News Corp journalist Sharri Markson, who says she broke the Barnaby Joyce affair, has denied having a sexual relationship with her former boss at Seven West Media, CEO Tim Worner, although she was caught telling a lie when questioned about it. But Ms Markson publicly admitted a few weeks ago to having a previous sexual relationship with Chris Dore who is her current boss at the News Corp owned The Sydney Telegraph.

The relevance of this is that Sharri Markson likes to take credit for breaking the story of former Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce having an affair and baby with his staffer Vikki Campion and that government money / jobs were used to help facilitate the affair. The same question can and should be asked of Sharri Markson regarding the use of News Corp shareholder’s funds with her admitted affair with The Sydney Telegraph Editor Chris Dore.

But more importantly for Australian voters did Ms Markson’s own affair / employer play a part in her withholding the story about Barnaby Joyce until after the December 2017 New England by-election. And is Ms Markson withholding any other stories that are in the public interest? Have her promotions at News Corp been linked to her affair with Chris Dore or her withholding certain stories? It must be noted her employer recently received an extremely suspect $30 million federal government grant for the Foxtel division of News Corp:

The SMH reported:

News Corp is refusing to explain exactly how it will spend taxpayers’ money more than six months after the Turnbull government granted Foxtel $30 million.

While a funding agreement has been drawn up and signed, Foxtel and its parent company remain tight-lipped about which sports have benefited from the government handout. The broadcaster was eligible for the first instalment – worth $7.5 million – last month after the government signed off on its 2017-18 “strategic roadmap”. (Click here to read more)

Barnaby and his $150,000 payment off Seven CEO Tim Worner

Seven CEO Tim Worner who himself is a known adulterer, fraudster and cokehead has now decided it is a good idea to use Seven’s shareholders funds to in effect bribe Barnaby Joyce to tell all about his adulteress affair and fraudulent use of the public’s funds. As you would expect it has lit up social media with comments such as:

“Barnaby Joyce just SOLD his intimate family story to commercial TV for $150,000 & now demands taxpayer paid stress leave to be ‘left alone’? He needs to resign.” (Click here to see on Twitter)

“@Channel7 CEO Tim Worner has confirmed his place as the lowest scum in Australia’s media. It was wrong of @Barnaby_Joyce to accept the $150K but it was equally wrong of @Channel7 to offer it. They are effectively bribing public officials #auspol @TurnbullMalcolm” (Click here to see on Twitter)

Amber Harrison and Tim Worner

Make no mistake it is Seven Chairman Kerry Stokes who would have signed off on the $150,000 payment to Barnaby Joyce. 

Sharri Markson admits to a previous affair with her current boss Chris Dore.

The below video is part of a podcast that I believe was broadcast a couple of weeks ago by The Australian where Sharri Markson was interviewed by the Media Editor. (Click here for the full interview)

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Surprise phone call from Sharri Markson about being named by Amber Harrison

In about April-May 2017 I received a very odd phone call from Sharri Markson. I had never spoken to her before or had any contact. But I had heard the rumours that she had sexual relationships with Seven CEO Tim Worner when she worked at Seven and Chris Dore who was her boss at News Corp’s The Sydney Telegraph.

At that point I was being sued for defamation for naming on my website an on-air TV host at Seven, an actress at Seven and 2 other women who were named as having had affairs with Seven CEO Tim Worner by Amber Harrison in her complaint to the Australian Human Rights Commission. Ms Harrison, who also had an affair with Tim Worner, had emailed a copy of the compliant to hundreds of journalists in December 2016.

When Sharri Markson phoned me in about April-May 2017 she only wanted to know one thing during the phone call and that was if she was named in Amber Harrison’s complaint to the Australian Human Rights Commission which I had published on my website. Sharri can obviously read and she would have known she was not named in Amber Harrison’s complaint. I have no doubt she was fishing to see what I knew about the rumours about her and Tim Worner.

