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Truth, Lies and MediaDeep Dive 9 - That's News to Me - featuring Nicole ChvastekDean Allen-Craig interviews our very own Nicole Chvastek on his new podcast "That's News To Me".From TV News to live Radio talk-back, Nicole has so many amazing stories to share. Adding to this, her own personal story of re-connecting with her birth mother after 30 years is an extrordinary story.You can find more TNTM episodes on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/show/1dyRp0RR0rkjgpKH947t9V?si=dc258468e6d14be8Denis and Nicole will be back next Wednesday for weekly discussions of media ethics.Become...
2026-02-0637 minTruth, Lies and MediaDeep Dive 9 - That's News to Me - featuring Nicole ChvastekDean Allen-Craig interviews our very own Nicole Chvastek on his new podcast "That's News To Me".From TV News to live Radio talk-back, Nicole has so many amazing stories to share. Adding to this, her own personal story of re-connecting with her birth mother after 30 years is an extrordinary story.You can find more TNTM episodes on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/show/1dyRp0RR0rkjgpKH947t9V?si=dc258468e6d14be8Denis and Nicole will be back next Wednesday for weekly discussions of media ethics.Become...
2026-02-0637 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 41 - In Good CompanyJoin us for the last weekly discussion in 2025 - It's been a wonderful year! We'll be back in early 2026. Thank you for listening and for all your support! Have a safe and happy holiday season, and all the best from us at TLAM - Nicole, Denis, Simon, Brendan, Denes and Pixie. Become a member and support Truth, Lies & Media hereCheck Truth, Lies & Media out at Facebook or contact Nicole at Bluesky or X Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-12-1139 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 41 - In Good CompanyJoin us for the last weekly discussion in 2025 - It's been a wonderful year! We'll be back in early 2026. Thank you for listening and for all your support! Have a safe and happy holiday season, and all the best from us at TLAM - Nicole, Denis, Simon, Brendan, Denes and Pixie. Become a member and support Truth, Lies & Media hereCheck Truth, Lies & Media out at Facebook or contact Nicole at Bluesky or X Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-12-1139 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 40 - It Can't Happen HereA fired up Kerry O’Brien delivers some truth bombs at journalism’s night of nights .. but why did some of Nines papers omit his praise for courageous Palestinian reporters who paid with their lives to report a genocide. Plus .. the BBC bends the knee to Trump, cutting criticism from a prestigious lecture it commissioned.And whose ABC? Wall to wall white guys handed all the plum broadcasting jobs at ABC Radio Sydney. Become a member and support Truth, Lies & Media hereCheck Truth, Lies & Media out at Facebook or contact Nicole at Bluesky or X...
2025-12-0239 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 40 - It Can't Happen HereA fired up Kerry O’Brien delivers some truth bombs at journalism’s night of nights .. but why did some of Nines papers omit his praise for courageous Palestinian reporters who paid with their lives to report a genocide. Plus .. the BBC bends the knee to Trump, cutting criticism from a prestigious lecture it commissioned.And whose ABC? Wall to wall white guys handed all the plum broadcasting jobs at ABC Radio Sydney. Become a member and support Truth, Lies & Media hereCheck Truth, Lies & Media out at Facebook or contact Nicole at Bluesky or X...
2025-12-0239 minTruth, Lies and MediaDeep Dive 6 - With Phil JohnsonPhil Johnson returns to share his unique experience and insights.Content Warning - This conversation includes themes of violent crime and post-traumatic stress. For help please call the Blue Knot Helpline on 1300 657 380.Rain falling on a roof is a disturbing sound for journalist Phil Johnson. People walking behind him makes him jumpy. Then there’s the nightmares. Our special Saturday edition “Truth Lies & Media” encore, with this remarkable veteran former court reporter, takes us deeper into the stories you don’t see behind the big headlines and, as always, is as comp...
2025-11-2848 minTruth, Lies and MediaDeep Dive 6 - With Phil JohnsonPhil Johnson returns to share his unique experience and insights.Content Warning - This conversation includes themes of violent crime and post-traumatic stress. For help please call the Blue Knot Helpline on 1300 657 380.Rain falling on a roof is a disturbing sound for journalist Phil Johnson. People walking behind him makes him jumpy. Then there’s the nightmares. Our special Saturday edition “Truth Lies & Media” encore, with this remarkable veteran former court reporter, takes us deeper into the stories you don’t see behind the big headlines and, as always, is as comp...
2025-11-2848 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 39 - See No EvilWe take a revealing look inside the head of billionaire ex media baron James Packer who, from his yacht, has savaged Dan Andrews for nearly "ruining his life" with a multi million dollar tax bill that Crown had to pay when Packer was at the helm. Still you'd consider the insults a badge of honour when you consider his list of heroes - an alleged war criminal, a hardline media propagandist and a fascist President.Plus .. Donald Trump publicly berates an ABC journalist who challenges a Saudi Prince that the President is fawning over. Do...
2025-11-2535 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 39 - See No EvilWe take a revealing look inside the head of billionaire ex media baron James Packer who, from his yacht, has savaged Dan Andrews for nearly "ruining his life" with a multi million dollar tax bill that Crown had to pay when Packer was at the helm. Still you'd consider the insults a badge of honour when you consider his list of heroes - an alleged war criminal, a hardline media propagandist and a fascist President.Plus .. Donald Trump publicly berates an ABC journalist who challenges a Saudi Prince that the President is fawning over. Do...
2025-11-2535 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 38 - Follow the MoneyA major shake up is unfolding at Channel 9 which will see dozens of jobs axed as the free-to-air broadcaster merges with its 'Stan' streaming operations.The dramatic restructure reflects the reality of declining traditional TV revenues while digital streaming services boom - but what will it mean for audiences?We take a look at the legacy of the notorious hard man of the NSW Labor Right Graham Richardson who has died aged 76 - the ruthless powerbroker whose shady dealings prompted investigative journalist Kate McClymont to describe him as "the one who got away."
2025-11-1844 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 38 - Follow the MoneyA major shake up is unfolding at Channel 9 which will see dozens of jobs axed as the free-to-air broadcaster merges with its 'Stan' streaming operations.The dramatic restructure reflects the reality of declining traditional TV revenues while digital streaming services boom - but what will it mean for audiences?We take a look at the legacy of the notorious hard man of the NSW Labor Right Graham Richardson who has died aged 76 - the ruthless powerbroker whose shady dealings prompted investigative journalist Kate McClymont to describe him as "the one who got away."
