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Episode 21: News Corp and their coverage of the NSW/QLD floods

Season 1, Ep. 21

Cam Wilson and Sami Shah talk about regional news coverage during the floods, who ISN'T listening to the news, stolen passwords, and Tony Abbott's latest culture war


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Artwork by Ruby Innes.

Theme music by Kevin Macleod featuring archival footage from the ABC.


https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/mar/03/nsw-flood-affected-towns-turn-to-facebook-and-whatsapp-after-local-news-sources-disappear

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/news-corp-pledges-1m-to-flood-relief-teams-up-with-st-vincent-de-paul/newsstory/5fa2e0d14fdb1f217a67b437802e7a1c

https://mumbrella.com.au/total-news-readership-increases-in-all-states-reaches-97-of-adult-population-726066

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/business/companies/sky-news-employees-caught-in-cyber-breach-20220225-p59zqs.html

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/the-wall-street-journal/russias-putin-gambles-that-the-west-is-weak/news-story/cd5cce47526087524d869012ab0ac5fd

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