A few weeks ago, I emailed Sharri some questions: I do not know if my questions were before or after Sharri made the public admission of her previous relationship with her current boss.

Email questions to Sharri Markson

From: SHANE DOWLING
Sent: 26 April 2018 21:54
To: sharri.markson
Subject: Media request

Dear Ms Sharri Markson

I will be publishing a story shortly in relation to Seven West Media CEO Tim Worner and have some questions:

1. Can you confirm that you have had a sexual relationship with Tim Worner?
2. Can you advise whether or not the Seven Directors knew of the relationship?
3. Can you confirm whether or not Seven West Media shareholder’s funds were used to help facilitate the sexual relationship? E.g. Taxi fares, hotel rooms and cocaine etc.
4. Can you advise if you benefited financially from the sexual relationship? E.g. Tim Worner was known to pay $10,000 bonuses to his mistresses which was confirmed by Amber Harrison.
5. Can you confirm that the reason for you ringing me last year enquiring if I had seen your name on Amber Harrison’s legal complaint document to the Australian Human Rights Commission was because you were concerned that I was going to name you in an article?

Please respond by 5pm Friday the 27^th April 2018.

Regards

Shane Dowling

Email end

From: Sharri Markson
Sent: 27 April 2018 13:07
To: SHANE DOWLING
Subject: Re: Media request

My response is: These allegations are entirely false and defamatory.

Email end

I also emailed Ms Markson and asked if it was her that showed up to a number of my court hearings last year which she said it wasn’t.

From: SHANE DOWLING
Sent: 27 April 2018 14:00
To: Sharri Markson
Subject: RE: Media request

Hi Sharri

It must have been someone who looked a lot like you then who showed up at court last year. 2 more quick questions:

1. But you can confirm that you called me last year inquiring if I had seen your name on Amber Harrison’s legal complaint document to the Australian Human Rights Commission?
2. And was that because you were concerned that I was going to name you in an article?

Regards

Shane Dowling

Email end

From: Sharri Markson
Sent: 27 April 2018 14:08
To: SHANE DOWLING
Subject: Re: Media request

Absolutely not. I was pursuing the story, as you can read here:

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/tim-worner-seven-west-ceos-disgruntled-former-lover-reveals-details-of-their-affair/news-story/17acdb46c6c2f46186d31d69db12da10?login=1

Tim Worner: Seven West CEO’s disgruntled former lover reveals details of their affair

Sharri Markson, National Political Editor, The Daily Telegraph

Email end

Sharri’s claim that she was pursuing the story is garbage and a blatant lie. From what I can tell she had not written about the story for 3 or 4 months as her first and only story on the matter was December 2016. I have not been able to find any other stories on the Tim Worner / Amber Harrison affair written by Ms Markson. I was on the phone and she asked bugger all about the story or me being sued.

Ms Markson only wanted to know if she was named by Amber Harrison in her complaint to the Australian Human Rights Commission which Sharri would have already known she wasn’t named. I believe she was fishing to see if I had heard the rumour about her sleeping with Seven CEO Tim Worner.

I also emailed questions to Seven CEO Tim Worner:

From: SHANE DOWLING
Sent: 26 April 2018 22:38
To: ‘tworner@seven.com.au’
Subject: Media request

Dear Mr Tim Worner

I will be publishing a story shortly and I have some questions:

1. Can you confirm that you have had a sexual relationship with Sharri Markson?
2. Can you advise whether or not the Seven Directors knew of the relationship?
3. Can you confirm whether or not Seven West Media shareholder’s funds were used to help facilitate the sexual relationship? E.g. Taxi fares, hotel rooms and cocaine etc.
4. Can you advise if you gave Sharri Markson any bonuses when she worked at Seven? E.g. It is well-known that you paid $10,000 bonuses to your mistresses which was confirmed by Amber Harrison.

Please respond by 5pm Friday the 27^th April 2018.

