Parhaat Ben Smith Podcastit (2024)

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Part eight: the pursuit of truth 42:55

1+ y ago42:55

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At the heart of the defamation case Ben Roberts-Smith launched against three of Australia’s biggest newspapers were the articles published by Nick McKenzie and Chris Masters. In this episode Ben Doherty speaks to these journalists about what led them to start this investigation, how they overcame their doubts and fears to publish articles that accu…

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Part seven: a hero’s downfall 31:09

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Australia’s most decorated living soldier has lost his defamation case against the Sydney Morning Herald, the Age and the Canberra Times. A federal court judge has found that the newspapers proved in their defence that Ben Roberts-Smith murdered unarmed prisoners while serving in the Australian military in Afghanistan.In this episode, host Ben Dohe…

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Ben Roberts-Smith v the media part six: judgment day 16:51

1+ y ago16:51

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Australia’s most decorated living soldier has lost his defamation case against the Sydney Morning Herald, the Age and the Canberra Times. A federal court judge has found that the newspapers proved in their defence that Ben Roberts-Smith either murdered or was complicit in and responsible for the murder of unarmed civilians while serving in the Aust…

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Ben Roberts-Smith v the media part five: the letters 1:01:38

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In June 2018, an SAS soldier known in this defamation trial as Person 18 says he received two threatening letters at his barracks in Perth. In their defence, the newspapers allege that these letters were written by Ben Roberts-Smith. He denies this outright. In this episode, Ben Doherty explains why the newspapers think these letters are important …

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Ben Roberts-Smith v the media part four: the tunnel 1:07:15

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On 12 April 2009, the SAS arrive in the village of Kakarak in Afghanistan’s Uruzgan province. It’s a Taliban stronghold where an Australian soldier was killed just a month earlier. It’s here, in a compound known as Whiskey 108, that one of the most contested events in this extraordinary defamation trial takes place. In their defence, the newspapers…

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Ben Roberts-Smith v the media part three: the affair 1:16:54

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An affair between Ben Roberts-Smith and a witness known to the court as Person 17 is one of the key contested elements of this extraordinary defamation trial. The newspapers as part of their defence allege that Roberts-Smith committed an act of domestic violence against Person 17. He denies this allegation, saying it is a complete fabrication. In t…

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Ben Roberts-Smith v the media part two: death in Darwan 1:15:33

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In the aftermath of an attack on Australian soldiers by a rogue Afghan soldier, the SAS is sent to the Taliban-controlled village of Darwan. They arrive by helicopter at dawn, looking for Hekmatullah, the soldier who shot dead three of their comrades. It is during this raid, the newspapers allege in court as part of their defence, that Ben Roberts-…

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Ben Roberts-Smith v the media part one: reputation 40:52

2y ago40:52

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In the defamation trial of the century, Australia’s most decorated living soldier is seeking to defend his reputation against reports in three newspapers that he says falsely accuse him of being a war criminal. His lawyers argue Ben Roberts-Smith has been unfairly targeted by envious comrades and assisted by credulous journalists. The newspapers’ l…

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Introducing Ben Roberts-Smith v the media 10:23

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Australia’s most decorated living soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, is suing three of the country’s most trusted newspapers for defamation over articles he says falsely accuse him of war crimes. Whatever the outcome, the ramifications will be immense for public interest journalism, Australia’s military and the man venerated as a modern-day war hero…

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Ben Roberts-Smith v the media

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Part eight: the pursuit of truth 42:55

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Part seven: a hero’s downfall 31:09

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Ben Roberts-Smith v the media part six: judgment day 16:51

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Ben Roberts-Smith v the media part five: the letters 1:01:38

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Ben Roberts-Smith v the media part four: the tunnel 1:07:15

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Ben Roberts-Smith v the media part three: the affair 1:16:54

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Ben Roberts-Smith v the media part two: death in Darwan 1:15:33

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Ben Roberts-Smith v the media part one: reputation 40:52

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Introducing Ben Roberts-Smith v the media 10:23

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