Weekly discussions of Journalism Ethics

Riddle me this .. Why aren't the media hitting the alarm bells over the Australian MAGA machine trying to install a Trumpian government in this country?&nbsp; They call themselves Advance, they fawn over Pauline Hanson, they are funded by rich conservative donors and they set their attack dogs on voices that refuse to sing from the whites only, climate denying, back to the 50's hard right playbook.&nbsp; It's a big story getting minimal attention.&nbsp;&nbsp; Plus we look at the gushing media interviews rolled out for the new Liberal leader, Angus "Watergate" Taylor.. you will have heard lots of slogans about "Australian values" but no mention of the Robodebt cabinet he served in or dogwhistling to racists.&nbsp; &nbsp;And the once mighty Gallup polling agency, the founder of all modern public opinion methodology, bends the knee to Donald Trump.

Ep 44 - The Ideological Complex

ASIO takes aim at the ABC as Four Corners questions intelligence failures in the lead up to the Bondi terror attack ..&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; Plus we farewell Jon Kudelka, beloved political cartoonist.&nbsp;

Ep 43 - Priorities and Leadership

A special cross-post episode with Dean Allen-Craig

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=dc258468e6d14be8 Denis and Nicole will be back next Wednesday for weekly discussions of media ethics.

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

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 ..&nbsp;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 &amp; Spotify&nbsp;

Ep 42 - Up to the Task

Dealing with the Trump Problem

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.&nbsp; 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 8 - with Damien Kingsbury

New World Disorder

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?&nbsp; 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.

Deep Dive 7 - with Damien Kingsbury

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.

Ep 41 - In Good Company

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.&nbsp; Plus .. the BBC bends the knee to Trump, cutting criticism from a prestigious lecture it commissioned. And whose ABC?&nbsp;Wall to wall white guys handed all the plum broadcasting jobs at ABC Radio Sydney.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Ep 40 - It Can't Happen Here

The Lasting Effects of Court Reporting

Phil Johnson returns to share his unique experience and insights.Content Warning - This conversation includes themes of violent crime and post-traumatic stress. For help please call the Blue Knot Helpline on 1300 657 380. Rain falling on a roof is a disturbing sound for journalist Phil Johnson.&nbsp;People walking behind him makes him jumpy. Then there’s the nightmares.&nbsp; Our special Saturday edition “Truth Lies &amp; Media” encore, with this remarkable veteran former court reporter, takes us deeper into the stories you don’t see behind the big headlines and, as always, is&nbsp;as compelling as it is courageous. Join us next Wednesday for our weekly Truth, Lies and Media episode.

Deep Dive 6 - With Phil Johnson

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Broadcast journalist Nicole Chvastek and Australia's pre-eminent journalism ethics expert Denis Muller seek out the media industry's good, bad and ugly, taking you behind the headlines in their revealing podcast Truth, Lies and Media. New episodes each Wednesday.

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