This guy has been the subject of lots and lots of media attention, much of which comes from the right wing media as well. Specifically The Australian and The Daily Telegraph.
I think the apology was reasonable. The ABC shouldnt have had him on a live format show.
Notes from his trial:
32 Paradoxically, however, I am of the view that herein lies the answer to the question whether his threats were genuine or simply the product of a fertile imagination which had been allowed, or perhaps more accurately encouraged, by the media attention which he received, to run wild.
33 It does seem to me to have been regrettable that some sections of the media took up the Prisoner as a person of interest, and gave him an entirely underserved and unnecessary exposure, particularly if it be the fact, as he has claimed, that he was paid for his cooperation.
