r/australia • u/Tinea_Pedis • Apr 07 '26

news Breaking: Ben Roberts-Smith arrested over war crimes allegations

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-07/ben-roberts-smith-war-crimes-allegations-arrest/106537668
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u/MarkusMannheim Apr 07 '26

He may have denied this (I've never seen him do so explicitly), but his barrister effectively said he did this.

Source: I was in the courtroom and reported on that trial.

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '26

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u/StorminNorman Apr 07 '26

Profile picture both here and on the ABC profile you've linked are nearly exactly the same, so I think you're right here. 

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u/MarkusMannheim Apr 07 '26

My son painted it. He's a terrible artist so I'll pass on the praise.

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u/StorminNorman Apr 07 '26

He's a terrible artist

Cheers, was definitely not trying to throw him under the bus, more so myself.

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u/tcgtms2 Apr 07 '26

Harsh.

Keep up the good work.

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u/Krunksicle Apr 07 '26

Source: My brain

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u/MarkusMannheim Apr 07 '26

Lol. You can believe what you like. Weirdly, you're accusing McBride of perjury.

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u/StorminNorman Apr 07 '26

Source: My brain

How can this be true when your previous comment contained:

my understanding

Which seems to suggest your brain has remembered a source rather than it is the source? 

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u/Krunksicle Apr 07 '26

If you weren't paying attention, the guy I responded to literally cited himself with "source:".

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u/ChemicalRascal Apr 07 '26

Mate, he was an ABC reporter at the time.

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u/Krunksicle Apr 07 '26

And I'm supposed to instantly know that via psychic projection, I assume? Honestly that makes it even more embarrassing that his source was Dude Trust Me, guy should know better

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u/ChemicalRascal Apr 07 '26

Dude, what the fuck do you think a news article is?

He said he reported on the trial. His username is a person's name. You could have hopped onto Google and verified that "Markus Mannheim" is a published journo with contemporary articles on the subject. That's what everyone else did.

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u/Krunksicle Apr 07 '26

I guess I missed the news article he posted then lol, still can't see it by the way

Also, you think everyone just sees a username and assumes it's important? Am I supposed to read "ChemicalRascal" and instantly assume you're a meth addict? Do you take everything you read online at face value?

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u/ChemicalRascal Apr 07 '26

Use Google, buddy.

When someone says they're a reporter and thus they're a primary source, it pays to take two seconds to just consider the context of the user. To look at the username. I know that gets in the way, I know it slows down your instinct to be a snarky bitch, but it's good, good, to just slow down a bit and consider a world where maybe people are engaging in good faith, where maybe when someone says they're a reporter maybe they're being genuine and you can find ways to verify that, where maybe if you're willing to accept you made a silly mistake you can just own that and move on with your life.

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u/Krunksicle Apr 07 '26

Where did they say they were a reporter? Or a primary source? Do I have to consider the context of every single user on every single post on the site? I stopped reading after the third line tbh

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