Israeli ambassador’s National Press Club address | Atlas Network’s climate campaign | Kyle in court by Antoinette Lattouf and Jan Fran

 

Click on Jan & Fran watch Israel’s ambassador address the National Press Club and assess how hard the journalists in the room worked to push back against the blatant hasbara. Plus: What is the Atlas Network and what does it have to do with climate mis and disinformation in Australia? A Senate report helps us answer that question. And applause for the writer's festival that stood its ground under pressure to disinvite a Palestinian author. 0:00 Intro, live events, meeting Etterati 2:42 What’s on the show 4:15 Yes: Newcastle Writer’s Festival withstands pressure 8:08 What it’s like coming under pressure 13:45 No: Kyle Sandilands outside court ‘mortgage stress’ 15:40 Press Club invites Israeli ambassador 20:53 Irony on apartheid and Indigenous acknowledgement 23:16 Dismisses questions about killing journalists 28:42 Journalists try and push back 30:25 What’s the point of engaging with Hasbara? 34:06 National Press Club - should they have invited him? 43:15 Senate climate report 46:40 What is astroturfing? 48:30 Atlas Network’s role 53:20 Murdoch media mess 56:00 Both side ism climate failures

DEBUNKED Bill Maher Is Wrong About Israel, Mehdi Brings Receipts by Mehdi Hasan

 Click on Zeteo“Every war Israel has fought is a war of defense. Every war, they were attacked first,” that’s what Bill Maher claimed on his HBO show ‘Real Time.’

Maher urged Democrats to spread this message to younger voters who, according to him, don’t know anything about the history of the region and get their information only from TikTok.

In his latest scathing ‘Debunked’ monologue, Mehdi sets the record straight and brings the receipts to show Israel’s long history of aggression in the wars of 1956, 1967, and 1982. And history seems to be repeating itself right now as Israel again attacks or starts wars of aggression in Palestine, Lebanon, Iran, and beyond. Mehdi’s message to Maher and the pro-Israel brigade in this must-watch explainer video is clear: Israeli aggression is nothing new. “Israel is attacking its neighbors, attacking Arab countries, without justification, and in violation of international law. And they’re doing it again right now, to Iran,” he says.

Media aids Pauline Hanson's grift | ABC staff strike | Rupert Murdoch pushes for Iran attack by Antoinette Lattouf and Jan Fran

Jan Fran and Antoinette Lattouf look at the role the media played in One Nation’s South Australian election surge and ask how should the media report on Hanson moving forward?

Plus: the Aussie news site pumping out hundreds of timely and factual news stories with zero journalists - just one software engineer and a whole lot of theft. Then, how much sway did Rupert Murdoch have over Donald Trump’s attack on Iran? We unpack how Murdoch’s ideology trickles down to his reporters. And finally, ABC staff walk off the job for the first time in 20 years. What’s behind the strike—and what on earth is the “Lattouf clause”? 0:00 What’s on the show, our Tshirts and live events 06:57 Murdoch, Trump & Iran: the hidden influence? 10:34 Do Murdoch outlets follow the boss’s lead? 13:35 This Aussie news site has ZERO journalists (!!) 20:15 AI is coming for journalism—are we ready? 23:15 One Nation’s shock surge in SA 28:45 Did the media help One Nation’s rise? 32:30 Barnaby compares Muslims to cattle 35:19 One Nation blacklists ABC 44:20 One Nation: No policies, mystery backers 48:00 Far right rising: role of journalists moving forward 50:10 ABC strike: first in 20 years 53:03 The “Lattouf clause”: the fight behind the scenes 57:48 Tucker Carlson vs The Economist: on Israel 1:04:03 Why journalists won’t say this about Israel