Scott Mitchell

Latika Bourke In, Waleed Aly Out As ABC Expands Global News Show The ABC has hired Latika Bourke to co-host its foreign affairs radio show and podcast, Global Roaming, after Waleed Aly was earmarked for the job.

Lamestream exclusive on a shakeup to the ABC's 2026 slate!

Latika is back! Let's roam, baby!

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‘Everyone got paid’: How Wippa’s pro-teen social media ban group cashed in on its success 36 Months accused ban critics of being paid off by big tech. Meanwhile, it was lining up sponsorship deals, eyeing global expansion and coming up with its own AI tool to sell.

Cracking yarn alert. 🚨

The real origin of the teen social media ban: radio comedians and ad execs coming up with it in a single conversation.

An idea fuelled, not by experts, but kitkat and Hyundai — taken up by government wholesale.

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And so ends one of the great sagas of boomers tagging the wrong person in their gripes about news coverage.

@mattbevan.bsky.social thank you for your service, you’ll be missed by many!

Lot of signs we’ve gone through the looking glass.

Haydos going full Bob Katter is one of them.

So it isn't as simple as 'The left is going more left!'

Because other cities and states in America have been far more left than NYC, and haven't elected a Muslim Democratic socialist.

It's atleast, in part, a genuine and actual rot in support for the dominant right/centre of the Democratic party.

Hillary trounced Sanders in the 2016 presidential primaries, in the last Democratic mayoraly primary the former cop Eric Adams beat an AOC-backed civil rights academic, the egs go on and on.

NYC has been a heartland for the RIGHT of the Democratic party. That matters in the analysis.

Setting aside how asinine this take is: a fact-check.

Pretty much every mainstream Mamdani take repeats the idea that this shows that 'very left' New York is going further left.

Just because New York is very Democratic, doesn't mean it's friendly turf for left-wing candidates?

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The latest edition of @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social and @scottmitchell.bsky.social's Lamestream is a cracker. As progressive parties around the world are handed more and more platforms, Australia's Greens could learn a great deal by listening in:

Exclusive: These Messages Could Destroy A Prominent ABC Journalist. But Are They Real? An explosive front-page story, three screenshots and the disputed image at the centre of it all.

EXCLUSIVE: “There is no way to authenticate that this conversation is between the purported people without getting direct access to one of the devices in question."

- What one of the world's leading verification experts told me.

Nine stands by the story.

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Ex-reality stars, comedians, audio nerds and investigative journos, all in one room and on the piss?

It’s like it was made for me 😩

It was a hustle, but it was still my favourite night of the year 😔

If you're THE defender of independent journalism, why ice other independents in this climate?

You've got revenue of $42m in Australia.

As I said, regarding another instance of this recently, it's a values issue when the Guardian fails to attribute/mention independent media who scooped it days ago.

You can't fail to mention Lamestream and Ette had this correspondence days ago -- then run a half-page pop-up that says this.

'We don’t intend to': ABC bosses admit they don't want to investigate lobbyist influence This week, the ABC's Hugh Marks admitted the broadcaster hasn't even looked into whether lobbyists have been appeased, in cases other than Antoinette Lattouf's firing, and they don't intend on looking...

Was bewildered the most important questions to the ABC at senates got no coverage?

Marks basically admitted they have no evidence to backup their 'one inadvertent mistake' line on Lattouf, and don't intend to look for any other cases of lobbyist influence?

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Journalists Censoring Journalists, Reviewing Two Years of Gaza Coverage, and Bari Weiss' $150m Buyout Podcast Episode · Lamestream · 08/10/2025 · 1h 5m

Pretty spicy pod this week, gotta say!

- What we dug up on the National Press Club/Chris Hedges situation.
- Two years of media failure
- What Bari Weiss $150m buyout means for Aus
- Reporting of Greta's mistreatment
+ Reece Walsh, Nic and Keith goss and more

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Exclusive: National Press Club cancelled Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for being “in favour” of Palestine Correspondence obtained by Lamestream shows the NPC confirmed Chris Hedges as a speaker, before cancelling him due to "balance".

