Clementine Ford apologises to Ben Fordham over false workplace sexism claim

OUTSPOKEN columnist Clementine Ford has been forced to issue an apology to Ben Fordham, after incorrectly accusing him of workplace sexism.

Radio 2GB DJ Ben Fordham proved that Clementine Ford was responsible for the comments that she attributed to him.

OUTSPOKEN columnist Clementine Ford has been forced to issue an apology to Ben Fordham, after incorrectly accusing him of workplace sexism.

In a Fairfax opinion piece maligning Steve Price’s recent appearance on The Project, Ford implied that the 2GB host didn’t have any women in regular slots on his show because of their annoying voices.

Fairfax columnist Clementine Ford has been forced to apologise for her claims. Picture: AAP/Allen & Unwin

“It’s the same Ben Fordham who once invited me on his show to debate if women’s lack of equality in said hosting roles was because our voices are too annoying,” Ford wrote.

However, in an embarrassing about-face, it was in fact that Ford who had made this faux pas to Fordham on his show in 2013.

“We went back through our archives, and found the interview ... at no time did I ever suggest anything like what Clementine Ford accused me of, not once in the lengthy interview,” Fordham told listeners to his program yesterday.
“Someone did raise the argument that some people might find female voices annoying — it was Clementine Ford. She accused me of raising a point that she raised,” he said, before noting that he reserves the right to seek damage for Ford’s defamatory story.

Fordham says that while a lot of Ford’s followers would have seen her initial post very few would have seen her correction.

While Ford has corrected the story online and tweeted an apology — after, Fordham says, he contacted her editor, the shock jock ended his segment on the story in requesting a fresh Facebook post apologising for the offending update.

“Up to 147,000 people would’ve seen the false story, and only a handful would discover the apology you’ve made today,” he concluded.

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