2025-11-1844 minTruth, Lies and MediaDeep Dive 6 - with Sally GibsonSally Gibson was a young self described ‘politics nut’ and writer for ‘The Age’ who had watched in horror as her hero Labor PM Gough Whitlam had been sacked. But women weren’t selected to cover the big politics stories back in the day. In fact when she’d applied for a journalism cadetship she was told no .. because her husband ‘would want dinner on the table by 6pm.’Then one day the phone at her desk rang. It was a call that would dramatically pitch her into the lives of all th...
2025-11-1431 minTruth, Lies and MediaDeep Dive 6 - with Sally GibsonSally Gibson was a young self described ‘politics nut’ and writer for ‘The Age’ who had watched in horror as her hero Labor PM Gough Whitlam had been sacked. But women weren’t selected to cover the big politics stories back in the day. In fact when she’d applied for a journalism cadetship she was told no .. because her husband ‘would want dinner on the table by 6pm.’Then one day the phone at her desk rang. It was a call that would dramatically pitch her into the lives of all th...
2025-11-1431 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 37 - Go DecentlyWhere were you 50 years ago when Australian democracy appeared to be on the verge of tearing itself apart over the sacking of the messianic Labor PM Gough Whitlam?Denis Muller was working as federal parliamentary sub editor at the Sydney Morning Herald and describes that newsroom on Remembrance Day 1974 as a political tidal wave hit.Plus .. Donald Trump rolls out his tried and true business model - confecting outrage and then extorting money from the media - this time he wants $1b from the BBC for a misleading edit .. And we reme...
2025-11-1144 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 37 - Go DecentlyWhere were you 50 years ago when Australian democracy appeared to be on the verge of tearing itself apart over the sacking of the messianic Labor PM Gough Whitlam?Denis Muller was working as federal parliamentary sub editor at the Sydney Morning Herald and describes that newsroom on Remembrance Day 1974 as a political tidal wave hit.Plus .. Donald Trump rolls out his tried and true business model - confecting outrage and then extorting money from the media - this time he wants $1b from the BBC for a misleading edit .. And we reme...
2025-11-1144 minTruth, Lies and MediaEP 36 - The Needy and the GreedyAnother fairytale Melbourne Cup story goes down in history .. but who shines a light on the shameful way many of the thoroughbred champions are treated? And .. first there was Robodebt - now the Australian Tax Office is using an aggressive private debt collector to hunt taxpayers including welfare recipients - while billionaire media propagandist Rupert Murdoch pays no tax.Is salacious gossip “news?” We look at the Victorian Liberal MP and his wife who are suing the Herald Sun in the first test of new privacy laws .. And ABC staff who st...
2025-11-0439 minTruth, Lies and MediaEP 36 - The Needy and the GreedyAnother fairytale Melbourne Cup story goes down in history .. but who shines a light on the shameful way many of the thoroughbred champions are treated? And .. first there was Robodebt - now the Australian Tax Office is using an aggressive private debt collector to hunt taxpayers including welfare recipients - while billionaire media propagandist Rupert Murdoch pays no tax.Is salacious gossip “news?” We look at the Victorian Liberal MP and his wife who are suing the Herald Sun in the first test of new privacy laws .. And ABC staff who st...
2025-11-0439 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 35 - Control the NarrativeSilencing the truthtellers .. A furore ignites after the National Press Club cancels a pro Palestinian commentator and then falsely denies he was ever booked .. The ABCs David Marr then interviews the Pulitzer Prize winning war correspondent .. but it too turns into an attack.Why such rage triggered by the celebrated Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Chris Hedges whose sin was apparently to observe that the Western media had been amplifying Israel's lies over the killing in Gaza.Plus .. Google AI falsely names a Sydney Morning Herald employee as a chi...
2025-10-2839 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 35 - Control the NarrativeSilencing the truthtellers .. A furore ignites after the National Press Club cancels a pro Palestinian commentator and then falsely denies he was ever booked .. The ABCs David Marr then interviews the Pulitzer Prize winning war correspondent .. but it too turns into an attack.Why such rage triggered by the celebrated Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Chris Hedges whose sin was apparently to observe that the Western media had been amplifying Israel's lies over the killing in Gaza.Plus .. Google AI falsely names a Sydney Morning Herald employee as a chi...
2025-10-2839 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 34 - Selling the DramaIn front of a world audience Anthony Albanese charms the irascible, unpredictable, self-aggrandising President of the United States, inking a lucrative rare earths deal for Australia and artfully defusing a petty insult thrown at ambassador Kevin Rudd - who once called Trump the "village idiot".The Age describes the landmark meeting as "a raging success" but News Corp drags out its haters to run LNP talking points and to claim Rudd was "lashed" and "humiliated"Mind you, this is the same discredited hard right News Corp who, courtesy of The Australianne...
2025-10-2137 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 34 - Selling the DramaIn front of a world audience Anthony Albanese charms the irascible, unpredictable, self-aggrandising President of the United States, inking a lucrative rare earths deal for Australia and artfully defusing a petty insult thrown at ambassador Kevin Rudd - who once called Trump the "village idiot".The Age describes the landmark meeting as "a raging success" but News Corp drags out its haters to run LNP talking points and to claim Rudd was "lashed" and "humiliated"Mind you, this is the same discredited hard right News Corp who, courtesy of The Australianne...
2025-10-2137 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 33 - Ends and MeansThe attempted global rebrand of Donald Trump from dictatorial tyrant to world peacemaker is in full swing .. but will the media fall for it?The backdrop of the Egypt peace summit, lavish orchestral music and freed hostages is not convincing everybody as innocent Americans continue to be rounded up violently by masked ICE enforcers and Trumps corrupt business deals come under scrutiny.Plus the new ABC MD reveals the national broadcasters failed court fight with illegally sacked broadcaster Antoinette Lattouf has so far cost the taxpayer two and a half million dollars .. Hugh...
2025-10-1433 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 33 - Ends and MeansThe attempted global rebrand of Donald Trump from dictatorial tyrant to world peacemaker is in full swing .. but will the media fall for it?The backdrop of the Egypt peace summit, lavish orchestral music and freed hostages is not convincing everybody as innocent Americans continue to be rounded up violently by masked ICE enforcers and Trumps corrupt business deals come under scrutiny.Plus the new ABC MD reveals the national broadcasters failed court fight with illegally sacked broadcaster Antoinette Lattouf has so far cost the taxpayer two and a half million dollars .. Hugh...
