{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/61315efc0e3cdc0014fbae00/695735305f9b0b61aa3d4526?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"News Weakly 194 - Ahmed Al Ahmed teaches Journalism 101 ","description":"<h3>NEWS WEAKLY 194 – Media Ethics, Paper Wars, and a Currency in Freefall</h3><p><strong>03 January 2026</strong></p><p><br></p><h4>TOP STORIES OF THE WEEK</h4><p>• A terror hero meets Australian media ethics</p><p>• Humanitarian aid fails an ideological compliance test</p><p>• Iran’s economy collapses again</p><p>• Australia’s regulator regulates itself</p><p><br></p><h4>QUOTE OF THE WEEK</h4><p>“You don’t pay for interviews. Not in cash. Not in gifts. Definitely not in hotel suites.”</p><p><br></p><h4>SUPPORT THE SHOW</h4><p>News Weakly is listener-supported and ad-light by choice.</p><p>If you’d like to support the show and keep it independent, you can join the Patreon at:</p><p><a href=\"http://patreon.com/samishah\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http://patreon.com/samishah</a></p><p>Sami Shah is a multi-award-winning comedian, writer, journalist, and broadcaster.</p><p>For more:&nbsp;http://thesamishah.com</p><p>Theme music&nbsp;<strong>‘Historic Anticipation’</strong>&nbsp;by Paul Mottram</p>","author_name":"Sami Shah"}