A senior ABC journalist has been caught slagging off Sky News’ host Sharri Markson, branding her ‘unhinged’ in an embarrassing hot mic debacle.
Stephen Dziedzic, the ABC’s foreign affairs reporter, unloaded his thoughts to fellow journalists on everything from the broadcaster’s management to fellow ABC stars before a press conference involving Defence Minister Richard Marles and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in Brisbane on Saturday.
But the hapless reporter was completely unaware his words were being broadcast straight into