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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.

The ABC push to gag journalists + News Corp's troubles + 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 ABC's new push to silence its journalists — By Scott Mitchell * The Good Ones: The best jou...

BREAKING: New public comment rules for staff have been announced at the ABC in an all-staff email.

These replace the social media guidelines which were dumped hours after the Lattouf verdict. Read our preview of the battle lines on this:

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The Manufactured Media Hit on Albanese. Plus, Explaining Trump's Sad Putin Meeting Podcast Episode · Lamestream · 17/08/2025 · 43m

Def read it! But also, check out our podcast where we broke it down:

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Good to see this covered by Crikey.

Been very odd to see every other media org not do an explainer or try to get to the bottom of how the biggest story in the country last week — wasn’t?

How the media manufactured Hamas' praise for Anthony Albanese First of all, here's what we have for you this week: * Killer Grabs: Quotes from around the traps. * The curious case of Hamas' praise for Anthony Albanese — By Osman Faruqi and Scott Mitchell * T...

If you want to get your head around the way the media is manipulating the story around the Albanese govt's (forthcoming) recognition of Palestine, this piece by @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social is a really excellent overview.
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"The Israeli military has operated a special unit called the “Legitimization Cell,” tasked with gathering intelligence from Gaza that can bolster Israel’s image in the international media, according to three intelligence sources who spoke to +972 Magazine."

In the latest, very defensive version of this ‘Hamas statement’ reporting — is the SMH saying it didn’t even know their source was in an Israeli prison before we sent them a questions?

How is that possible? It’s a 5 minute google?

More Hamas officials welcome Albanese’s recognition move, as PM warns against propaganda Opposition Leader Sussan Ley said the Albanese government had “got it wrong” when it announced a plan to recognise a Palestinian state on Monday.

It’s incredible the SMH is doubling down, after being exposed for wildly misleading its readers, and claiming generic Hamas statements welcome recognition are akin to what it originally published. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

That take has aged far better than anyone would have guessed at the time!

(Also, Jackie Brown is incredible)

This clarification is amazing. If you knew the statement was from his office and he was in prison, why did you not disclose that? Why did you imply you had communicated with him?

If you didn’t know that… why not?

It is honestly astonishing that a news outlet reported the comments as coming from an individual who was imprisoned, when they actually came from his office. Neither of these things disclosed, and it led to a multi day outrage cycle in basically all the media.

How the media manufactured Hamas' praise for Anthony Albanese First of all, here's what we have for you this week: * Killer Grabs: Quotes from around the traps. * The curious case of Hamas' praise for Anthony Albanese — By Osman Faruqi and Scott Mitchell * T...

Big story from us: How the media manufactured Hamas’ praise of Anthony Albanese www.lamestream.com.au/did-hamas-re...

How the media manufactured Hamas' praise for Anthony Albanese First of all, here's what we have for you this week: * Killer Grabs: Quotes from around the traps. * The curious case of Hamas' praise for Anthony Albanese — By Osman Faruqi and Scott Mitchell * T...

A big exclusive on Hamas praise for Anthony Albanese was published.

We spotted the source was last reported to be imprisoned in Israel.

Hamas has rejected the statement and now a note has been added. We've tried to piece together what the hell is going on.

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Over 100 journalists from every outlet you can think of are in this video.

Journalists care about the truth and about our brave colleagues in Gaza.

It's the bosses who have let us all down.

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The AJA.

This is hilariously ridiculous. For two years Albanese has been saying Australia isn't a serious player in the Middle East and everyone pressuring the government to do more needs to chill out.

Now the government is backgrounding about us reconstructing Gaza!