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We Used to be Journos — 73 episodes

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ONLY FRAN: Karl Stefanovic's right-wing grift is worse than you think it is

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Health regulator’s controversial IHRA definition, Starmer’s resignation exploited + Rinehart’s wild Israel proposal

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ONLY FRAN: Pauline’s Press Club address was a test for journalists. They failed.

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Socceroos coverage misses mark, US-Iran ceasefire spin + online hate: are we the problem?

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ONLY FRAN: Think NDIS is wasting taxpayer dollars? Meet AUKUS

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BONUS: Jayson Gillham on his Federal Court trial against Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

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Pickering vs ABC code of conduct, Pauline’s free PR, influencer spills on MAGA media strategy

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ONLY FRAN: Living beautifully in a collapsing world x Sarah Wilson

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Pauline’s poll for PM, mysterious media silence over young woman’s death + radio boss gropes woman

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ONLY FRAN: Forget a new Teal party, where are the Greens?

11

Flotilla activist abuse coverage, BTS at Sydney Writers Festival + is James the 'good Murdoch'?

12

ONLY FRAN: Pauline Hanson’s gas grift (plus her other grifts too)

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Ash Sarkar on how to scale independent media and have real impact

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Responding to the comments section

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ONLY FRAN: Influencers v journalists: same same but different this budget lock up

16

Women Who Win and how the media shapes their legacy

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ONLY FRAN: Why I trust Tucker Carlson even less after his Trump apology

18

Trump shooting conspiracies, Tele lashes anti-war Gen Z, media quiet as Aboriginal women cop it

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ONLY FRAN: "Gaza war drove Bondi shooter to terror"

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Seven’s renewables hit job, Iran’s AI Lego war spin + Roberts-Smith 'breaks silence'

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ONLY FRAN: WTF is Angus Taylor's immigration policy really about?

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BONUS: The Murdoch media’s campaign against Dr Randa Abdel- Fattah

23

Albanese can’t say ‘Lebanese’, Hasan Piker drama + whistleblower David McBride’s missing media moment

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ONLY FRAN: Penny Wong is 'deeply concerned'

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Lakemba NDIS lie, media’s gambling ad addiction, Trump’s unhinged… again

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ONLY FRAN: One month into QLD’s hate speech laws

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Israeli ambassador’s press club propaganda, Atlas Network’s climate campaign + Kyle in court

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ONLY FRAN: A quick note

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Media aids One Nation’s grift, ABC staff strike, Rupert Murdoch pushes for Iran attack

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ONLY FRAN : Jan Fran gets personal about Lebanon

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Lebanese suffering ignored, Theroux’s ‘manosphere’ doco + is Netanyahu dead?

32

ONLY FRAN: The hypocrisy of Tony Burke on Iranian visas

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ABC’s post-Bondi panel show, #QuitGPT movement + Pornhub access denied

34

ONLY FRAN: What happened to Anthony Albanese?

35

Media parrots US Iran propaganda, ABC chair gets profiled + billionaire buys Warner Bros (and CNN)

36

BBC’s baffling BAFTA censorship, Trump’s alien files + Jacinta Allan vs a journalist

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Attacks on Francesca Albanese and Grace Tame, Liberal leader’s immigration lines + media forces sexual assault survivor to go public

38

Coverage of Herzog visit and protests, radio’s Bad Bunny racism + Karl Stefanovic hosts One Nation TWICE!

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Insider's look at the past two decades of Aussie media

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Hate speech laws red flags, Australia Day poll tricks, Grok deepfakes + Beckham feud

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Narrative war over Iran's protests + Trump’s press sec blows up at journalist, InDaily SA muscles in on Murdoch

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Randa Abdel-Fattah on the collapse of the Adelaide Writers’ Festival

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Ask Us Anything: Our younger selves, future of media, Eurovision pressure, truth v hope

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Ask Us Anything: On cracks in our friendship, building community and finding joy in dark times

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Antony Loewenstein unpacks the Bondi terror attack

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How the Bondi terror attack was reported

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Press piles on Abbie Chatfield, SBS’s Eurovision dud decision + why we can’t name a rapist

48

TikTok’s racism row, Trump’s new press hit list + Gaza media petition anniversary

49

Nuzzi Lizza sex-scandal explained, Tele’s ‘Undercover Jew’ sting escalates + Mariah caught in X’s location mess

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EXCLUSIVE: fake mosque story exposed, ChatGPT leak in print + WTF is really happening with shadowbans

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BBC’s ‘bias’ blow-up, John Laws’ lasting legacy, unhinged Mamdani takes + Italian journalist fired over Gaza question

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Mamdani AI attack ads, Coalition’s net zero backflip, Sudan finally gets airtime

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BONUS: Omar El Akkad x Lattouf on ways to resist without a ‘How To Oppose A Genocide’ blueprint

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Ita’s reputation rehab tour, Melbourne’s machete “epidemic” + Labor v AI

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BONUS: Chris Hedges x Lattouf: Late Night Live, Press Club fiasco + Western media’s Gaza betrayal

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What ‘Ceasefire’? + Rudd’s manufactured media moment, commentary v journalism, US journos on the move

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THE SCOOP: PM’s phone number published in AI leak + the worst Gaza 'peace' takes

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Inside Press Club mess, Trump deports journalist + Israel’s influencer army

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Why are you agreeing with Candace Owens? Media inflates cop costs + AI slop for podcasts

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Kimmel gets Lattoufed, SBS’s tunnelvision on Eurovision + getting real about independent media

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EXCLUSIVE: A lifeline for Meanjin, Kirk’s killing media mayhem + buried Islamophobia report

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Meet the BBC journalist who quit over Gaza coverage

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Neo-Nazi march minimised, Lebs on Bob Katter + news influencers echo old media habits

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ABC’s social media gag order, Sky News’ war criminal chit-chat + Gina Rinehart’s net zero ideology spruiked

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Bendigo's big backfire, Woodside fishy ties with Seven West + surviving news fatigue

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Media parrots Israel after killing of journalists, how tabloids selectively lobby governments + satire with bite

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Historic bridge march leaves media scrambling, Logies cloning + a Stellar screw up

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Media wakes up to starved kids in Gaza…or does it? + Nelk Boys Netanyahu bromance

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Have we really stopped being journalists? A terrible TV “debate” + Gaza social media v MSM coverage.

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An envoy influencing media, coverage of PM in China + a dig from The Australian

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The Age’s framing of Melbourne synagogue attack + What is an ‘activist journalist’?

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Lattouf speaks out on ABC win, the fight and the fallout.

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