SKY News apologises after teen stitch-up
"Mr Stefanovic has reached out to Mr Payne and his family directly to convey his apology."
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SKY News has apologised to NT teenager Keegan Payne following a Live interview with presenter Peter Stefanovic.
Payne, 19, appeared on First Edition on Wednesday morning after winning a $1 million prize in the Northern Territory’s Million Dollar Fish Competition.
During the interview Stefanovic asked Payne about a 2020 theft of a Polaris Ranger and Polaris Quad from his former employer.
At the time Payne was a minor and this week struggled for the words to Stefanovic’s grilling.
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His former boss Bob Cavanagh later told Yahoo there were “no hard feelings” and that Payne was a “good and deserving kid”.
Social media lashed out at the treatment, prompting Stefanovic to delete his accounts.
“SKY News Australia and Peter Stefanovic apologise to Mr Payne and his family for raising these claims during the live interview about his million dollar win in the fishing competition,” SKY News said in a statement.
“Mr Stefanovic has reached out to Mr Payne and his family directly to convey his apology.”
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7 Responses
I think it was wrong to bring up a juvenile crime committed when someone was under 18 but the hysterical abuse and bullying on social media has to stop. In saying that I also wonder if people hadn’t reacted that way would Sky and Stef apologised? Wouldn’t expect an ACA expose on it lol
Punching down, big time.
Just when you think Sky News Australia and Stefanovic could not sink any lower…..they lower the bar even lower.
Even though this happened on Sky News, you can tell he went to the Channel Nine school of journalism.
The sky news Insta account was going nuts yesterday about the story to the point they removed the video/article and comments
People “lost” their minds over the story
How bad do you have to be to be known as the less talented Stefanovic
Why did Stefanovic apologise? Was it because he genuinely thought he’d overstepped the mark or because he was besieged on social media?