ABC correspondent Sophie McNeill was strongly defended by managing directorMark Scott on Monday night after coming under attack at a parliamentary committee for her reporting from the Middle East.
Liberal senator Eric Abetz asked Scott why McNeill was appointed to the Middle East post when she had stated that she admired journalists John Pilger and Robert Fisk, who held strong anti-Israeli views and pro-Palestinian views.
In a late-night Senate estimates committee hearing, Scott said McNeill was doing a “strong job” covering Syria, Gaza, Jerusalem and Syrian refugees in one of the most dangerous posts in the world where reporters needed “significant courage”.
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