SMH editor Bevan Shields hit again at critics in a notice to subscribers lower than a yr after being compelled to problem an apology for outing a celeb.
A notice to subscribers has develop into the supply of grumblings in corners of The Sydney Morning Herald’s newsroom this morning, as some staffers develop pissed off about as soon as once more turning into “the story” so quickly after the paper was compelled to problem an apology for its reporting on Insurgent Wilson.
The Herald’s editor, Bevan Shields, stood firmly behind the paper’s work in a notice to subscribers late Wednesday, following a sprig from former prime minister Paul Keating that took goal at a multi-part collection titled “Crimson Alert” printed by the paper and its sister publication, The Age, which warned of Australia’s involvement in an imminent battle with China.
In an tackle to the Nationwide Press Membership on Wednesday, Keating labelled the Herald’s political editor Peter Hartcher a “psychopath”, and instructed the paper’s international affairs and nationwide safety correspondent, Matthew Knott, grasp his head in disgrace for writing the tales.
Learn extra about what SMH employees consider the ‘Crimson Alert’ backlash.
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