Paul Whittaker making a mark at Sky News – sacks Ross Cameron



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The new chief executive of Sky News, train editor-in-chief of The Australian Paul Whittaker, has flexed his muscles just days after taking over.

He has been one of the high ratings of controversial evening hosts, form politician Ross Cameron. The move to sack one half of the outsiders team come back with comments about it made about Chinese on his show close to midnight on Tuesday.

In a statement issued on Friday afternoon, Whittaker said:

"I have today advised Ross Cameron that his contract with Sky News has been terminated.

"Sky News is committed to robust discussion and debate. However, this language is totally unacceptable and has no place on any of our platforms, nor in modern Australian society. "

Whittaker added that any recordings of the Sky News platforms.

Whittaker added: "We apologize for any hurt or offense caused by the remarks made by Ross Cameron on the program."

Just this week Whittaker spoke briefly about his new role at a News Corp function. He has been in his new job just two weeks.

Whittaker moves into television, replacing outgoing Sky News boss Angelos Frangopoulos who leaves Australia as CEO and managing director of Sky News Arabia.

Cameron has been one of the high-profile attractions at the channel's conservative evening lineup. The sacking of Cameron means Rowan Dean is the last man standing from the original outsiders team after the departure of Mark Latham last year.

Just a couple of months ago when Sky News celebrated its expansion to WIN's regional network, Cameron was one of the channel stars who took part in the launch event and subsequent programs broadcast live on WIN from Wollongong.

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