Truth, Lies and Media

A Leongatha mother of two Erin Patterson is declared a triple murderer who killed her in laws with a lunch of beef wellingtons laced with death cap mushrooms, and newsrooms in Australia and around the world go into overdrive.It's the biggest international story to come out of Australia since Cardinal George Pell was convicted according to Denis Muller, and it's not over yet.Plus ex ABC broadcaster Antoinette Lattouf tells why she fought on through the courts after being illegally sacked, despite anonymous death threats and potential financial ruin. Thank you to our amazing supporters! You can help us here: https://buymeacoffee.com/truthliesandmedia

The Federal Court has found that the ABC breached the Fair Work Act when it sacked casual broadcaster Antoinette Latouf, ordering it to pay her $70,000.Senior ABC managers fell into “a state of panic” after an orchestrated campaign by pro Israel lobbyists to have Latouf taken off air, and pressure form The Australian newspaper. Thank you to our amazing supporters! You can help us here: https://buymeacoffee.com/truthliesandmedia

Ancient enemies Iran and the United States lock horns as Donald Trump unleashes his GBU57 bunker buster bombs and Tomahawk cruise missiles on Iranian nuclear sites which he claims were "obliterated", and then paints himself as a great world peacemaker.If truth is the first casualty of war how can consumers of media drill down into what is true amid blizzards of disinformation?And, he was a respected foreign correspondent, a war correspondent, a political reporter and an ABC star. But after a storied 40 year career in the media Stan Grant tells "Compass" why he walked away from a profession he now describes as "poison".Thank you to our amazing supporters! You can help us here: https://buymeacoffee.com/truthliesandmedia

Updated audio - National Guard soldiers have been ordered into LA to quell violent riots with a Channel 9 journalist hit by a rubber bullet fired by a police officer while she was reporting live to air. Footage appears to show one police officer deliberately moving his aim in her direction.When billionaire gorillas - one in the White House - start hurling excrement at each other it's a train wreck the global media can't look away from. We'll take a look at the unfolding coverage of the Trump-Musk feud that's breaking the internet.  And after 16 years, "doing news differently" is coming to an end for Channel 10's The Project.  Denis Muller was an advisor to The Project team when it started out .. and warns a replacement news-current affairs show on Network 10 will face an uphill battle.  Thank you to our amazing supporters! You can help us here: https://buymeacoffee.com/truthliesandmedia

Australia is sending a whistleblower to jail after documents he leaked to the ABC revealed war crimes in Afghanistan, making the whistleblower the only person to be imprisoned after the shocking revelations.Why do Australians have to risk everything to reveal military and government injustice?Plus we look at Karoline Leavitt, the 2019 college grad and MAGA zealot hurling insults at everyone from journalists to world leaders and U.S. judges as Donald Trumps press secretary and shouty mouthpiece.Thank you to our amazing supporters! You can help us here: https://buymeacoffee.com/truthliesandmedia

Journalists aren't supposed to be the propaganda department of political parties... now The Saturday Paper has lifted the lid on the Abbott-Credlin-News Corp alliance that controls the Liberal Party.Their expose reveals the wrecking ball of a bizarre shadow government-in-exile that, with its media mates, still shapes messaging and wages war on dissenters.Plus a top CBS News boss quits as Donald Trump ratchets up his legal war on journalists who hold him accountable. Thank you to our amazing supporters! You can help us here: https://buymeacoffee.com/truthliesandmedia

The Liberals and the Nationals split in an election aftershock .. But who will the media cast as the villain?The journalist versus the disgraced war hero - Ben Roberts Smith is vowing to take his fight to the High Court in a proceeding Denis Muller says is the most significant defamation case in Australian legal history.And .. Why would Donald Trump fan boy over the Saudi Crown Prince who ordered the brutal killing of a journalist?  Thank you to our amazing supporters! You can help us here: https://buymeacoffee.com/truthliesandmedia

Five people are served beef wellingtons made with mushrooms for a special lunch hosted by a country Mum. Three guests do not survive the lunch, and the Mum is charged with 3 counts of murder, and one of attempted murder, to which she has pleaded not guilty. It is called the Mushroom Trial. The case has journalists and news watchers fixated.  Why is this story dominating not only the podcast charts in Australia but headlines around the world?And after the belting Labor handed out to the Liberal Coalition, will the LNP still get the hero treatment from Rupert Murdoch?We look at the reception the media's giving to the post-election leaders who lost.Thank you to our amazing supporters! You can help us here: https://buymeacoffee.com/truthliesandmedia