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Truth, Lies and Media

Nicole Chvastek, Denis Muller
Truth, Lies and Media
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  • Truth, Lies and Media

    Ep 60 - Out of Favour

    09/06/2026 | 42 mins.
    Why have the hard right Murdoch media turned on their golden girl Pauline Hanson?
    We unpack the savage attacks usually reserved for hated enemies .. as the hatchet job phenomenon known as “getting Murdoched” turns on One Nation and News Corp eats its own.

    Plus more harrowing stories emerge of rape on an industrial scale meted out to Australian women by Israeli forces .. why can the media only find outrage over
    Grace Tame getting work on an ABC podcast?

    And Donald Trump storms out of an interview with NBCs Meet The Press, enraged that the reporter repeatedly reminded him that there is no evidence to support his claims of rigged elections.
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    Ep 59 - Money, Media and Politics

    02/06/2026 | 40 mins.
    Gina “One Nation” Rinehart is adding “media mogul” to her business card.
    The mining billionaire has just bought into Southern Cross Media. the owner of the Seven Network - a broadcaster that boasts televisions highest rating news services.
    Can we now expect Warp 5 migrant bashing, nuclear level climate denying, peak ABC hating and Pauline Hanson back on Dancing With The Stars? Watch this space.
    Plus we honour the 18 year old American journalism student who stood before the most powerful pro-Trump CBS News executives at a glittering Emmys ceremony and dropped a stunning truth bomb right into their laps.
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    Ep 58 - Selective Hearing

    26/05/2026 | 42 mins.
    Australian activists are beaten and sexually abused by Israel - we unpack why this is not just a “normal” news story.

    The UK is flocking to watch GB News a hard right disinformation channel starring Nigel Farage and headed up by the former boss of Australia’s Sky News - despite polls revealing it is the least trusted of all the news outlets.

    And we farewell AFL legend Neale Daniher who used his high media profile to fight MND knowing the disease would take his life but in the knowledge his campaign would help others.

    “Truth Lies & Media” drops just after midnight Wednesday morning!
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    Ep 57 - Great Principles in Small Things

    19/05/2026 | 40 mins.
    It’s our SpineWatch edition!
    We’re on the search for that elusive media backbone .. as the ABC is strangely silent following the ejection of its news crew from a One Nation press conference .. but then strongly pushes back against the demands of Jillian Segal the anti semitism special envoy.

    Plus Pauline Hanson declares she wants to be PM while Tony Abbott still thinks he is and is eyeing a NSW seat so he can return triumphantly to the federal parliament.

    Can we expect vigorous questioning when these two float their ambitions on Murdoch’s Sky News?
    (🚨No Spine Detected alert)

    And the network that got burned by the sexist, crude and bigoted Kyle and Jackie O show …. hires Karl and Eddie.
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    Ep 56 - Grievance Original Recipe

    12/05/2026 | 42 mins.
    The ABC bashing season returns as One Nation boots out a regional journalist from an Albury press conference on the eve of the Farrer by election.

    The right wing media turn up to the dial to fear as the so called ISIS brides and their children return to Australia .. but are they really a terror threat or just easy clickbait?

    We farewell the media pioneer Ted Turner who created CNN and the 24 hour news channel phenomena ..

    And we honour two giants of political journalism Laurie Oakes and Michelle Grattan who have just received the first lifetime achievement awards granted by the federal press gallery in its 125 year history.

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About Truth, Lies and Media
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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