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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Malcolm Farr

Pauline Hanson’s media attacks are not just Trump-inspired. For 30 years she has sought to control the press

Pauline Hanson
‘Pauline Hanson, like the US president, Donald Trump, has decided she will approve and disapprove of reporters, and free speech,’ writes Malcolm Farr. Photograph: Hollie Adams/Reuters

Pauline Hanson’s intolerance towards reporters who challenge her preferred, self-crafted reality was on full display at her National Press Club appearance on Wednesday.

Hanson shouted she would never again talk to Guardian Australia after insulting reporter Sarah Martin, who had asked about the employment of the senator’s daughter.

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