Another excellent episode. Thanks @janfran.bsky.social @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social Best listen of the week.
ABC’s social media gag order, Sky News’ war criminal chit-chat + Gina Rinehart’s net zero ideology spruiked
Podcast Episode · We Used to be Journos · 26/08/2025 · 56m
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@antoinettelattouf.bsky.social and @janfran.bsky.social are becoming one of my favourite parts of Wednesdays with “We Used to be Journos”
Listening to another cracker from @janfran.bsky.social and @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social and thought of these guys when they proposed a PR push for the media. Cheers!
a computer screen displays a video of new york city ghostbusters 1984
ALT: a computer screen displays a video of new york city ghostbusters 1984
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A shoutout on this Friday to @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social and @janfran.bsky.social for their work on Ette Media the last few weeks, Their YouTube show is worth a watch
Imagine thinking that THAT'S what "went wrong with Lattouf". A very cool answer from JS too. What even is this entire exchange?? Fucken hell.
What the heck is happening at Bendigo Writer's Festival???
Deepcut News@deepcutnews.bsky.social · last yr.NEW: More than half a dozen prominent authors have pulled out of the Bendigo Writers Festival after being told to sign a code of conduct that would inhibit criticism of Israel. www.deepcutnews.com/p/authors-wi...
Respect to Crikey for being the only place willing to cover the transformation in Australian media happening right now. No other outlet’s media reporters seem to think it’s interesting to their readers - couldn’t imagine why. www.crikey.com.au/2025/07/07/g...
'It is completely incongruous': How the media’s coverage of Gaza has sent reporters independent
An increasing number of reporters are launching independent ventures as audiences express distrust in the big newsrooms.
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Do I know anyone who uses Ghost as a subscription platform???
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Scott Mitchell@scottmitchell.bsky.social · last yr.We’re going independent. @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social and I have a new podcast and newsletter covering the crisis in media — and how that’s changing everything else. Check it out, our first episode is out today and the newsletter is live. www.lamestream.com.au
Quick Q - How many ABC community forums in Bankstown will it take to fix this?
Look ma, I'm finally white.
Crikey@crikey.com.au · 2y agoOpinion | "My Asian, African and Aboriginal ABC colleagues are now on notice: complain about something to do with your race and it’s not beyond the realm of possibility the ABC will ask you to prove you have a race in the first place." @janfran.bsky.social Read it: www.crikey.com.au/2025/02/04/a...
"In relation to the claim of racial discrimination. The ABC says that this claim must fail because Ms Lattouf has not proven there is a Lebanese, Arab or Middle Eastern race." Pls hold while I think about this statement for the next 12 to 24 years.
So not to hate because I clicked, but why is there a whole article in the Guardian based entirely off one Instagram post from Paris Jackson?
Or should I say made it untenable for her to stay Lord have even more mercy!
Jan Fran@janfran.bsky.social · 2y agoAnd to think the ABC just let Nour walk outta that building Lord have mercy.
Nour Haydar’s lecture is vital listening for all Australian journalists www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Who gets to shape the story? Reporting on the conflict in the Middle East — with The Guardian’s Nour Haydar - ABC listen
There's been a move by Australian newsrooms to foster and champion the diversity of their staff. But when it comes to covering the conflict between Israelis & Palestinians, and the war in Gaza, does t...
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This is the man who said it was a mistake to bring Lebanese people to Australia.
Israel attacks hospital in northern Gaza, leaving bodies lying in streets, director says
Israel attacks hospital in northern Gaza, leaving bodies lying in streets, director says
Head of Kamal Adwan hospital says ‘large number’ of dead left by Israeli attack; Israel denies targeting medical complex Israeli forces have stormed into Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahiya in north Gaza, expelled some staff and displaced people before…
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How is it that the first two words of this tweet are somehow the most devastating.
Omar Sakr@omarsakr.bsky.social · 2y agoIn January, Israeli historian Lee Mordechai released a 124 page report with 1,400 footnotes detailing evidence of Israel’s genocide, which he continues to update. How many of you heard about it? witnessing-the-gaza-war.com/wp-content/u...
