With all the excitement of the Auerbach hearing, it’s easy to lose sight of what’s going on | Richard Ackland

The implied Harman undertaking is on everybody’s lips. What does it mean for Lehrmann’s defamation action against Lisa Wilkinson and Channel Ten?

Citizens around the nation have been spellbound as they watch claims in court about how the sausage of tabloid television is manufactured. So far we’ve found lots of unhealthy fat and sawdust in the ingredients.

According to the evidence from the man of the hour – the former Seven Spotlight producer Taylor Auerbach – if Bruce Lehrmann needs golf, big steaks, massages, hookers, mind-altering powders and free accommodation, then that’s what Bruce gets so that Seven can have a show. The allegations about paying for drugs, sex workers and massages have been firmly rejected by Seven.

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