Exclusive: National Press Club cancelled Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for being “in favour” of Palestine
Correspondence obtained by Lamestream shows the NPC confirmed Chris Hedges as a speaker, before cancelling him due to "balance".
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How the media manufactured Hamas' praise for Anthony Albanese
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
The ABC push to gag journalists + News Corp's troubles + Our picks of the week
First of all, here's what we have for you this week: * Killer Grabs: Quotes from around the traps. * The ABC's new push to silence its journalists — By Scott Mitchell * The Good Ones: The best journalism, opinion and entertainment for you to enjoy. One of the biggest,
Exclusive: Pro-Israel ABC ‘whistleblower’ volunteered for far-right Advance Australia
The Australian newspaper published an interview with a former staff member alleging the ABC was bias against Israel. He once volunteered for right-wing lobby group Advance Australia during a by-election — while working at the public broadcaster.
Why is Australia's media pushing us closer to Trump?
First of all, here's what we have for you this week: * Killer Grabs: Quotes from around the traps. * Why the Australian media wants a closer alliance with Donald Trump— By Scott Mitchell * The Good Ones: The best journalism, opinion and entertainment for you to enjoy. One of the
In the rush to war, journalists are repeating the mistakes of 2003
The only thing the media doesn't want to scrutinise Donald Trump on, appears to be his willingness to join Israel's war with Iran — and whether allies like Australia would join him.
Schwartz Media is selling the 7am podcast
By Scott Mitchell The 7am podcast, once Australia's most-listened to daily news podcast has been sold by its publisher, Schwartz Media, to Solstice Media, the publisher of The New Daily website. Schwartz Media's CEO and head of editorial Erik Jensen informed staff of the sale on
ABC set to announce job cuts amid yet another restructure
Digital producers and podcast staff at the ABC are among those who have been notified of meetings with management, flagging job cuts or significant changes.
How should the media cover the far-right? It's question that's becoming more urgent
Osman looks at the non-reporting on a far-right publicity stunt this week and asks when the media should report on the far-right and when they shouldn't.
Exclusive: ABC Mushroom trial podcast appears to breach suppression order
The ABC's hit podcast covering the trial of Erin Patterson appears to have breached a suppression order designed to protect witnesses.
Inside the ABC's controversial decision to pull a Gaza interview
In the past week it feels like there's been a shift in terms of the Australian media's coverage of Gaza. The willingness to constantly defer to the Israeli government and the avoidance of certain language deemed taboo by editors, examples we've highlighted on the
Four election narratives that deserve more attention
One of the trickiest things when it comes to writing about elections is avoiding the temptation to over interpret what the results mean and draw out some kind of broad narrative or reflection on the "state of the nation". Why? Well, we only get a real time pulse-check
Exclusive: Why we created Lamestream
Introducing Australia's newest media venture.