Murdoch mastheads at odds as sexual assault survivor speaks up about The Australian’s podcast

News.com.au clocks up numbers its stablemate can only dream of with stories critical of Shadow of Doubt. Plus: union access curtailed at the ABC Want to get this in your inbox every Friday? Sign up for the Weekly Beast media newsletter here A rare fight between Rupert Murdoch’s Australian mastheads has been playing out in plain sight since news.com.au published an exclusive interview with a sexual assault survivor last week which was critical of the Australian’s podcast , Shadow of Doubt. The TikTok video accompanying the article has been watched 9.5m times . A series of stories by Walkley award-winning investigative reporter Nina Funnell for news.com.au has been generating clicks The Australian can only dream of: 860,000 unique page views in just over a week. No doubt this only increased The Australian’s ire about the popular news site’s criticism of its podcast Shadow of Doubt and host Richard Guilliatt. Continue reading...

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