sets the record straight.
WITH THE 70 charges being laid against Kathy Jackson the media have once again gone into a frenzy of self-congratulation and misperception.
There are many seemingly claiming to have broken the story, been there from the start, and set the tone for the coverage of the story.
Don’t get me wrong, many of those making the claims have played vital roles in the demise of Tony Abbott’s heroic whistleblower but it’s time we busted some of the myths.
We’ll start with Fairfax.
For years, Kate McClymont, one of Fairfax’s leading investigative journalists had been proudly displaying anything but an ability to investigate when it comes to Jackson. McClymont has seemingly taken Jackson’s word for everything and run stories appearing to be based solely on Jackson’s word which we now know is the word of a liar and fraudster.