2025-10-1433 minTruth, Lies and MediaDeep Dive 5 - TLAM Live Q&A A Special Live Event with ABC Friends Inner Melbourne. Moderated by Dr Jennifer Bowen, Nicole and Denis discuss the making of this podcast, and answer questions about the state of the media in Australia and the world. Recorded on October 7, 2025, at the "Meet the Podcasters" event.Many thanks to everyone involved for a fantastic night! Become a member and support Truth, Lies & Media hereCheck Truth, Lies & Media out at Facebook or contact Nicole at Bluesky or X Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-10-101h 03Truth, Lies and MediaDeep Dive 5 - TLAM Live Q&A A Special Live Event with ABC Friends Inner Melbourne. Moderated by Dr Jennifer Bowen, Nicole and Denis discuss the making of this podcast, and answer questions about the state of the media in Australia and the world. Recorded on October 7, 2025, at the "Meet the Podcasters" event.Many thanks to everyone involved for a fantastic night! Become a member and support Truth, Lies & Media hereCheck Truth, Lies & Media out at Facebook or contact Nicole at Bluesky or X Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-10-101h 03Truth, Lies and MediaEp 32 - The Ghost of Tyrants PastUsing the violent language of Mussolini, Trump and his Secretary of War Pete Hegseth tell 800 generals and admirals that they will be expected to wage war in Democrat cities against American citizens they are sworn to protect claiming there is "an enemy within."The American media immediately went "red alert" at the unprecedented threat from a President to the people .. Why did the Australian media focus on Hegseth's "fat generals" slur and"woke bashing?"Plus Oscar winning actor Jane Fonda reactivates the Hollywood free speech activist group her fat...
2025-10-0728 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 32 - The Ghost of Tyrants PastUsing the violent language of Mussolini, Trump and his Secretary of War Pete Hegseth tell 800 generals and admirals that they will be expected to wage war in Democrat cities against American citizens they are sworn to protect claiming there is "an enemy within."The American media immediately went "red alert" at the unprecedented threat from a President to the people .. Why did the Australian media focus on Hegseth's "fat generals" slur and"woke bashing?"Plus Oscar winning actor Jane Fonda reactivates the Hollywood free speech activist group her fat...
2025-10-0728 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 31 - The Age of UnreasonA speeding stolen car, an injured pedestrian and terrified onlookers puts Bourke Street in the headlines again, in a chilling reminder of the deadly 2017 rampage. But when crime is retraumatising a city, why is the media response endless "lock em up and throw away the key" stories?Plus the end of an era with the Channel Seven media baron Kerry Stokes to retire after a $400m Seven West merger deal with Australia's biggest radio owner Southern Cross Media. Another ominous legal settlement for Donald Trump who'll get $24m from YouTube which suspended his acc...
2025-09-3042 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 31 - The Age of UnreasonA speeding stolen car, an injured pedestrian and terrified onlookers puts Bourke Street in the headlines again, in a chilling reminder of the deadly 2017 rampage. But when crime is retraumatising a city, why is the media response endless "lock em up and throw away the key" stories?Plus the end of an era with the Channel Seven media baron Kerry Stokes to retire after a $400m Seven West merger deal with Australia's biggest radio owner Southern Cross Media. Another ominous legal settlement for Donald Trump who'll get $24m from YouTube which suspended his acc...
2025-09-3042 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 30 - The Emperor's New MediaThe public backlash at the sacking of American late night host Jimmy Kimmel to appease Donald Trump becomes a hurricane .. and the Disney-owned ABC backflips as it hemorrhages money and subscribers. Denis Muller says we are watching before our eyes the decay of the American democracy as its tyrannical leader terrorises major media outlets who broadcast or publish political critiques. Plus the Australian ABC reporter who made global headlines just by asking a legitimate question of the US President, prompting a classic tantrum and flurry of threats. Also .. Lachlan Murdoch tipped...
2025-09-2332 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 30 - The Emperor's New MediaThe public backlash at the sacking of American late night host Jimmy Kimmel to appease Donald Trump becomes a hurricane .. and the Disney-owned ABC backflips as it hemorrhages money and subscribers. Denis Muller says we are watching before our eyes the decay of the American democracy as its tyrannical leader terrorises major media outlets who broadcast or publish political critiques. Plus the Australian ABC reporter who made global headlines just by asking a legitimate question of the US President, prompting a classic tantrum and flurry of threats. Also .. Lachlan Murdoch tipped...
2025-09-2332 minTruth, Lies and MediaDeep Dive 4 - With Phil JohnsonThe Honour and the Cost of Court Reporting:From the Age to AW to the ABC, from the Gangland Wars to Black Saturday .. In this Saturday special of “Truth Lies and Media” Nicole Chvastek and the award winning court reporter Phil Johnson take us behind the scenes of some of Australia’s most unforgettable news stories. He saw a notorious hitman in court just hours before he was killed and was struck like lightning with a palpable sense of foreboding. He spent years in court as a reporter for 3AW watching Australia’s underworld...
2025-09-1939 minTruth, Lies and MediaDeep Dive 4 - With Phil JohnsonThe Honour and the Cost of Court Reporting:From the Age to AW to the ABC, from the Gangland Wars to Black Saturday .. In this Saturday special of “Truth Lies and Media” Nicole Chvastek and the award winning court reporter Phil Johnson take us behind the scenes of some of Australia’s most unforgettable news stories. He saw a notorious hitman in court just hours before he was killed and was struck like lightning with a palpable sense of foreboding. He spent years in court as a reporter for 3AW watching Australia’s underworld...
2025-09-1939 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 29 - In Pursuit of Public DecencyRegister here for our live Q&A Event on 7th October, hosted by Friends of the ABC:https://events.humanitix.com/truth-lies-and-media-meet-the-podcasters-talkThe shooting death of Trump youth ally Charlie Kirk lights a bonfire of media coverage and debate - but why did the June double murder of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband barely rate a mention in comparison?News of the shooting murder of Charlie Kirk swept around the world within minutes. The MAGA superstar was famous for arguing that gun deaths were an acceptable price to pay for gu...
2025-09-1637 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 29 - In Pursuit of Public DecencyRegister here for our live Q&A Event on 7th October, hosted by Friends of the ABC:https://events.humanitix.com/truth-lies-and-media-meet-the-podcasters-talkThe shooting death of Trump youth ally Charlie Kirk lights a bonfire of media coverage and debate - but why did the June double murder of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband barely rate a mention in comparison?News of the shooting murder of Charlie Kirk swept around the world within minutes. The MAGA superstar was famous for arguing that gun deaths were an acceptable price to pay for gu...
