Jan Fran and Antoinette look at the Australian media’s coverage of the U.S and Israeli attack on Iran and show how a narrative gets set in the first 24-48 hours.
04.03.2026 00:40 — 👍 35 🔁 14 💬 2 📌 1Jan Fran and Antoinette look at the Australian media’s coverage of the U.S and Israeli attack on Iran and show how a narrative gets set in the first 24-48 hours.
04.03.2026 00:40 — 👍 35 🔁 14 💬 2 📌 1
Friendly reminder that Kyle and Jackie O’s very public “fight” just happened to land neatly at the end of the survey ratings period. Funny how that works. Fresh survey starts, show stays top of mind, media froths on cue. Total coincidence, obviously.
25.02.2026 04:03 — 👍 62 🔁 7 💬 4 📌 0
You asked, we answered: you can now buy our Etterati merch in classic black and white so they match with everything. Shop at ettemedia.myshopify.com
25.02.2026 00:47 — 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Angus Taylor has said multiple times that Labor let in half a million immigrants in one year. When he made this claim on ABC 7.30, Sarah Ferguson wasn’t having it. It’s a YES (and also a please remember this the next time Taylor repeats this claim) from us.
18.02.2026 01:27 — 👍 24 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
BREAKING: After being shut down by Melbourne University Publishing in September 2025 amid controversy over alleged Gaza-related censorship, literary journal Meanjin has been given a lifeline by QUT, which says it has “a long history of supporting progressive and new voices and artists.”
11.02.2026 02:25 — 👍 106 🔁 34 💬 6 📌 7
Today's Karl Stefanovic suggested to Minns that Muslims who were praying when police dragged them at the Syd Herzog protest might have been "baiting" cops who should have known the footage could be "weaponised" against them.
This is how media enables rather than challenges abuses of power.
In the midst of allegations that TikTok is censoring coverage of Israel, ICE and the Epstein files, alternatives to billionaire-owned media platforms are more needed then ever. Find us on Upscrolled and give us a follow.
03.02.2026 22:27 — 👍 15 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0A sold out Melbourne was amazing. Don't let them outdo you tonight Sydney! Grab the few seats left here: tinyurl.com/4uc3vwpp
01.02.2026 23:36 — 👍 13 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
Melbourne's biggest event tonight just SOLD OUT!
We'll be grunting and sweating plenty on stage for our It's A No From Me tour kick off.
Sydney is next (Monday Feb 2), then Brisbane (Tuesday Feb 3) and Canberra (Wednesday Feb 4). Tickets here: lnkd.in/gfKZa9qg
Australia is suffering from a femicide crisis. Media outlets carry a responsibility to centre the victims, avoid blame shifting, and report the killings of women and children with care and restraint. When they fail to do that, they stop informing the public and start compounding the harm.
29.01.2026 05:29 — 👍 57 🔁 30 💬 2 📌 3
X's Grok created at least 1.8 million sexualised images of women in just nine days, according to the NYT. Ashley St Clair — who shares a child with Elon Musk — was one of Grok’s victims. If she struggled to get deepfakes of her taken down, what hope do the rest of us have?
28.01.2026 00:41 — 👍 11 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Be wary of media narratives that borrow the courage of Iranian protesters to cast the US as a benevolent saviour. Journos can report on Iran’s repressive regime without obscuring the interests of Israel & the US in keeping Iran destabilised, especially given how this played out in Lebanon and Syria.
14.01.2026 01:06 — 👍 21 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 0
Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah has issued a defamation notice to South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas over comments he made to the media comparing her to violent extremist terrorists. Several media outlets repeated those remarks without challenge and may also be exposed to defamation liability.
14.01.2026 00:16 — 👍 112 🔁 39 💬 7 📌 4
Our live show lineup: Criticism, witticism in a world turned to shitticism
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Market research group Roy Morgan — who usually ask about consumer confidence and voter intentions— sent this survey on Thursday for responders to choose the races or religions "most responsible" for global terrorism. Who commissioned this + decided it should be asked days after Bondi attack?
