'Excruciating, mortifying, devastating': academic's humiliating meltdown on national TV

By Catherine Armitage
Updated February 11 2016 - 4:56pm, first published 4:47pm

Melbourne academic Benjamin Habib didn't think twice when he was invited to talk about North Korea's recent rocket launch on live TV. He knew the topic well and has often written and spoken about it in the media.

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