...a case that should put award-winning journalist Anne Delaney back on air with her former employer Media Watch - but this time as fodder, rather than the facilitator of debate.
But it most probably won't. While the ABC media 'watchdog' show likes to take others to task for offences similiar to Delaney's, it rarely savages its own.
Delaney was arrested for conducting an illegal interview with a child killer and is alleged to have lied about a friendship with the murderer, Louise Julie MacPhee, on an official application to visit.
Once again though, one must feel a little sympathy for the journalist - being taught to lie about relationships with people to get access to information is part of the standard shop-floor training.
But only a little...
-- Nick
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