The shockwaves reverberate as two police officers are murdered in cold blood by a maniac with a gun and a grudge. The grief hits Victoria Police the families of the slain officers like a sledge hammer .. and the accused killer is now on the run. How can journalists do justice to the outpouring of emotion and avoid intruding on those who are suffering while still ensuring the community is kept informed?Denis Muller will unpack the pressure points around reporting profound tragedy.And rape survivor Brittany Higgins ordered to pay her former boss Linda Reynolds $341,000 in damages and interest by the WA Supreme Court after a series of defamatory social media posts.. a huge win for the former Defence Minister. But why has West Australia along with the NT not enacted a critical public interest defence law which is in place everywhere else around Australia?Thank you to our amazing supporters! You can help us here: https://buymeacoffee.com/truthliesandmedia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Ep 26 Trailer - Thursday Edition
Fear not! This week's episode of Truth, Lies and Media will be available on Thursday instead of Wednesday, so that we can give you a full analysis of the WA Supreme Court defamation case unfolding right now.See you tomorrow!As always, Thank you to our amazing supporters! You can help us here: https://buymeacoffee.com/truthliesandmedia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Ep 25 - Dogwhistles and Home Truths
We'd love to see you at our live Q&A on 7th October at the North Fitzroy Library hosted by Friends of the ABC:https://events.humanitix.com/truth-lies-and-media-meet-the-podcasters-talk__Dogwhistling up clickbait - A News Corp tabloid reproduces a flyer for an anti immigration national protest complete with racist slogans, dates and times .. as a young migrant chef tells us why she will be too afraid to travel to her workplace on that day.Is a letter of complaint from a pro Israel lobby about a Palestinian author the reason the Bendigo Writers Festival ordered authors not to discuss "inflammatory" topics - and was then left in ruins when half of the invited authors refused to attend?And we farewell gentleman film reviewer David Stratton some 'At The Movies' highlights and the moving written tribute from his friend and co-host Margaret Pomeranz. Thank you to our amazing supporters! You can help us here: https://buymeacoffee.com/truthliesandmedia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Ep 24 - PR and Barbarism
A deadly airstrike kills the whole of Al Jazeeras reporting team in Gaza City .. Israel increasingly enraged as the world sees the carnage and opinion turns against them. Five newsmen died .. their crime .. telling their peoples story of starvation and suffering. Australia now says it will recognise a Palestinian state conditional on the removal of Hamas .. as the Liberals and their mates at News Corp unleash on the Prime Minister Plus The Age wins another mega defamation court battle.And if print newspapers are facing imminent extinction why is Rupert Murdoch rolling out a new one in California and partying like it's 1965?Thank you to our amazing supporters! You can help us here: https://buymeacoffee.com/truthliesandmedia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Ep 23 - Protest and Pillory
Murdoch's News Corp conflates a remarkably peaceful pro Palestine protest with hate and Hamas. Sky News called the historic Sydney Harbour Bridge rally a sign of "moral decline."It didn't matter this was the voice of up to 300,000 people taking a stand against violence and starvation. It didn't matter there were no arrests and no violence, even when police had to turn that sea of humanity around and send it back to the CBD. Denis Muller says there is no limit to what News Corp will do to distort coverage of events and issues it is hostile to.Plus a Victorian MP to sue the Herald Sun in what may become a test case of new privacy laws.And 10 News Plus was touted as a "fresh" new way of doing news .. but is anybody watching the tanking show they bumped The Project for?__Read the Barney Zwartz article on Israel and Palestine here (may require a subscription):https://www.theage.com.au/world/middle-east/in-30-years-at-the-age-i-never-wrote-on-israel-palestine-now-i-must-20250801-p5mjla.htmlThank you to our amazing supporters! You can help us here: https://buymeacoffee.com/truthliesandmedia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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