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friendlyjordies explains why he removed "Coronation" after death threats

His follow-up to the firebombing investigation connects his own safety decisions with scrutiny of ABC reporting.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 515,238 views a day, 12 times a normal first day on this channel (42,436).

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5:15Shanks recounts the firebombing of his home after his earlier investigation.
11:15He explains why threats and concerns for his safety led him to remove "Coronation".
23:35He examines reporting about false or disguised roles in Four Corners investigations.
27:35Media Watch reporting identifies a purported drug dealer's Mercedes as a vehicle rented by the ABC.
38:15Shanks contrasts an earlier Four Corners defense statement with the subsequent reporting and fallout.

Safety came first. Jordan Shanks says he removed "Coronation" after receiving death threats and reporting them to police without action being taken. In "breaking my silence", the friendlyjordies creator returns to that decision and the reporting controversies that followed.

The video has drawn nearly half a million views in twenty hours, an unusually fast start for the channel. Its description calls it the follow-up to "who firebombed friendlyjordies?", the channel's most-watched regular upload.

Shanks recounts the firebombing of his home, the threats that reached his team and his eventual decision to take the earlier investigation down. The point is not simply that he stopped publishing something: he explains why keeping it available had become a question of personal safety.

The later sections turn to accountability at the ABC. Drawing on newspaper coverage and excerpts from Media Watch, Shanks examines reporting that people appeared in false or disguised roles in Four Corners investigations. He also highlights Media Watch's finding that a Mercedes presented as a drug dealer's vehicle had been rented by the broadcaster.

His central argument links those editorial failures to the institutional response to his warnings. Near the end, he returns to an earlier Four Corners defense statement, contrasting its assurances with the subsequent reporting and fallout.

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