.theboltreport's Andrew Bolt says the money and time the Middle Eastern news organisation spent on the sting is ‘incredible’, questioning how it can justify the expenditure. theboltreport
Sky News host Andrew Bolt says Al Jazeera’s secret filming of One Nation is ‘not reporting’ the news, but ‘manufacturing’ it.
Queensland One Nation leader Steve Dickson and Pauline Hanson's chief of staff, James Ashby, claim they were set up by a Middle Eastern spy and were drunk during a filmed conversation about obtaining $US20 million from the American gun lobby to weaken Australia's gun laws. Mr Bolt says the money and time the Middle Eastern news organisation spent on the sting is ‘incredible’, questioning how it can justify the expenditure.
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