The chairman of the ABC, Kim Williams, says he has been through “an enormously stern learning experience” after it was revealed by the Media Watch program that he had intervened five times to secure interviews for a comedian on the broadcaster’s regional radio stations.
The ABC’s Media Watch reported on Monday that Williams had repeatedly contacted senior staff to encourage interviews with Sandy Gutman, a Jewish-Australian performer who goes by the stage name Austen Tayshus.
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