{"id":30281,"date":"2015-10-25T17:11:45","date_gmt":"2015-10-25T06:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/?p=30281"},"modified":"2019-04-13T23:54:23","modified_gmt":"2019-04-13T13:54:23","slug":"the-collected-rage-of-chris-kenny-post-abyan-interview-qldaah-auspol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/the-collected-rage-of-chris-kenny-post-abyan-interview-qldaah-auspol\/","title":{"rendered":"The collected rage of Chris Kenny post-Abyan interview – @Qldaah #auspol"},"content":{"rendered":"
Analysis<\/h6>\n

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The Australian’s<\/em>\u00a0associate editor and former chief of staff to Malcolm Turnbull<\/a>,\u00a0Chris Kenny<\/a> was the first and only journalist to be granted a visa to visit and report on the Australian asylum seeker detention centres located on the island nation of Nauru. Neither the paper or Kenny would\u00a0confirm\u00a0if the $8,000 application fee was paid.<\/p>\n

A storm of criticism hit Kenny when he filed a report on alleged rape victim Abyan.<\/a>\u00a0As abortion is illegal on Nauru, the pregnant mother had been flown to Australia for the procedure. It did not take place and Abyan was returned to Nauru. The Australian Government maintained that she told officials on Australian soil that she did not want an abortion. Abyan has since denied she stated this.\u00a0Kenny found that she still wanted\u00a0an abortion but not in Australia, she wished to go to another country.<\/p>\n

Sparks \u00a0flew when Fairfax journalist Tom Allard<\/a>\u00a0interviewed refugee rights advocate\u00a0Pamela Curr<\/a>\u00a0and published,\u00a0Somalian refugee Abyan becomes a political pawn after abortion request on Nauru<\/a>, in which the visit of Kenny to Abyan’s home was challenged. Curr said she was on the phone with Abyan as Kenny arrived with police at her home. Kenny disputed this and called both Allard and Curr liars.<\/p>\n

In the period since, Kenny has received plenty of support from journalists in the Australian media such as Paul Murry<\/a>\u00a0and Miranda Devine<\/a>. His Twitter feed is littered with support from his readership who see him as a champion for exposing a refugee activist plot.<\/p>\n

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Disgusted to see usual media types hook into @chriskkenny<\/a> so personally re #Nauru<\/a>. His reporting was 1st class & their response shows none.<\/p>\n

— Paul Murray (@PMOnAir) October 22, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n