Crossing the Line by Nick McKenzie
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Crossing the Line
- By: Nick McKenzie
- Narrated by: Stephen Phillips
- Length: 13 hrs and 46 mins
- Categories: Biographies & Memoirs
Publisher's Summary
There is no doubt the truth would have been concealed and our concerns buried without Nick McKenzie's relentless pursuit of justice.' SAS Afghanistan veteran War is brutal. But there are lines that should never be crossed. In mid-2017, whispers of executions, and cover-ups within Australia's most secretive and elite military unit, the SAS, reached Walkley Award-winning journalist Nick McKenzie. He and Chris Masters began an investigation that would not only reveal shocking truths about Ben Roberts-Smith VC but plunge the reporters into the defamation trial of the century. For five years, McKenzie led the investigation, waging an epic battle for the truth to be acknowledged. His fight to reveal the real face of Australia's most famous and revered SAS soldier and examine evidence of bullying, intimidation, war crimes and murder would take him across Australia and to Afghanistan. As he unearthed the secrets Ben Roberts-Smith had thought he'd long ago buried, McKenzie had to deal with death threats, powerful forces intent on destroying his career and attempts to silence brave SAS soldiers, who had witnessed their famous comrade commit unspeakable acts. McKenzie would break the stories that proved the man idolised by the public, politicians, the media and leading business leaders was a myth. His efforts would help deliver justice to Roberts-Smith's victims and their families. Explosive and meticulously researched, Crossing the Line shares the powerful untold story of how a small group of brave soldiers and two determined reporters overcame a plot to suppress one of the greatest military scandals in Australian history.
©2023 Nick McKenzie (P)2023 Hachette Australia Pty Ltd
Anonymous User
A must!
This story is a must for any Australian. Brilliantly written and read, it shows the struggle of journalists when reporting on serious topics and the effects that a couple of rich people can have when they support morally bankrupt people.
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MCG
Biased journalism gets a goal in quickly
Totally one sided bias. The war crimes that he has not been convicted of should be the subject matter than journalists investigate further. Rather, the author spends a great deal of the book defaming his personal character and private life. “BRS is not a person”. Ok, we get it, but many people in the military are have equal traits. I spent 20 years in the Defence Force and I’ve worked with many such people. But it has nothing to do with the public eye. Instead, by denigrating his character the author seeks to bias the reader into believing that (QED), he must be guilty of the alleged war crimes.
Furthermore, the melodrama that the author tries to conjure up in the story of their investigation, is a whimsy secured for a hopeful future TV or movie release and the lucrative opportunity that offers him.
Did BRS commit the war crime? That’s for a full investigation and trial to conclude. All I got from this drivel is a typical axe grinding left wing journalist who wants to be famous. The book
Should be retitled Tall Poppy Syndrome.
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