Friday, 29 January 2021

Pell contempt case: journalists under scrutiny after 27 charged over verdict's coverage

Two journalists with decades of experience gave evidence this week in the supreme court trial of 27 media companies, reporters and editors

It did not take long for word to reach Australian newsrooms: at 3.44pm on 11 December 2018, a jury found George Pell guilty of child sexual abuse.

But the verdict was treated quite differently to other significant breaking news stories, which would usually spark a fevered rush to publish.

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