Journos deny ‘intimidating’ Alan Jones witness
Preparations for the four-month trial of former broadcaster Alan Jones, who’s fighting indecent assault charges, have been rocked by a complaint from one of the alleged victims about phone calls from someone purporting to be a journalist from The Sydney Morning Herald. The tabloid’s owner Nine Entertainment denies it was them. Today, media Diary editor Steve Jackson joins us to talk about the Jones trial, a very messy dispute between two top legal figures and why terrorism investigators are interested in internal communications at the ABC and SBS.
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