'I'd like to meet them': al-Jazeera says James Ashby wanted NRA trip

Hanson accuses al-Jazeera of selective editing and entrapment, but broadcaster says public interest justified the methods used

The al-Jazeera journalist behind a secretly-filmed documentary exposing One Nation figures discussing tactics to weaken Australia’s firearms laws has defended the project, saying senior party official James Ashby wanted to meet with the National Rifle Association and wasn’t lured there unwillingly.

Pauline Hanson has gone on the offensive after the How to Sell a Massacre documentary was aired on the ABC, accusing al-Jazeera variously of a “political attack”, of selective editing and entrapment, and even suggesting the report may have been part of a ploy to destroy her party’s relationship with the federal Coalition.

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