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Payout for Adelaide woman defamed by Today Tonight
A woman who won a long-running defamation case against Channel Seven over a Today Tonight episode that depicted her as a welfare cheat has been awarded $280,000 in damages.
A woman who won a long-running defamation case against Channel Seven over a Today Tonight episode that depicted her as a welfare cheat has been awarded $280,000 in damages.
A court has found that former Today Tonight reporter turned SA-BEST MP Frank Pangallo behaved in an “egregious”, “aggressive” and “intimidatory” fashion when he confronted a used car salesman in 2012 – but a defamation claim over the resulting TV story has been dismissed.
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