An ongoing feud between a former bikie member turned Four Corners reporter and his ex-podcast host, a former felon, has escalated amid claims of fabricated text messages in which the ABC journalist allegedly describes a well-known YouTube figure as a “f---in’ rat” whom he wanted to kill.

Mahmood Fazal, a former member of the Mongols bikie gang who has worked as an investigative reporter with the ABC since 2021, has accused former associate Ryan Naumenko of fabricating an explosive text message in which Fazal speaks out against YouTube figure Jordan Shanks, known online as FriendlyJordies.

ABC reporter Mahmood Fazal (left) and his former podcast co-host Ryan Naumenko. Credit: The Sydney Morning Herald

In the encrypted text exchanges between the pair, screenshots of which have been

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