In Australia, coverage of the defamation decision of the year was much more uneven than among overseas outlets.
The Canberra Times, which are now owned by the same company that had also invested millions in fighting Roberts-Smith’s defamation action, did the same.devoted a whole podcast series to the trial and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, which has done its own investigative reporting on the SAS in Afghanistan, gave it prominent placement online, on TV and on radio.
Seven West Media group, which employed Roberts-Smith throughout the trial and is controlled by Kerry Stokes, Roberts-Smith’s financial backer, took a more muted approach.newspaper put the result on its front page but had an awkward gap between its live blog being removed from the top of its website and stories replacing it on Thursday afternoon. The newspaper did not respond to requests for comment.
A commentator on that program made clear, among technical legal explanation, that Justice Besanko’s decision was a total loss for Roberts-Smith and the story led news bulletins.
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