INSIDER's look at the state of journalism: indie media is growing + audience by Antoinette Lattouf and Jan Fran

The current state of Australian journalism and media is examined through Jan Fran and Antoinette’s decades long journeys in the industry. They talk about how they broke into journalism, caught the tail end of television’s heyday, watched social media splinter audiences, and now brace for what AI is about to do to journalism and truth. They also maintain a decades-long grudge against their less-than-encouraging high school careers advisers. In the end they land somewhere cautiously optimistic: independent media is growing and audiences want better. 00:00 We hit the road 2:00 How the media ended up here 3:22 School career advisors vs journalism 6:20 What journalism once called prestige 11:00 Social media enters the newsroom 11:50 Peak newspaper money, 2008 15:09 Facebook eats the news 18:44 30 years of media ownership laws 22:40 What are news deserts 31:00 Journalism vs PR numbers 33:30 Rise of indie media 37:30 Can audiences tell news from opinion 42:00 AI crashes the newsroom.

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Australia's hate speech laws could SILENCE criticism of Israel by Antoinette Lattouf and Jan Fran

In this episode, we look at the many red flags surrounding Labor’s new hate speech laws as well as the mainstream media’s strikingly uniform response to them. Jan provides an update on the finalised sale of TikTok, while Antoinette breaks down Australia Day polls and offers a toolkit for spotting agendas in the opaque polling world. There’s also a shout out to the women - Paris Hilton and Ashley St Clair - who are taking on pornographic deepfakes made by X’s Grok. 

CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro and rundown 4:21 Australia Day polls, no clarity 10:01 How poll wording and timing rigs answers 13:35 Lattouf’s poll toolkit 17:35 TikTok sale to US billionaires 19:20 Who controls the algorithm? 21:30 Hillary Clinton on narrative control and Israel 24:40 TikTok CEO admits Zionism criticism suppression 28:06 Australia’s new hate speech laws 31:45 Government interview meltdown 37:55 Editorial silence on hate laws overreach 40:33 Guardian covers dogs, not laws 47:15 Why Israel’s PM gets a visa 49:06 Explicit deepfakes on X’s Grok 53:20 Musk’s baby mumma sues xAI 54:40 Beckham family feud 57:20 Jan’s Beckham timing conspiracy theory

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She Was FIRED for Criticizing Israel — Then This Australian Journalist Fought Back and Won by Mehdi Hasan

Antoinette Lattouf’s story stands out among the many journalists who were targeted, attacked, and punished for criticizing Israel; that’s because, in her case, some justice was actually served. In 2023, Lattouf was fired from her job presenting ABC Sydney, a magazine-style radio program, after sharing a Human Rights Watch report on social media, which detailed Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon of war against Palestinians. Her unlawful firing shed light on Australia’s “enormously influential” pro-Israel lobby, as she put it, and the control it has over the country’s media. ABC was forced to pay nearly $145,000 in damages to Lattouf for unlawful termination, a victory she plans to capitalize on. Watch the full interview above to hear the claims ABC’s former managing director made about Lattouf’s social media post, why she feels her victory was “hollow,” and how prominent anti-Palestinian sentiment is in Australia’s biggest news organizations.

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Chapters: 00:00 Intro 02:00 Termination 04:10 Ethnicity 7:58 Pro-Israel Lobby 9:31 ABC 11:47 Fear 15:00 Accountability Subscribe to Zeteo to support independent and unfiltered journalism: https://zeteo.com/subscribe

Dutton's visit to the Alice: The Coalitions 'No' Show rolls in to town-Swollen Pickles

When the Oppositions No Show rolled in to Alice Springs veteran Peter Dutton watchers probably had a fair idea of what to expect. Under the guise of concern, Dutton decided he'd take the opportunity to launch his 'No' campaign. This video looking at Peter Dutton and Jacinta Price's Alice Springs tour ended up being longer - and probably less coherent! - than I intended when I started out. If people find it too long, I'm might chop it up in to smaller bits.

John Pilger’s Guide To Propaganda: The Katie Halper Show

John Pilger

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John Pilger has written dozens of books, including Heroes, Hidden Agendas, and Freedom Next Time. He's made over 60 documentaries, including Vietnam: The Quiet Mutiny, Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia, The Secret Country: The First Australians Fight Back, The War You Don't See, The Coming War on China. He has appeared as a contributor on BBC Television Australia, BBC Radio, BBC World Service, London Broadcasting, ABC Television, ABC Radio Australia, among others, and his writing has appeared at The Guardian, The Independent, New Statesman, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Nation: New York, The Age: Melbourne, The Sydney Morning Herald and more.

 Learn more about him at https://johnpilger.com/