2025-09-1637 minTruth, Lies and MediaDeep Dive 3 - With Charlotte GrieveInvestigative Journalism and What It Takes to Win:Denis Muller speaks with journalist Charlotte Grieve, the driving force behind the investigation of a renowned orthopaedic surgeon, resulting in a remarkable defamation case win for The Age / Channel 9.Thank you to our amazing supporters! You can help us here: https://buymeacoffee.com/truthliesandmediaBecome a member and support Truth, Lies & Media hereCheck Truth, Lies & Media out at Facebook or contact Nicole at Bluesky or X Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-09-1235 minTruth, Lies and MediaDeep Dive 3 - With Charlotte GrieveInvestigative Journalism and What It Takes to Win:Denis Muller speaks with journalist Charlotte Grieve, the driving force behind the investigation of a renowned orthopaedic surgeon, resulting in a remarkable defamation case win for The Age / Channel 9.Thank you to our amazing supporters! You can help us here: https://buymeacoffee.com/truthliesandmediaBecome a member and support Truth, Lies & Media hereCheck Truth, Lies & Media out at Facebook or contact Nicole at Bluesky or X Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-09-1235 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 28 - A Reactionary VisionIs there anyone out there the LNP don't hate? Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, the Liberal senator who aspires to be PM, blames the media after she gives an interview sledging Indian immigrants, triggering a backlash within her own party. It's straight from the Trump playbook - demonising migrants and the journalists who report you doing it.Plus Murdoch's Sky News plays "as live" to air an uninterrupted unedited rant from neo Nazi Thomas Sewell .. live press conferences are usually reserved for reputable senior voices of authority, not white supremacists spreading hate.Denis Muller says we are...
2025-09-0936 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 28 - A Reactionary VisionIs there anyone out there the LNP don't hate? Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, the Liberal senator who aspires to be PM, blames the media after she gives an interview sledging Indian immigrants, triggering a backlash within her own party. It's straight from the Trump playbook - demonising migrants and the journalists who report you doing it.Plus Murdoch's Sky News plays "as live" to air an uninterrupted unedited rant from neo Nazi Thomas Sewell .. live press conferences are usually reserved for reputable senior voices of authority, not white supremacists spreading hate.Denis Muller says we are...
2025-09-0936 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 27 - Oxygenating EvilA Neo Nazi inserts himself into the news cycle with a bizarre and menacing rant at Jacinta Allan as she holds a press conference forcing it to be abandoned.These are not ‘anti immigration” protesters - they are violent racists. So why do some media normalise and downplay their dangerous hate speak?Plus whistleblower Richard Boyle had his life turned into hell by the ATO after he lifted the lid on their unethical debt collection practices - so they pursued him for seven years. Now a court has allowed him to walk free with...
2025-09-0233 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 27 - Oxygenating EvilA Neo Nazi inserts himself into the news cycle with a bizarre and menacing rant at Jacinta Allan as she holds a press conference forcing it to be abandoned.These are not ‘anti immigration” protesters - they are violent racists. So why do some media normalise and downplay their dangerous hate speak?Plus whistleblower Richard Boyle had his life turned into hell by the ATO after he lifted the lid on their unethical debt collection practices - so they pursued him for seven years. Now a court has allowed him to walk free with...
2025-09-0233 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 26 - Reflecting Community ShockThe shockwaves reverberate as two police officers are murdered in cold blood by a maniac with a gun and a grudge. The grief hits Victoria Police the families of the slain officers like a sledge hammer .. and the accused killer is now on the run. How can journalists do justice to the outpouring of emotion and avoid intruding on those who are suffering while still ensuring the community is kept informed?Denis Muller will unpack the pressure points around reporting profound tragedy.And rape survivor Brittany Higgi...
2025-08-2730 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 26 - Reflecting Community ShockThe shockwaves reverberate as two police officers are murdered in cold blood by a maniac with a gun and a grudge. The grief hits Victoria Police the families of the slain officers like a sledge hammer .. and the accused killer is now on the run. How can journalists do justice to the outpouring of emotion and avoid intruding on those who are suffering while still ensuring the community is kept informed?Denis Muller will unpack the pressure points around reporting profound tragedy.And rape survivor Brittany Higgi...
2025-08-2730 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 26 Trailer - Thursday EditionFear not! This week's episode of Truth, Lies and Media will be available on Thursday instead of Wednesday, so that we can give you a full analysis of the WA Supreme Court defamation case unfolding right now.See you tomorrow!As always, Thank you to our amazing supporters! You can help us here: https://buymeacoffee.com/truthliesandmediaBecome a member and support Truth, Lies & Media hereCheck Truth, Lies & Media out at Facebook or contact Nicole at Bluesky or X Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-08-2601 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 26 Trailer - Thursday EditionFear not! This week's episode of Truth, Lies and Media will be available on Thursday instead of Wednesday, so that we can give you a full analysis of the WA Supreme Court defamation case unfolding right now.See you tomorrow!As always, Thank you to our amazing supporters! You can help us here: https://buymeacoffee.com/truthliesandmediaBecome a member and support Truth, Lies & Media hereCheck Truth, Lies & Media out at Facebook or contact Nicole at Bluesky or X Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-08-2601 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 25 - Dogwhistles and Home TruthsWe'd love to see you at our live Q&A on 7th October at the North Fitzroy Library hosted by Friends of the ABC:https://events.humanitix.com/truth-lies-and-media-meet-the-podcasters-talk__Dogwhistling up clickbait - A News Corp tabloid reproduces a flyer for an anti immigration national protest complete with racist slogans, dates and times .. as a young migrant chef tells us why she will be too afraid to travel to her workplace on that day.Is a letter of complaint from a pro Israel lobby about a Palestinian author the re...
2025-08-1939 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 25 - Dogwhistles and Home TruthsWe'd love to see you at our live Q&A on 7th October at the North Fitzroy Library hosted by Friends of the ABC:https://events.humanitix.com/truth-lies-and-media-meet-the-podcasters-talk__Dogwhistling up clickbait - A News Corp tabloid reproduces a flyer for an anti immigration national protest complete with racist slogans, dates and times .. as a young migrant chef tells us why she will be too afraid to travel to her workplace on that day.Is a letter of complaint from a pro Israel lobby about a Palestinian author the re...
