Episode 4 – Should journalists be cancelled for speaking out against their governments?

At the start of the episode Neil says his answer to whether journalists should be cancelled is categorically no. He says this referring to this year's Nobel Peace Prize winner journalists, who we discuss in this episode. However by the end of the episode Delia finds an example of a journalist here in Australia who Neil thinks should be cancelled for speaking against the Victorian government. Happily we always find a way to disagree! Let us know what you think by voting in the poll! In this episode we talk about: 0.00 Nobel Prize fun facts 13:30 Russian journalist and 2021 joint Nobel Peace prize laureate Dmitry Muratov who dedicated the award to his six murdered colleagues 21:10 The first Filipino Nobel Prize laureate Maria Ressa, her work at Rappler, coming up against President Rodrigo Duterte and the role of social media in spreading misinformation 40:38 Cartoonist and Australian National Living Treasure Michael Leunig being sacked by the Age for a cartoon on vaccination