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May 2, 2025 16 min

155 Pre-Election Misdirection & Vivisection

from News Weakly with Sami Shah

Every week, Sami Shah (ABC, The Gadfly)—comedian, journalist, and award-winning writer of words—copies the news stories off of a website then pretends like he wrote them himself, then starts a debate about who actually does own the news, while claiming he didn't copy, just take inspiration very very literally. TOP STORIES OF THE WEEK Election Shenanigans! Also, India and Pakistan rattle sabres! And, Canada votes, no one cares! QUOTE OF THE WEEK “It’s American culture without the calories and chronic diarrhoea.” – On Australia’s election season cosplay chaos SUPPORT THE SHOW Love News Weakly? Keep it funded by joining the Patreon: 👉 patreon.com/samishah Sami Shah is a multi-award-winning comedian, writer, journalist, and broadcaster. For more: http://thesamishah.com Theme music ‘Historic Anticipation’ by Paul Mottram This podcast is written, hosted, and produced by Sami Shah. Sami Shah is a multi-award-winning comedian, writer, journalist, and broadcaster. For more: http://thesamishah.com Theme music 'Historic Anticipation' by Paul Mottram This podcast is written, hosted, and produced by Sami Shah.

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