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	Podcast:		Please Explain
	Episode:		How Belle Gibson’s cancer con was exposed by two young journalists
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:28:49
	Publish Date:		2025-02-02 18:00:00
	Description:		Belle Gibson was revered, worldwide, for an astonishing feat. She had healed herself from terminal cancer through the power of healthy eating. And launched a global business on the back of it. There was just one problem. She never had cancer. And were it not for the relentless digging done by a pair of junior journalists from Melbourne, her deceit might never have been uncovered. Belle Gibson’s story will soon be the subject of a new Netflix series, Apple Cider Vinegar, which premiers on Thursday. Today, the two journalists who wrote the book upon which the series is based - Beau Donelly and Nick Toscano, on what happens when hope, fear and manipulation are supercharged by the world of social media. Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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