Originally Posted by
dejavoodoo44
While I have no real idea of how the Russell Jackson story came about, it seems to me that the most likely scenario, is that he was probably approached by people who participated in the internal Hawthorn report and who may have got the feeling that report was in the process of being buried. If that's the case, then Russell Jackson and the ABC, would then have to evaluate whether they believed what the three couples were saying in their interviews. If they thought that their stories were true, then not publishing would have led to probably quite justified accusations of cowardice or paternalism. And apparently, there is some sort of email and phone trail that backs up their allegations.
Anyway, that's all just assumption on my part, but I don't really have much time for alternative scenarios, like: a respected, high quality journalist is just making crap up; or that he's being taken in by three ex-Hawthorn players and their partners, who for some unexplained reason, have decided to run a coordinated and vindictive campaign against their former employer.
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