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Truth, Lies and Media

Weekly discussions of Journalism Ethics


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  • 43. Ep 43 - Priorities and Leadership

    39:00||Season 2, Ep. 43
    ASIO takes aim at the ABC as Four Corners questions intelligence failures in the lead up to the Bondi terror attack .. The mighty Washington Post which broke the Watergate scandal now being detonated by its owner Jeff Bezos in order to curry favour with a corrupt President.And the bizarre “love and friendship” headline published by The Age for the visiting Israeli President Isaac Herzog, accused of inciting a genocide. Plus we farewell Jon Kudelka, beloved political cartoonist. 

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  • Deep Dive 9 - That's News to Me - featuring Nicole Chvastek

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    Dean Allen-Craig interviews our very own Nicole Chvastek on his new podcast "That's News To Me".From TV News to live Radio talk-back, Nicole has so many amazing stories to share. Adding to this, her own personal story of re-connecting with her birth mother after 30 years is an extrordinary story.You can find more TNTM episodes on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/show/1dyRp0RR0rkjgpKH947t9V?si=dc258468e6d14be8Denis and Nicole will be back next Wednesday for weekly discussions of media ethics.

  • 42. Ep 42 - Up to the Task

    48:43||Season 2, Ep. 42
    Bondi media BS .. how the mainstream media led by the Murdoch press wanted the public to think it was railing against hate while it weaponised a massacre.In the US we examine the arrest of a former CNN anchor Don Lemon in a Trump crackdown to silence the press after the fascist regimes agents executed a mother and then an ED nurse in Minneapolis.At the same time Washington Post boss Jeff Bezos pays a brazen bribe as he pays millions to Melania Trump to make a movie about Melania Trump starring Melania Trump .. which has spectacularly bombed.And the Australian news outlets openly sexist headline “Why I Wouldn’t Marry Sussan Ley” sparks fury as it reduces a political leaders worth to her desirability as a wife.“Truth Lies @ Media” roars into 2026!💥Apple & Spotify 

  • Deep Dive 8 - with Damien Kingsbury

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    A Minneapolis ED nurse is executed by an ICE terror squad - the second killing in a month - as Donald Trump dummy spits being overlooked for a Nobel Peace Prize. Is there a legal way of getting rid of the neo fascist President of the United States?Prof Emeritus Damien Kingsbury talks us through the Congressional processes that need to happen first.

  • Deep Dive 7 - with Damien Kingsbury

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    What is the future of a world where untouchable gangster states can ignore international law and storm into sovereign countries, kill innocents, kidnap the President and thieve their resources? Are we next if we don’t do what we’re told? This special Deep Dive episode scrutinises Trumps brazenly illegal kidnapping of a head of state in order to steal Venezuelas vast oil reserves.With Prof Emeritus (International Politics) Damien Kingsbury.

  • 41. Ep 41 - In Good Company

    39:10||Season 1, Ep. 41
    Join us for the last weekly discussion in 2025 - It's been a wonderful year! We'll be back in early 2026. Thank you for listening and for all your support! Have a safe and happy holiday season, and all the best from us at TLAM - Nicole, Denis, Simon, Brendan, Denes and Pixie.

  • 40. Ep 40 - It Can't Happen Here

    39:27||Season 1, Ep. 40
    A fired up Kerry O’Brien delivers some truth bombs at journalism’s night of nights .. but why did some of Nines papers omit his praise for courageous Palestinian reporters who paid with their lives to report a genocide. Plus .. the BBC bends the knee to Trump, cutting criticism from a prestigious lecture it commissioned.And whose ABC? Wall to wall white guys handed all the plum broadcasting jobs at ABC Radio Sydney.