The US midterms were the mega story of the year .. when exhausted Americans singing the songs of angry men started to reclaim their country from the brutal bullshitting Orange fascist.
But the Murdoch media lost their tiny minds, with hysterical warnings that the end of western civilisation might be upon us if a cheerful intelligent Muslim called Abdul ElSayed were elected to the US Senate. Best have a Bex and a lie down News24. He’s in.
Over in Trumpland the President was posting furiously on Truth Social that his landslide losses were all Fox News fault because of their outrageous practice of occasional interviews with Democrats .. around midnight he rang in to bag the presenters personally for Fox polls they’d broadcast that dared suggest he was unpopular.
[from 5:20]
We also investigate the toxic UK media culture that took the ratings and looked away when celebrity Russell Brand was on TV and radio and a depraved rape spree.
He’s about to start a 10 year jail sentence.
[from 14:30]
And in Victoria we unpack why Jess Wilson’s strategy of walking out of press conferences before the questions get too hot - will backfire.
[from 31:00]
","author_name":"Nicole Chvastek, Denis Muller"}