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News Corp denies it played a part in Stan Grant’s decision to leave Q+A amid racist attacks

Murdoch’s Australian media chief calls on ABC to ‘correct the record’ after accusations that excessive coverage encouraged racist social media trolls

The Guardian - AU

Australian media’s racism reckoning: Indigenous journalist quits over ‘unrelenting’ abuse

Stan Grant walks away from presenting job at the national broadcaster, after coverage of the King’s coronation prompted torrent of vitriol

The Guardian - AU

Spy boss says terrorism threat lower – as it happened

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Stan Grant: Q+A presenter cites ‘poison’ of the media as he steps away from ABC show

Presenter who has received racist abuse says he needs ‘break from the media’ and says he is ‘part of the problem’ in emotional close to episode

The Guardian - AU

Stan Grant sends a message to his abusers in last Q+A before stepping away

Stan Grant makes an emotional statement at the end of Q+A, announcing he will be stepping away from media commitments following racist abuse, but confirming that he will be back stronger after a break.

ABC News

ABC news chief regrets not defending Stan Grant earlier amid racist attacks

Justin Stevens says he has apologised to presenter and urged media critics to ‘come after me’ rather than target journalists

The Guardian - AU

Australian Indigenous TV host quits program over racist backlash

Prominent Indigenous journalist Stan Grant will step away from television hosting duties after viewers responded with racist abuse to his comments on historic Aboriginal dispossession

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ABC staff rally in show of support for Stan Grant

Hundreds of ABC staff around the country rallied in support of veteran journalist Stan Grant, who last week announced he would step away from media commitments due to racial abuse.

ABC News

ABC boss apologises to Stan Grant after Q&A call

The ABC's managing director has apologised to Q&A host Stan Grant as a question hangs over the TV journalist's future.

The New Daily

Stan Grant faced ‘unrelenting racism’, fellow ABC panellists say, as scale of conservative coverage revealed

Data suggests Sky News and the Australian mentioned the ABC’s coverage of Charles III’s coronation more than 150 times in the past two weeks

The Guardian - AU

Stan Grant quits Q+A over vile racist abuse

ABC TV's Stan Grant is "walking away" from his Q+A hosting duties, and other work for the national broadcaster, citing regular racial abuse.

The New Daily

Stan Grant steps away from Q+A citing 'relentless' racial abuse, accuses ABC of 'institutional failure' over coronation coverage backlash

Stan Grant accuses the ABC of "institutional failure", saying the organisation has failed to publicly defend him amid a storm of racist abuse which has forced him to step away from hosting Q+A.

ABC News

Back to the future with ABC’s reshuffle as content once again crowned king

Restructure will see all staff working in either news or content, as well as a few redundancies along the way. Plus: reality show contestant’s Lazarus moment

The Guardian - AU

Father reveals reason why he shared hospital photo of son who died in ‘TikTok Benadryl challenge’

Jacob Stevens, 13, died six days after attempting the deadly challenge

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The Independent UK

What is the Benadryl challenge? New TikTok challenge that’s left 13-year-old dead

Jacob Stevens died last week, six days after attempting the challenge

Irish Mirror

Two teenagers dead as warning issued over TikTok 'Benadryl challenge'

Taking higher than recommended doses of the common over-the-counter (OTC) allergy medicine diphenhydramine (Benadryl) can lead to serious heart problems, seizures, coma, or even death

Daily Mirror

TikTok breaks silence after boy dies in sick 'Benadryl challenge' while pals film him

Jacob Stevens, from Columbus, Ohio, US, ended up on a ventilator for six days but tragically died completing the viral "Benadryl challenge" after he suffered a seizure

The Independent UK

Boy, 13, dies after trying dangerous TikTok ‘Benadryl Challenge’

TikTok does not allow searches for ‘Benadryl’ on app

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Daily Mirror

Boy, 13, dies from sick Benadryl TikTok challenge as dad shares tragic death bed image

Teenager Jacob Stevens, from Columbus in Ohio, US, spent six days on a ventilator after he overdosed on the over-the-counter medicine Benadryl in front of his friends during a dangerous viral TikTok challenge

The Guardian - AU

News boss admits ABC has ‘a way to go’ on diversity after Stan Grant criticises election coverage

Q+A host says presenter Jeremy Fernandez was reduced to a ‘cameo’ role on an otherwise ‘entire white panel’

The Guardian - AU

Antisocial media: ABC goes on warpath over coverage of Lisa Millar’s misogynist trolls

Broadcaster’s new policy to call out online abuse of journalists gets a workout courtesy of the Daily Mail and news.com.au. And did a chatbot write your news?

The Guardian - AU

ABC accuses News Corp and Daily Mail of amplifying misogynist Twitter abuse of Lisa Millar

Trolling of News Breakfast host over her outfit reported by the media outlets with screenshots and abusive tweets

ABC News

ABC's Justin Stevens defends Four Corners investigation after ACMA finds Fox News episodes breached code of practice

The double episode, presented by Sarah Ferguson and titled Fox and the Big Lie, aired in 2021 and examined Fox's role in propagating and legitimising Donald Trump's allegations of election fraud in the 2020 US presidential election.

The Guardian - AU

Courier-Mail columnist Peter Gleeson weathers scandal as more plagiarism revealed

Journalist apologises for ‘unintentional’ lifting of material from political analysis written by Josh Bavas and is revealed to have copied Queensland parliament factsheet. Plus: Quillette charges US$150 for New Orleans social

ABC News

Court hears former ADF reservist threatened to kill ABC journalist Mark Willacy's wife

Thomas Rickard left a message threatening to kill the wife of ABC journalist Mark Willacy after he uncovered war crimes allegations.

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