ABC star Leigh Sales takes a cheeky swipe at Today host Karl Stefanovic, saying ‘he’s not a real journalist’
ABC star Leigh Sales made a cheeky swipe at Karl Stefanovic on Tuesday evening during the episode of The Cheap Seats.
The former 7.30am presenter joked that the star of the Today show was “not a real journalist” as she revealed which Australian presenter she had interviewed who surprised her.
“You speak to some incredible names in Australian journalism. Annabel Crabb, Karl Stefanovic, Tracy Grimshaw, David Spears, who surprised you most of the people you spoke to?’ asked host Tim McDonald.
“I actually thought you’d say you’ve spoken to some incredible names in journalism, and Karl Stefanovic,” she joked.
“But he’s great at what he does, as the numbers show.”
She went on to say that her interview with Karl surprised her as he revealed how nervous he was at the start of his career.
“You know, Karl actually kind of surprised me, because he talked about how nervous he was when he first started, and he said he was sweating profusely,” she explained.
It comes days after Leigh defended her email to all staff on the Indigenous Voice to parliament, arguing there is ‘no secret 26-page version’ of the Uluru statement from the heart.
She shared her thoughts on reporters’ coverage of the Voice debate in an email sent last Thursday by ABC editor-in-chief Mark Maley.
ABC star Leigh Sales made a cheeky swipe at Karl Stefanovic on Tuesday evening during the episode of The Cheap Seats
The former 7.30am presenter joked that Karl (pictured) was “not a real journalist” as she revealed which Australian presenter she had interviewed and who surprised her
The Australian Story presenter appeared on Ben Fordham’s 2GB radio show on Monday to explain that the ABC needs to provide “factually correct” information to the public.
Leigh said one of the inaccuracies going around “is the idea that there’s some secret document out there that the Uluru statement, as we’ve presented it as a one-page document, isn’t everything.
“It is alleged that there is a secret 26-page document and that is what secretly drives government policy.”
Fordham told her that the existence of the longer document — which included calls for reparations, paying “rent” and reconsidering land rights — was still newsworthy.
“Of course, but what you can’t do is present it as if what you’ve been told isn’t the full Uluru explanation. We get to see the full Uluru statement,” she said.
It comes after Leigh defended her email to all staff on the Indigenous Voice to parliament, arguing there is ‘no secret 26-page version’ of the Uluru statement of the heart
“The other material, which is interesting for people who want to understand the full context, is something special.”
Leigh said the extra pages provide context discussed in formulating the statement.
But she said: ‘It’s not some classified document that the government is assuming, actually being hidden from the Australian public.
“It’s been there all along, if you’ll take a look.”
Ben Fordham (pictured) quizzed ABC presenter Leigh on Monday morning about her views on the Indigenous Voice in Parliament