2025-08-1939 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 24 - PR and BarbarismA deadly airstrike kills the whole of Al Jazeeras reporting team in Gaza City .. Israel increasingly enraged as the world sees the carnage and opinion turns against them. Five newsmen died .. their crime .. telling their peoples story of starvation and suffering. Australia now says it will recognise a Palestinian state conditional on the removal of Hamas .. as the Liberals and their mates at News Corp unleash on the Prime Minister Plus The Age wins another mega defamation court battle.And if print newspapers are facing immi...
2025-08-1232 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 24 - PR and BarbarismA deadly airstrike kills the whole of Al Jazeeras reporting team in Gaza City .. Israel increasingly enraged as the world sees the carnage and opinion turns against them. Five newsmen died .. their crime .. telling their peoples story of starvation and suffering. Australia now says it will recognise a Palestinian state conditional on the removal of Hamas .. as the Liberals and their mates at News Corp unleash on the Prime Minister Plus The Age wins another mega defamation court battle.And if print newspapers are facing immi...
2025-08-1232 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 23 - Protest and PilloryMurdoch's News Corp conflates a remarkably peaceful pro Palestine protest with hate and Hamas. Sky News called the historic Sydney Harbour Bridge rally a sign of "moral decline."It didn't matter this was the voice of up to 300,000 people taking a stand against violence and starvation. It didn't matter there were no arrests and no violence, even when police had to turn that sea of humanity around and send it back to the CBD. Denis Muller says there is no limit to what News Corp will do to distort coverage of events and issues...
2025-08-0535 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 23 - Protest and PilloryMurdoch's News Corp conflates a remarkably peaceful pro Palestine protest with hate and Hamas. Sky News called the historic Sydney Harbour Bridge rally a sign of "moral decline."It didn't matter this was the voice of up to 300,000 people taking a stand against violence and starvation. It didn't matter there were no arrests and no violence, even when police had to turn that sea of humanity around and send it back to the CBD. Denis Muller says there is no limit to what News Corp will do to distort coverage of events and issues...
2025-08-0535 minTruth, Lies and MediaDeep Dive 2 - With Gary TippetJournalist Gary Tippet has seen a lot of tragedy but when he was assigned to cover the Port Arthur massacre and stopped at a beautiful old tree where two little girls and their mother were murdered something broke in him and he could not stop the tears.How do journalists carry the trauma of the stories they report .. and how do they protect the survivors from secondary trauma when they approach them for an interview on what is often the worst day of their life?This is a fascinating and revealing first hand...
2025-08-0128 minTruth, Lies and MediaDeep Dive 2 - With Gary TippetJournalist Gary Tippet has seen a lot of tragedy but when he was assigned to cover the Port Arthur massacre and stopped at a beautiful old tree where two little girls and their mother were murdered something broke in him and he could not stop the tears.How do journalists carry the trauma of the stories they report .. and how do they protect the survivors from secondary trauma when they approach them for an interview on what is often the worst day of their life?This is a fascinating and revealing first hand...
2025-08-0128 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 22 - Israel and the G WordA photo of a skeletal child cradled in its mothers arms finally brings home the horror of mass starvation in Gaza and the tide of media opinion turns against Israel.Denis Muller says journalists are discarding an old taboo and using the word "genocide" to describe the mass starvation Israel denies is happening.Plus the big global news organisations sign a joint statement warning the journalists and photographers telling this story of man made famine and brutality will themselves soon die from starvation if aid doesn't come quickly. And first th...
2025-07-2931 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 22 - Israel and the G WordA photo of a skeletal child cradled in its mothers arms finally brings home the horror of mass starvation in Gaza and the tide of media opinion turns against Israel.Denis Muller says journalists are discarding an old taboo and using the word "genocide" to describe the mass starvation Israel denies is happening.Plus the big global news organisations sign a joint statement warning the journalists and photographers telling this story of man made famine and brutality will themselves soon die from starvation if aid doesn't come quickly. And first th...
2025-07-2931 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 21 - Inconvenient TruthsReporting on a massacre - Israel mows down dozens of starving Palestinians trying to get food at aid hubs. Dr. Denis Muller says only running IDF talking points while covering these atrocities is not journalism, and sets out the principles reporters should be keeping in mind. Plus the growing calls for anti semitism envoy Jillian Segal to be sacked after it was revealed her husband donated $50,000 to a hate group called Advance which runs anti Palestinian narratives ..And two tribes go to war .. An enraged Donald Trump sues the media mogul who helped get h...
2025-07-2236 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 21 - Inconvenient TruthsReporting on a massacre - Israel mows down dozens of starving Palestinians trying to get food at aid hubs. Dr. Denis Muller says only running IDF talking points while covering these atrocities is not journalism, and sets out the principles reporters should be keeping in mind. Plus the growing calls for anti semitism envoy Jillian Segal to be sacked after it was revealed her husband donated $50,000 to a hate group called Advance which runs anti Palestinian narratives ..And two tribes go to war .. An enraged Donald Trump sues the media mogul who helped get h...
2025-07-2236 minTruth, Lies and MediaDeep Dive 1 - With Cait McMahonTrauma and journalism live side-by-side.Journalists often find themselves having to interview people who have been through a traumatic experience because traumatizing events are often matters of serious public interest.That’s because they raise questions of public safety and, sometimes, questions about causation and about the adequacy of the official response.The people who lived through these experiences are important witnesses because they can give first-hand accounts of what happened.How media crews treat these people can affect the traumatized person’s psychological welfare.Bu...
2025-07-1839 minTruth, Lies and MediaDeep Dive 1 - With Cait McMahonTrauma and journalism live side-by-side.Journalists often find themselves having to interview people who have been through a traumatic experience because traumatizing events are often matters of serious public interest.That’s because they raise questions of public safety and, sometimes, questions about causation and about the adequacy of the official response.The people who lived through these experiences are important witnesses because they can give first-hand accounts of what happened.How media crews treat these people can affect the traumatized person’s psychological welfare.Bu...
2025-07-1839 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 20 - Authoritarian OverreachAnti-semitism envoy or propagandist?Jillian Segal puts those favourite whipping boys the ABC, SBS, universities and the arts straight into the firing line by suggesting they be stripped of funding if they fail to address anti semitism - but cannot identify any smoking gun failings to would justify such draconian action.Denis Muller has condemned the sweeping review as an authoritarian overreach which should be pulped immediately.Plus .. the Image Consultants go to town in the remaking of Sussan Ley. Are this weeks media characterisations of her as a plu...
