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Richard Morecroft’s dulcet tones on ABC news were a virtual comfort blanket for Australians during times of crisis | Max Uechtritz

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Richard Morecroft’s dulcet tones on ABC news were a virtual comfort blanket for Australians during times of crisis | Max Uechtritz
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The broadcaster brought heart, soul and empathy to the job, and took new reporters – and baby flying foxes – under his wingNo one disproved Hunter S Thompson’s infamous indictment of television more than Richard Morecroft.Richard was the antithesis of Thompson’s denunciation of the TV business as “uglier than most things … a kind of cruel and shallow money trench through the heart of the journalism industry”. Continue reading...

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