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Can I tell you a secret?

Can I tell you a secret? Ben Roberts-Smith v the media – podcast trailer

Can I tell you a secret?

The Guardian

News

4.6785 Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2023

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

We wanted to tell you about another Guardian podcast series from our colleagues in Australia. 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 a man venerated as a modern-day war hero. Search for ‘Ben Roberts-Smith v the media’, wherever you get your podcasts

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0:00.0

If I won the Euro millions, I think the clear sign would be buying my old school,

0:05.0

turning it into a paintball park, shooting, and like having fun, not in a murdery way.

0:11.0

Huge first thing for people to notice.

0:14.0

You would know because my flat would be clean.

0:16.0

Cat butlers.

0:17.0

I cat butler, yeah.

0:19.0

Are you ready to dream big? Discover the endless possibilities you could afford with the Euro millions win.

0:24.5

Watch the full film at the Guardian.com forward slash there will be signs.

0:28.6

This message was paid for by the Euro millions from the National Lottery.

0:37.2

Hi there, I'm Lucy Hoff, series producer of the Guardian podcast, Can I Tell You a Secret?

0:42.8

And I want to tell you about a new podcast called Ben Robert Smith versus the media from Guardian Australia.

0:50.1

Australia's most decorated living soldier, Ben Robert Smith, is suing three of the country's most trusted newspapers for defamation over articles he says falsely accused him of war crimes.

1:03.3

The evidence has been confronting, violent, sometimes scandalous, and at times barely believable.

1:10.7

Millions have been spent litigating Australia's defamation trial of this century.

1:16.0

Whatever the outcome, the ramifications will be immense for public interest journalism,

1:21.2

Australia's military and the man venerated as a modern-day war hero.

1:26.5

Search Ben Robert Smith versus the media.

1:34.9

If I won the Euro-Millions, I think the clear sign would be buying my old school,

1:40.4

turning it into a paintball park, shooting and like having fun, not in a murdery way.

1:46.7

Huge first thing for people to notice.

1:48.9

You would know because my flat would be clean.

1:51.0

Cat butlers.

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