As journalists we have a duty to stay the course, no matter how long it takes, and even if you are afraid.
One Friday afternoon I was walking through the Bondi Westfield shopping centre when a man who was passing by looked at me intently before saying “you’re that dreadful journalist who ruins people’s lives”. Most people who stop you in the street are really kind, so I was a trifle stunned by this man’s comment. And much toSurgeon William Mooney’s negligence let to the death of two patients.
I was at Randwick racecourse when one of those jockeys, Jim Cassidy, was informed of his three-year ban. Cassidy, in his shiny brown suit and sunglasses, took his cigarette from the corner of his mouth before he spat on my back. Well given his size, the back of my knees, saying: “You effing bitch, you’ve ruined my life.”Eloquence is not a quality often possessed by the people I write about.
In parliament, Eddie Obeid said of me: “McClymont has been mixing with scum for so long that she no longer knows who is good and who is bad, what is real and what is made up. She has become the journalistic equivalent of a gun moll with glittering associations with the not so well-to-do.continue to grant her prime, unscrutinised space,” he whined.
On one occasion, just to double-check it was Moses’ number, I got someone from the office to ring Moses’s phone. I could see Moses checking it.My colleague rang again just to be sure. At that point Moses whispered to his legal team. His barrister got to his feet and asked the judge if she would mind excusing his client as he had “urgent business to attend to”.This really was extraordinary.
During one of the many ICAC inquiries into Eddie Obeid’s activities, one of Eddie’s sons-in-law raised his fist as though to punch me in the face. A reporter fromstepped in to stop him. This man’s brother, who has bikie connections, threatened me via social media: “You effing ugly putrid smelly filthy red neck unprofessional pig – keep writing bullshit posts on Twitter and we’ll see how much longer u last u dog.
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