There is no question that Nine Entertainment Co is at its best when exposing bad behaviour, misconduct and cultural failings across society, business and politics.

But the disgusting revelations about a systemic culture of sexual harassment, bullying and abuses of power contained in a damning review of the business gives it no choice but to turn the blowtorch it has so often aimed at others – whether it’s through the famous foot-in-the-door exposés at A Current Affair, the sharp-tongued interviews on radio stations at 3AW and 2GB or the investigations at The Age, Sydney Morning Herald and The Australian Financial Review – on itself.