Regards

Shane Dowling

Mr Worner had his lawyer Richard Keegan respond and deny the allegations. Mr Keegan is hardly credible and is well-known for perjuring himself and trying to destroy evidence etc.

The Jane Does and the questions they won’t answer

As mentioned I am being sued by 4 women which is being paid for by Seven West Media on the instructions of chairman Kerry Stokes. I spent 4 months in jail last year for breaching a suppression order in the matter by naming 2 of the women. The matter is known as Jane Doe 1 & Ors v Shane Dowling.

None of the women will sign affidavits denying that they had affairs with Tim Worner or will they reply to the below questions.

From: SHANE DOWLING
Sent: 20 May 2018 14:54
To: Richard Keegan (richard.keegan@addisonslawyers.com.au)  sandy.dawson@banco.net.au; Kieran Smark <smark@smark.com.au>
Cc: Nicole Sinclair
Subject: Jane Doe 1 & Ors v Shane Dowling – interrogatories and discovery – FW: Adjournment of subpoena – Seven Network (Operations) Limited & Seven West Media Limited v Shane Dowling (2017/00116771)

Dear Mr Keegan

Can you please have the below interrogatories and discovery complied with by the close of business Friday the 25^th of May 2018. I have slightly edited them to the previous copy which you refused to comply with.

I will also require all four applicants (Jane Doe 1,2,3 and 4) at the hearing as I intend questioning them in the witness stand under oath. I will also require Kerry Stokes, Ryan Stokes and Tim Worner for questioning. Do I need to subpoena them?

• Interrogatories

Interrogatories – All 4 Jane Does to answer separately

1. Have you ever had any type of sexual relationship with Tim Worner. E.g. sexual intercourse, oral sex, kissing and cuddling etc?
2. Have you ever used any type of drugs with Tim Worner such as cocaine etc?
3. If you have had a sexual relationship with Tim Worner are you aware of any shareholder funds being used to help facilitate the relationship such as Taxi fares and hotel costs etc?
4. Have you ever received any financial benefits from Tim Worner that were unexplained such as a $10,000 bonus that Amber Harrison received?
5. Have you ever had a threesome with Tim Worner?

• Discovery

1. A copy of all communication including but not limited to all emails, letters, notes, file notes, text messages and documents etc regarding communication between Tim Worner and Jane Doe 1 while they have been an employee of Channel 7 and/or Seven West Media or one of their subsidiary companies.
2. A copy of all communication including but not limited to all emails, letters, notes, file notes, text messages and documents etc regarding communication between Tim Worner and Jane Doe 2 while they have been an employee of Channel 7 and/or Seven West Media or one of their subsidiary companies.
3. A copy of all communication including but not limited to all emails, letters, notes, file notes, text messages and documents etc regarding communication between Tim Worner and Jane Doe 3 while they have been an employee of Channel 7 and/or Seven West Media or one of their subsidiary companies.
4. A copy of all communication including but not limited to all emails, letters, notes, file notes, text messages and documents etc regarding communication between Tim Worner and Jane Doe 4 while they have been an employee of Channel 7 and/or Seven West Media or one of their subsidiary companies.

Can you explain why Sandy Dawson lied to the court on Friday when the matter was before Justice Christine Adamson when quoting what Justice Lucy McCallum said and refused to comply with the interrogatories and discovery.

Regards

Shane Dowling

Email end

The defamation case still has a long way to go as they are ducking and weaving and it is a typical SLAPP lawsuit.

Where to now for the old media

The old media players and their journalists are up to their necks in the bias and dodgy reporting. It is disgraceful for politicians to rip off the public’s money to help facilitate their sexual affairs and it is just as bad for employees and executives of public companies to rip off shareholders to help facilitate their sexual affairs which is what happened at Seven with CEO Tim Worner. Whether it is was happening with Sharri Markson I don’t know but at the very least given her admission’s with Chris Dore there are legitimate questions to ask.

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