Tone-deaf Stefanovic has the hide to bag the network that made him a star and paid him millions

June 26, 2026 — 9:49am

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Nine’s feedback channel – an automated platform where the good, bad and ugly of audience feedback is sent – was on fire this week as the network’s highest-paid and most-polarising presenter was being shown the door.

“I will not be watching Channel Nine while Karl Stefanovic is employed there,” one viewer wrote. “Having a ‘speak the truth’ podcast is one thing. Interviewing a race-baiting fascist like Tommy Robinson is just way too far!”

And at the other end of the spectrum came this missive: “I am writing to express my strong support for Karl Stefanovic’s podcast series. His interviews bring forward perspectives and behind-the-scenes insights that are often overlooked or left unexplored by mainstream media coverage.”

The torrent of vastly different feedback neatly summarised the damned if you do, damned if you don’t predicament Nine entered once Stefanovic’s independent podcast with far-right thug Tommy Robinson was published and swiftly deleted.

Nine had only two options. The first was to part ways with Stefanovic but anger free-speech champions and loyal viewers who claim the presenter is being “cancelled”. Riding high in the polls, One Nation leader........

© The Sydney Morning Herald