2025-07-1537 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 20 - Authoritarian OverreachAnti-semitism envoy or propagandist?Jillian Segal puts those favourite whipping boys the ABC, SBS, universities and the arts straight into the firing line by suggesting they be stripped of funding if they fail to address anti semitism - but cannot identify any smoking gun failings to would justify such draconian action.Denis Muller has condemned the sweeping review as an authoritarian overreach which should be pulped immediately.Plus .. the Image Consultants go to town in the remaking of Sussan Ley. Are this weeks media characterisations of her as a plu...
2025-07-1537 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 19 - The Feeding FrenzyA Leongatha mother of two Erin Patterson is declared a triple murderer who killed her in laws with a lunch of beef wellingtons laced with death cap mushrooms, and newsrooms in Australia and around the world go into overdrive.It's the biggest international story to come out of Australia since Cardinal George Pell was convicted according to Denis Muller, and it's not over yet.Plus ex ABC broadcaster Antoinette Lattouf tells why she fought on through the courts after being illegally sacked, despite anonymous death threats and potential financial ruin. T...
2025-07-0831 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 19 - The Feeding FrenzyA Leongatha mother of two Erin Patterson is declared a triple murderer who killed her in laws with a lunch of beef wellingtons laced with death cap mushrooms, and newsrooms in Australia and around the world go into overdrive.It's the biggest international story to come out of Australia since Cardinal George Pell was convicted according to Denis Muller, and it's not over yet.Plus ex ABC broadcaster Antoinette Lattouf tells why she fought on through the courts after being illegally sacked, despite anonymous death threats and potential financial ruin. T...
2025-07-0831 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 18 - From Consternation to PanicThe Federal Court has found that the ABC breached the Fair Work Act when it sacked casual broadcaster Antoinette Latouf, ordering it to pay her $70,000.Senior ABC managers fell into “a state of panic” after an orchestrated campaign by pro Israel lobbyists to have Latouf taken off air, and pressure form The Australian newspaper. Thank you to our amazing supporters! You can help us here: https://buymeacoffee.com/truthliesandmediaBecome a member and support Truth, Lies & Media hereCheck Truth, Lies & Media out at Facebook or contact Nicole at Bluesky or X Hosted on Acast...
2025-07-0125 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 18 - From Consternation to PanicThe Federal Court has found that the ABC breached the Fair Work Act when it sacked casual broadcaster Antoinette Latouf, ordering it to pay her $70,000.Senior ABC managers fell into “a state of panic” after an orchestrated campaign by pro Israel lobbyists to have Latouf taken off air, and pressure form The Australian newspaper. Thank you to our amazing supporters! You can help us here: https://buymeacoffee.com/truthliesandmediaBecome a member and support Truth, Lies & Media hereCheck Truth, Lies & Media out at Facebook or contact Nicole at Bluesky or X Hosted on Acast...
2025-07-0125 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 17 - The First CasualtyAncient enemies Iran and the United States lock horns as Donald Trump unleashes his GBU57 bunker buster bombs and Tomahawk cruise missiles on Iranian nuclear sites which he claims were "obliterated", and then paints himself as a great world peacemaker.If truth is the first casualty of war how can consumers of media drill down into what is true amid blizzards of disinformation?And, he was a respected foreign correspondent, a war correspondent, a political reporter and an ABC star. But after a storied 40 year career in the media Stan Grant tells "Compass" wh...
2025-06-2439 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 17 - The First CasualtyAncient enemies Iran and the United States lock horns as Donald Trump unleashes his GBU57 bunker buster bombs and Tomahawk cruise missiles on Iranian nuclear sites which he claims were "obliterated", and then paints himself as a great world peacemaker.If truth is the first casualty of war how can consumers of media drill down into what is true amid blizzards of disinformation?And, he was a respected foreign correspondent, a war correspondent, a political reporter and an ABC star. But after a storied 40 year career in the media Stan Grant tells "Compass" wh...
2025-06-2439 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 16 - In the Firing LineIsrael hits an Iranian television station - the missile attack is broadcast live to air as the presenter runs for cover and the studio fills with choking smoke and debris.Denis Muller unpacks why the media are regarded as high value targets in war zones.Plus a US Sheriff brazenly tells reporters his police will execute protesters and contact family to find out where the remains should be sent, if those protesters throw a brick or brandish a weapon. How does hold-the-powerful-to-account journalism function under this emerging fascist regime?And in...
2025-06-1736 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 16 - In the Firing LineIsrael hits an Iranian television station - the missile attack is broadcast live to air as the presenter runs for cover and the studio fills with choking smoke and debris.Denis Muller unpacks why the media are regarded as high value targets in war zones.Plus a US Sheriff brazenly tells reporters his police will execute protesters and contact family to find out where the remains should be sent, if those protesters throw a brick or brandish a weapon. How does hold-the-powerful-to-account journalism function under this emerging fascist regime?And in...
2025-06-1736 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 15 - Don't Shoot the MessengerUpdated audio - National Guard soldiers have been ordered into LA to quell violent riots with a Channel 9 journalist hit by a rubber bullet fired by a police officer while she was reporting live to air. Footage appears to show one police officer deliberately moving his aim in her direction.When billionaire gorillas - one in the White House - start hurling excrement at each other it's a train wreck the global media can't look away from. We'll take a look at the unfolding coverage of the Trump-Musk feud that's breaking the internet. And...
2025-06-1135 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 15 - Don't Shoot the MessengerUpdated audio - National Guard soldiers have been ordered into LA to quell violent riots with a Channel 9 journalist hit by a rubber bullet fired by a police officer while she was reporting live to air. Footage appears to show one police officer deliberately moving his aim in her direction.When billionaire gorillas - one in the White House - start hurling excrement at each other it's a train wreck the global media can't look away from. We'll take a look at the unfolding coverage of the Trump-Musk feud that's breaking the internet. And...
2025-06-1135 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 14 - The Whistle BlowbackAustralia is sending a whistleblower to jail after documents he leaked to the ABC revealed war crimes in Afghanistan, making the whistleblower the only person to be imprisoned after the shocking revelations.Why do Australians have to risk everything to reveal military and government injustice?Plus we look at Karoline Leavitt, the 2019 college grad and MAGA zealot hurling insults at everyone from journalists to world leaders and U.S. judges as Donald Trumps press secretary and shouty mouthpiece.Thank you to our amazing supporters! You can help us here: https://b...
