ABC strongly denies outside influence in removal of Antoinette Lattouf
by Josh Taylor and Cait Kelly from World news | The Guardian on (#6HXHF)
Amid the threat of a walkout, managing editor tells staff the broadcaster rejects' claims that pro-Israel groups lobbied for dismissal
ABC journalists in the broadcaster's Sydney offices have threatened a walkout unless management addresses concerns over the handling of the termination of radio host Antoinette Lattouf.
On Tuesday morning, the Sydney Morning Herald reported it had seen a chain of leaked WhatsApp messages showing a letter-writing campaign from pro-Israel lobbyists targeting the ABC managing director, David Anderson, and the chair, Ita Buttrose, in the week starting 18 December over Lattouf's December fill-in job on ABC radio in Sydney.
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