Ben Fordham: "You do need to protect yourself... do I want

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Ben Fordham: "You do need to protect yourself... do I want that rattling around in my head? The answer I've learned is no."

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Stephen Brook, The Australian's Media Diarist interviews Ben Fordham, broadcast journalist on 2GB radio and Channel 9's Today show. As a young radio reporter he covered the 1997 Thredbo landslide which won him a Walkley award.

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