First of all, here's what we have for you this week:
- Killer Grabs: Quotes from around the traps.
- The curious case of Hamas' praise for Anthony Albanese — By Osman Faruqi and Scott Mitchell
- The Good Ones: The best journalism, opinion and entertainment for you to enjoy.
The second that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stood up and announced that Australia was going to recognise a Palestinian state we should have clocked that the mainstream media were going to lose their minds.
Initially, it was to heap praise on the government, as we canvassed in detail on this week's podcast. But by Wednesday, that had shifted dramatically. Despite the fact that the announcement itself is relatively minor in scope and impact, that did not stop the vast majority of outlets from lining up with the Israeli government to attack the PM once Hamas issued a statement congratulating him for his courage.
Or did they?
In this week's newsletter we're bringing you a detailed deconstruction of the story that dominated Australian media this week, forensically examining its veracity, its news merit and its impact.
It's a story that took us direct to the IDF as well as Hamas. And we think what we uncovered is pretty remarkable.
Killer Grabs
"Habibi, release your client list." – NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani.
The most compelling, and funniest, political race of the year has taken a twist with frontrunner Mamdani directly accusing his main opponent and accused sexual predator Andrew Cuomo of palling around with Epstein.
"Who’s living rent free now, paisan?" – NYC mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo.
Zohran hit him with a little habibi, Cuomo returns fire with a paisan.
New York City politics rules. Australia could do with a bit more (friendly) ethnic rivalry.
"NRL Brent Naden used an offensive Arabic gesture known as a 'khwad' on his Instagram account after the Tigers defeated the Bulldogs." – The Sydney Morning Herald
On second thought, maybe we don't.
