My week in the eye of the Porter storm — and what men just don’t get
The media has been divided over the Christian Porter story. And more often than not, which side a journalist sits on seems to come down to their gender.
Attorney-General Christian Porter addresses media in Perth over historical rape allegations (Image: AAP/Richard Wainwright)
Note: this article discusses sexual assault.
After a week or so of madness, there is time to pause and reflect. I have spoken with a vast array of media people as the Christian Porter story unfolded, been asked 1000 questions and mostly replied with: “I can’t comment on that.”
I have some observations.
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Michael Bradley is a freelance writer and managing partner at Sydney firm Marque Lawyers, which was created in 2008 with the singular ambition of completely changing the way law is practised.
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