2025-06-0340 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 14 - The Whistle BlowbackAustralia is sending a whistleblower to jail after documents he leaked to the ABC revealed war crimes in Afghanistan, making the whistleblower the only person to be imprisoned after the shocking revelations.Why do Australians have to risk everything to reveal military and government injustice?Plus we look at Karoline Leavitt, the 2019 college grad and MAGA zealot hurling insults at everyone from journalists to world leaders and U.S. judges as Donald Trumps press secretary and shouty mouthpiece.Thank you to our amazing supporters! You can help us here: https://b...
2025-06-0340 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 13 - Danse MacabreJournalists aren't supposed to be the propaganda department of political parties... now The Saturday Paper has lifted the lid on the Abbott-Credlin-News Corp alliance that controls the Liberal Party.Their expose reveals the wrecking ball of a bizarre shadow government-in-exile that, with its media mates, still shapes messaging and wages war on dissenters.Plus a top CBS News boss quits as Donald Trump ratchets up his legal war on journalists who hold him accountable. Thank you to our amazing supporters! You can help us here: https://buymeacoffee.com/truthliesandmedia
2025-05-2732 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 13 - Danse MacabreJournalists aren't supposed to be the propaganda department of political parties... now The Saturday Paper has lifted the lid on the Abbott-Credlin-News Corp alliance that controls the Liberal Party.Their expose reveals the wrecking ball of a bizarre shadow government-in-exile that, with its media mates, still shapes messaging and wages war on dissenters.Plus a top CBS News boss quits as Donald Trump ratchets up his legal war on journalists who hold him accountable. Thank you to our amazing supporters! You can help us here: https://buymeacoffee.com/truthliesandmedia
2025-05-2732 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 12 - Picking SidesThe Liberals and the Nationals split in an election aftershock .. But who will the media cast as the villain?The journalist versus the disgraced war hero - Ben Roberts Smith is vowing to take his fight to the High Court in a proceeding Denis Muller says is the most significant defamation case in Australian legal history.And .. Why would Donald Trump fan boy over the Saudi Crown Prince who ordered the brutal killing of a journalist? Thank you to our amazing supporters! You can help us here: https://buy...
2025-05-2034 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 12 - Picking SidesThe Liberals and the Nationals split in an election aftershock .. But who will the media cast as the villain?The journalist versus the disgraced war hero - Ben Roberts Smith is vowing to take his fight to the High Court in a proceeding Denis Muller says is the most significant defamation case in Australian legal history.And .. Why would Donald Trump fan boy over the Saudi Crown Prince who ordered the brutal killing of a journalist? Thank you to our amazing supporters! You can help us here: https://buy...
2025-05-2034 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 11 - Mushroom FeverFive people are served beef wellingtons made with mushrooms for a special lunch hosted by a country Mum. Three guests do not survive the lunch, and the Mum is charged with 3 counts of murder, and one of attempted murder, to which she has pleaded not guilty. It is called the Mushroom Trial. The case has journalists and news watchers fixated. Why is this story dominating not only the podcast charts in Australia but headlines around the world?And after the belting Labor handed out to the Liberal Coalition, will the LNP s...
2025-05-1335 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 11 - Mushroom FeverFive people are served beef wellingtons made with mushrooms for a special lunch hosted by a country Mum. Three guests do not survive the lunch, and the Mum is charged with 3 counts of murder, and one of attempted murder, to which she has pleaded not guilty. It is called the Mushroom Trial. The case has journalists and news watchers fixated. Why is this story dominating not only the podcast charts in Australia but headlines around the world?And after the belting Labor handed out to the Liberal Coalition, will the LNP s...
2025-05-1335 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 10 - Bursting the BubbleWe look at the blind insanity of News Corp as it takes Peter Dutton by the hand and leads him to electoral annihilation - then lectures the Liberal Party for "missing the warning signs" in its national broadsheet. What's the future of the love in between Rupert Murdoch and the Liberal National Party, and has Saturday's bloodbath irreparably damaged the mogul's brand?Plus Kyle Sandilands threatens to pull his vile poorly-rating show out of Melbourne to punish audiences for not listening. Don't let the door hit you on the way out Kyle.
2025-05-0640 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 10 - Bursting the BubbleWe look at the blind insanity of News Corp as it takes Peter Dutton by the hand and leads him to electoral annihilation - then lectures the Liberal Party for "missing the warning signs" in its national broadsheet. What's the future of the love in between Rupert Murdoch and the Liberal National Party, and has Saturday's bloodbath irreparably damaged the mogul's brand?Plus Kyle Sandilands threatens to pull his vile poorly-rating show out of Melbourne to punish audiences for not listening. Don't let the door hit you on the way out Kyle.
2025-05-0640 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 9 - Desperate MeasuresAs the polls solidify against him, Peter Dutton equates journalistic scrutiny with hate speech. His "Hate Media" includes the ABC, Guardian Australia, and "others", which by inference are The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald. Thank you to our amazing supporters! You can help us here: https://buymeacoffee.com/truthliesandmediaBecome a member and support Truth, Lies & Media hereCheck Truth, Lies & Media out at Facebook or contact Nicole at Bluesky or X Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-04-2927 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 9 - Desperate MeasuresAs the polls solidify against him, Peter Dutton equates journalistic scrutiny with hate speech. His "Hate Media" includes the ABC, Guardian Australia, and "others", which by inference are The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald. Thank you to our amazing supporters! You can help us here: https://buymeacoffee.com/truthliesandmediaBecome a member and support Truth, Lies & Media hereCheck Truth, Lies & Media out at Facebook or contact Nicole at Bluesky or X Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-04-2927 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 8 - Fertiliser on the AstroturfAdvance and Atlas - the forces at work to mislead voters at election time.Influencers and their political ties - some progress on accountability. Word of a Russian military base in Indonesia is, for Dutton, too good to be true.Thank you to our amazing supporters! You can help us here: https://buymeacoffee.com/truthliesandmediaBecome a member and support Truth, Lies & Media hereCheck Truth, Lies & Media out at Facebook or contact Nicole at Bluesky or X Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-04-2232 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 8 - Fertiliser on the AstroturfAdvance and Atlas - the forces at work to mislead voters at election time.Influencers and their political ties - some progress on accountability. Word of a Russian military base in Indonesia is, for Dutton, too good to be true.Thank you to our amazing supporters! You can help us here: https://buymeacoffee.com/truthliesandmediaBecome a member and support Truth, Lies & Media hereCheck Truth, Lies & Media out at Facebook or contact Nicole at Bluesky or X Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-04-2232 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 7 - Clear and Present DangerThe damage done underplaying a pandemic - New University of Melbourne research reveals how News Corp's harmful Covid reporting made the crisis worse. Sizzling political slogans - the right wing firebrand Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price says it loud and proud - the LNP want to make Australia great again! How will that go down as Peter Dutton distances himself from the Trump trainwreck.And Donald Trump's brazen market manipulation - crashing world stockmarkets and then posting to his own social media network to buy stocks before that bolt-from-the-blue policy backflip. Become...
