Kristina Keneally has not ruled out taking legal action against her employer Sky News after her colleague and fellow former politician Mark Latham called her an "Obeid protege" on air.
Keneally has made similar complaints to various media outlets before over similar assertions, which she told PS were "absolutely defamatory", explaining her first port of call in all cases has been to lodge a formal complaint before considering legal action.
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On-air stoush between Sky News presenters has led to a formal complaint, with former Labor premier of NSW, Kristina Keneally accusing former Labor Leader Mark Latham of defamation.
So far she has not needed to sue.Â
Latham, a former federal Labor leader, alleged on television show Jones & Co on Tuesday night that Keneally, a former Labor premier of NSW, was a protege of the former NSW Labor powerbroker. The show has now been removed from Foxtel's catch-up streaming service.Â
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The Australian Financial Review reported on Friday that, before Latham made his comments, Sky News had issued a directive for presenters not to attack each other on air or on social media.
Sky News chief Angelos Frangopoulos has not responded to PS' calls.
And while Keneally might look every inch the polished television presenter on air, her colleagues at Sky News have expressed their dismay over her actions this week.
"The whole point of this game is to give the audience a bit of a show ... that is the nature of television," one of the channel's most experienced presenters told PS on condition of anonymity.
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"And we all get a ribbing as a result of it, but not all of us are running off complaining to the boss."
Keneally responded to PS: "What a shame the people making these claims don't have the courage of their convictions to put their names to it."
Indeed, her colleagues were also quick to point out that it had been noted that Keneally was off air in December last year when corrupt former NSW minister Eddie Obeid was sentenced to five years in jail.
Keneally told PS she had laryngitis, a condition she came down with during one of her on-air appearances, which resulted in her being off air for several weeks.Â
"I have the medical certificates to prove it ... these claims are fanciful and utterly without basis."
But the Latham v Keneally feud is just one of many at Sky News. Peter van Onselen is also on Latham's hit list while Peta Credlin has ruffled a few feathers, and the cesspit of bad blood between Bronwyn Bishop and Graham Richardson regularly bubbles over on air.
Indeed, Bishop and Richardson are often in the same studio at North Ryde, as their appearances are closely timed, although PS is informed the pair have managed to pass each other "like ships in the night", avoiding any nasty collisions.
And, while Janine Perrett's now infamous eye-roll over Sky's court jester Ross Cameron's recent vaccination and autism comments went viral, PS is assured the pair do actually get on off camera.
Some observers have quietly been referring to the fractious lot as the "Addams Family".Â
The office Christmas party must be a real hoot.