New South Wales

Executive felt ‘disgusting and powerless’ about Alan Jones’ alleged sexual touch

The Sydney Morning Herald Clare Sibthorpe

22 Sept 2026 12:16 AEST Summary

From the report

The man has accused the former broadcaster of sliding his hand down his back and touching his bottom at a function several years ago.

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Indicators

Niral Score 2.5 mundaneloaded

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Sentiment -0.1 hostilefavourable Sourcing 65 unattributednamed sources Mood 50 sorrowjoyful

5 read zero: political diction, generational, gender, jingoistic, religious

Political diction 0 left-codedright-coded Generational 0 harder on the oldharder on the young Gender 0 no gendered framingframing throughout Jingoistic 0 reports to a readerwrites from a camp Religious 0 not invokedovert

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The Sydney Morning Herald Executive felt ‘disgusting and powerless’ about Alan Jones’ alleged sexual touch plain
The West Australian ‘Disgusting’: Man says Alan Jones touched his bottom plain
WAtoday Complainant felt 'powerless' after alleged Alan Jones assault plain

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Also covered by The West Australian, WAtoday, Brisbane Times, The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald. We hold only their summary of it, not the report, so there is nothing of theirs to measure here.

Outlet	Niral Score
The Sydney Morning Heraldas they published this story	2.5

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The West Australian ‘Disgusting’: Man says Alan Jones touched his bottom Niral 1.5 political 0 WAtoday Executive felt ‘disgusting and powerless’ about Alan Jones’ alleged sexual touch Niral 2.5 political 0 Brisbane Times Executive felt ‘disgusting and powerless’ about Alan Jones’ alleged sexual touch Niral 2.5 political 0 The Age Executive felt ‘disgusting and powerless’ about Alan Jones’ alleged sexual touch Niral 2.5 political 0 WAtoday Complainant felt 'powerless' after alleged Alan Jones assault Niral 1.7 political 0 Brisbane Times Complainant felt 'powerless' after alleged Alan Jones assault Niral 1.7 political 0 The Age Complainant felt 'powerless' after alleged Alan Jones assault Niral 1.7 political 0 The Sydney Morning Herald Complainant felt 'powerless' after alleged Alan Jones assault Niral 1.7 political 0