2025-04-1646 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 7 - Clear and Present DangerThe damage done underplaying a pandemic - New University of Melbourne research reveals how News Corp's harmful Covid reporting made the crisis worse. Sizzling political slogans - the right wing firebrand Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price says it loud and proud - the LNP want to make Australia great again! How will that go down as Peter Dutton distances himself from the Trump trainwreck.And Donald Trump's brazen market manipulation - crashing world stockmarkets and then posting to his own social media network to buy stocks before that bolt-from-the-blue policy backflip. Become...
2025-04-1646 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 6 - Dutton's ABC WarPeter Dutton sets his sights on the ABC, with a threat to cut funding if they don't produce his version of excellence - think LNP spin instead of news, and no pesky reporters asking questions. The News Corp machine ratchets up the Albanese name-calling as Dutton falls behind in the polls.And as the Trump-induced global stock market bloodbath shows no signs of abating... he tells a reporter questions on the financial shock are 'stupid'. Thank you to our amazing supporters! You can help us here: https://buymeacoffee.com/truthliesandmediaBecom...
2025-04-0842 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 6 - Dutton's ABC WarPeter Dutton sets his sights on the ABC, with a threat to cut funding if they don't produce his version of excellence - think LNP spin instead of news, and no pesky reporters asking questions. The News Corp machine ratchets up the Albanese name-calling as Dutton falls behind in the polls.And as the Trump-induced global stock market bloodbath shows no signs of abating... he tells a reporter questions on the financial shock are 'stupid'. Thank you to our amazing supporters! You can help us here: https://buymeacoffee.com/truthliesandmediaBecom...
2025-04-0842 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 5 - The Election CircusIt's election season - that means the Murdoch press will back-in Dutton while spewing out overblown critiques of the Teals, the Greens and Anthony Albanese.How do you wade through the carefully curated polly-speak, the claims and counter claims and the inflammatory headlines that may or may not be true? Plus why are social media influencers now included in the Budget lock-up - an annual event attended only by The Treasurer, his policy wonks and invited financial writers and political journalists?And an ex Channel 7 producer lobs another court bomb in th...
2025-04-0130 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 5 - The Election CircusIt's election season - that means the Murdoch press will back-in Dutton while spewing out overblown critiques of the Teals, the Greens and Anthony Albanese.How do you wade through the carefully curated polly-speak, the claims and counter claims and the inflammatory headlines that may or may not be true? Plus why are social media influencers now included in the Budget lock-up - an annual event attended only by The Treasurer, his policy wonks and invited financial writers and political journalists?And an ex Channel 7 producer lobs another court bomb in th...
2025-04-0130 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 4 - The Judge and the JournalistThe unprecedented arrangement between a former Supreme Court Justice and an Australian Newspaper journalist is yet another serious malfunction exposed around the Lehrmann saga.Plus - Meta and other US tech giants take issue with our News Media Bargaining Code, but this is about more than just media.And - Trump's culture-war surveys reach Australian universities.Audio clip from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, March 25 2025Thank you to our amazing supporters! You can help us here: buymeacoffee.com/truthliesandmedia
2025-03-2533 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 4 - The Judge and the JournalistThe unprecedented arrangement between a former Supreme Court Justice and an Australian Newspaper journalist is yet another serious malfunction exposed around the Lehrmann saga.Plus - Meta and other US tech giants take issue with our News Media Bargaining Code, but this is about more than just media.And - Trump's culture-war surveys reach Australian universities.Audio clip from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, March 25 2025Thank you to our amazing supporters! You can help us here: buymeacoffee.com/truthliesandmedia
2025-03-2533 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 3 - Streets of FearThe Allan govt caves to Herald Sun's relentless ‘streets under siege’ crime wave campaign, even though Vic has the third lowest crime rate in Australia. Is this really policy-making in the public interest?Plus - The family of a murdered woman traumatised by false claims reporting she was a sex worker.Plus - The Age has a bet each way by taking the money to publish bigoted screaming yellow front page ads in which Clive Palmer rails about there being only two genders - and then gets its journos to write front page stori...
2025-03-1835 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 3 - Streets of FearThe Allan govt caves to Herald Sun's relentless ‘streets under siege’ crime wave campaign, even though Vic has the third lowest crime rate in Australia. Is this really policy-making in the public interest?Plus - The family of a murdered woman traumatised by false claims reporting she was a sex worker.Plus - The Age has a bet each way by taking the money to publish bigoted screaming yellow front page ads in which Clive Palmer rails about there being only two genders - and then gets its journos to write front page stori...
2025-03-1835 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 2 - Great and PowerfulJoin Nicole and Denis as they discuss the rising trend of politicians appearing on influential podcasts, the need for scrutiny, and the podcaster's manifesto. Become a member and support Truth, Lies & Media hereCheck Truth, Lies & Media out at Facebook or contact Nicole at Bluesky or X Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-03-1134 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 2 - Great and PowerfulJoin Nicole and Denis as they discuss the rising trend of politicians appearing on influential podcasts, the need for scrutiny, and the podcaster's manifesto. Become a member and support Truth, Lies & Media hereCheck Truth, Lies & Media out at Facebook or contact Nicole at Bluesky or X Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-03-1134 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 1 - Attack DogsTrump's MAGA reporters are attack dogs unleashed on anyone who does not fawn over the President - not watchdogs protecting the people.Become a member and support Truth, Lies & Media hereCheck Truth, Lies & Media out at Facebook or contact Nicole at Bluesky or X Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-03-0533 minTruth, Lies and MediaEp 1 - Attack DogsTrump's MAGA reporters are attack dogs unleashed on anyone who does not fawn over the President - not watchdogs protecting the people.Become a member and support Truth, Lies & Media hereCheck Truth, Lies & Media out at Facebook or contact Nicole at Bluesky or X Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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