19.12.2025 00:13 — 👍 21 🔁 11 💬 3 📌 2
Now that the social media ban is in place, what responsibility does the media have in reporting on user compliance? Should outlets reveal how under-16s are dodging the rules, or does that just teach more kids how to do it? Etterati, what say you?
11.12.2025 02:55 — 👍 10 🔁 5 💬 5 📌 0Trump's so-called war on drugs to justify alleged war crimes against Venezuela feels eerily like Bush's so-called war on terror to justify invading Iraq. The media should interrogate war mongers, not parrot them. Let's not let history repeat itself.
04.12.2025 06:29 — 👍 13 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0
Brothers Fadi, 11, and Juma, 8, were killed by an Israeli drone while collecting firewood in Gaza. It's reported as the “latest test” of the ceasefire.
How many “tests” does it take to become a violation?
We presume all 352 Palestinians killed by Israel since the ceasefire began were “tests” too?
Days after new data found Aboriginal people 15x more likely to be searched by VicPol than white people, Vic police were granted powers to search people without a warrant. This is why we must be critical of hysterical reporting about "machete epidemics" — who gains from these exaggerated crime waves?
26.11.2025 23:32 — 👍 20 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 2
Just a friendly reminder that Channel 7's Sunrise helped resurrect Pauline Hanson's career. In 2016, Hanson was paid to appear on Sunrise at least 16 times. She then successfully re-entered politics in the federal election that year, resurrecting the One Nation party. Thanks Kochie and Sam!
24.11.2025 21:29 — 👍 29 🔁 8 💬 2 📌 1
10/10 episode @ettemedia.bsky.social
Antoinette Lattouf and Jan Fran on the reality of the #johnlaws legacy.
‘I’m not gonna shed a fucking tear for him, and I hope he enjoys his golden microphone in hell.’ - Jan Fran 👏🏽
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Trump’s contempt hangs in plain sight. He snapped “quiet, piggy” at one female journalist who asked about Epstein, then branded another “insubordinate” for mentioning journalist Khashoggi’s murder by Saudi agents. A bleak little duet of misogyny and media hostility.
19.11.2025 02:28 — 👍 34 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 1
Fake mosque, real media circus.
Ette Media can reveal how parts of the tabloid and commercial press managed to spin a fake letter about a mosque into a real panic, whipping up outrage over a story with shaky foundations.
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Why did The Australian use an image of Imane Khelif, a cis woman of colour, in a transphobic headline about banning trans women in sport? Imane was assigned female at birth and identifies as a woman. Paired with the use of the word "men", this headline is irresponsible, misleading and offensive.
12.11.2025 23:24 — 👍 30 🔁 7 💬 8 📌 0
Egyptian-Canadian journalist Omar El-Akkad, author of One Day, Everyone Will Have Been Against This, on the refusal to give up hope.
Listen to his raw conversation with @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social here: tinyurl.com/45d98p2h
Who at the ABC wrote, then approved, the words "ceasefire will hold" over an image of Palestinian bodies? Also, how much deference should the media give to Trump given his government continues to provide bombs to kill Palestinians?
31.10.2025 04:17 — 👍 38 🔁 20 💬 3 📌 2
In this bonus episode, Egyptian-Canadian journalist and author Omar El Akkad speaks to Antoinette Lattouf about navigating the dehumanising stereotype of the Angry Arab Man.
Listen to We Used To Be Journos wherever you get your podcasts.
Q: How did these explosives get there? Do these devices just grow in Gaza's soil? Or did a military put them there?
23.10.2025 23:42 — 👍 47 🔁 26 💬 1 📌 0
The ICJ has ruled that Israel's claims the UNRWA was infiltrated by Hamas were unfounded. To the publications that uncritically reproduced these lies and effectively laundered a genocide: when will you stop deferring to a state that has been proven to lie repeatedly?
23.10.2025 23:29 — 👍 71 🔁 26 💬 1 📌 7
Class, why is this headline centring the murdered woman's step count? What has that got to do with the fact that a man randomly stabbed her to death? Combatting the violence against women epidemic includes responsible media reporting.
23.10.2025 23:07 — 👍 31 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0
