deal with each of the employees how they see fit. Would that be right?
 

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Actually how does it work? My thoughts are that unless she selected to use the terminology herself without approval from the network then she's safe and only the network will be sued. Thereafter the network will choose to deal with each of the employees how they see fit. Would that be right?

It's pretty clear through her incessant, obsessive badgering of witnesses via social media that she went well above and beyond the call of duty.
 

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It's pretty clear through her incessant, obsessive badgering of witnesses via social media that she went well above and beyond the call of duty.
This is true however isn't this what most trashy journalists do these days anyway.. i would hope this would be enough in court but not sure..?
 
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Actually how does it work? My thoughts are that unless she selected to use the terminology herself without approval from the network then she's safe and only the network will be sued. Thereafter the network will choose to deal with each of the employees how they see fit. Would that be right?
Have a read of Geoffrey Rush's defamation lawsuit, that's a decent blueprint for what's happening here.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-...telegraph-cross-claim-denied-in-court/9680396
https://www.9news.com.au/national/2018/04/20/03/34/geoffrey-rush-cross-claim-bid-decision-due
 
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