Exclusive: Correspondence obtained by Lamestream show the National Press Club confirmed Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hedges as a speaker, before cancelling him because was “in favour” of Palestine.

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Was The PM's Tour Really A "Diplomatic Triumph"? Plus, the Rise of Andrew 'MAGA' Hastie

Working on an essay about the people behind ‘36 Months’ or Australia’s teen social media ban.

But the guys at @lamestreampod.bsky.social with @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social and @scottmitchell.bsky.social have beaten me to it.

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That’s a very kind endorse!

I’d love to read the essay, tho. I am fascinated by what the deal is with 36 months.

‘I was young and dumb… anyway, the Nixon years!’

Bless him ❤️

Amazing answer to what kind of teenager he was.

Robert Redford, the man who lived Andy Hazel spoke to the late, great Robert Redford about childhood, freedom and living in dark times.

I interviewed Robert Redford back in 2019 and it turned out to be one of his last ever longform interviews. Here it is six years later in A Rabbit's Foot...

Sounds like a pitch to Screen Australia 👀

The Murdoch Succession Saga, Why Race Reporting is Broken, and the TikToker vs. 'News Influencer' Controversy | Lamestream

"mainstream media called them 'anti-immigration' rallies...even though the speakers' lists were littered with people using white supremacist talking points".

Journalists may be worse on racism today than when Pauline Hanson emerged, says @scottmitchell.bsky.social.
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A TikToker in Afghanistan vs. The new media influencers: Unpacking the controversy A TikTok travel influencer, two podcasts and one incredible case study in the new media ecosystem.

Great story by Izzy Lewis about the travel TikToker vs. “news influencer” controversy that raises some interesting questions about journalism and social media www.lamestream.com.au/the-afghanis...

How mainstream media and politicians fuelled Australia's biggest far-right rally Six takeaways from the March for Australia and why it should be a wake-up call.

It would be a massive mistake for progressive folk to convince themselves the March for Australia was a bust, or can safely be ridiculed.

It was an alarming escalation of far-right action, and we need to reckon with it.

More thoughts (un-paywalled) here:

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Three different governments (fed, NSW, Vic) passed laws restricting protest and speech following media pressure that alleged the protest movement was fuelling violent anti-semitism.

Now we know that link was entirely spurious, yet none of the people responsible want to acknowledge it.

The media blamed pro-Palestine protesters for firebombings. Will they apologise? Every major arson attack targeting a synagogue is now alleged to have been perpetrated by organised criminals, or Iran. So why were protestors blamed?

Every single publicised arson attack on a synagogue has now been linked to criminal gangs and/or Iran.

You’d imagine this would be front page news, considering how the media has sought to blame pro-Palestine protestors for two years.

But it’s nowhere.

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The media blamed pro-Palestine protesters for firebombings. Will they apologise? Every major arson attack targeting a synagogue is now alleged to have been perpetrated by organised criminals, or Iran. So why were protestors blamed?

The media blamed pro-Palestine protestors for a spate of high-profile anti-semitic attacks.

How many of those are now attributed to hired criminals, with no connection to the protest movement? Just about all of them.

Great stuff from @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social

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The scrambled attempt to silence ABC journalists + The media's role in boosting Netanyahu + Our picks of the week First of all, here's what we have for you this week: * Killer Grabs: Quotes from around the traps. * The scrambled attempt to silence ABC journalists — By Scott Mitchell * The Good Ones: The best ...

NEW: We dive into the policy controlling the speech of ABC journalists, internal guidance and the emails sent during the announcement to figure out whether the ABC has learned from Lattouf.

Will the new rules be applied evenly? Or are they vulnerable to abuse?

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No official Hamas spokesperson ever praised Albanese.

The office, for a guy who's been in jail for two years, did. We don't even know if he is aware the office put it out.

Actual spokespeople for Hamas first rejected that statement, then a spokesperson said they weren't sure that office existed.