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Truth, Lies and Media

by Nicole Chvastek, Denis Muller
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  • Ep 79 - Actual Harm

    October 20, 2026 · 40 min

    We look at the Murdoch media shamelessly weaponising the horrific attack on Helen Haines to bash the left - even as she fights for life in hospital - and ignoring the PMs call to lower the temperature on political hate. [from 7:20] Plus…

  • Ep 78 - To Redefine Depravity

    October 13, 2026 · 44 min

    BRUTALISING THE WORLD ON A LIVESTREAM The Trump administration wants to livestream the firing squad execution of a radicalised US soldier according to a gleeful US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth - triggering global disgust. The broadcast…

  • Ep 77 - Swept Up in the Spectacle

    October 6, 2026 · 37 min

    NOTE TO MEDIA: VIOLENT AUTHORITARIANISM IS NOT NORMAL Someone needs to tell Pauline Hanson this isn’t Saudi Arabia or China after One Nation threatened to jail political rivals during its Victorian election campaign launch. Vindictive…

  • Deep Dive 13 - with Paul Barry

    October 2, 2026 · 50 min

    Today we bring you a very special deep dive into the murky waters of corporate skulduggery. My guest is Paul Barry. He’ll be known to many of you as the long-time presenter of ABC TV’s Media Watch, but in fact he has a long and…

  • Ep 76 - The Racism Question

    September 29, 2026 · 44 min

    Why don’t the media hound Hanson about her racist policies? Four Corners did a great expose on One Nation - but no mention in interviews with her supporters about why they are attracted by promises to persecute migrants, Muslims, foreign…

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  • Ep 75 - The Harassment Industry

    September 22, 2026 · 34 min

    The ABC is strangled by floods of complaints from hard right attack dogs - so we look at new reports that most of those whinges are really mass generated AI bots - you know - ACTUAL FAKE NEWS. So Denis asked one of the faker complainers if…

  • Ep 74 - Good for Democracy

    September 15, 2026 · 56 min

    Gina Rinehart dealt herself into the One Nation “traitor” attack on Liberal Andrew Hastie. But why would The Age having published such a revealing expose on their suspect behaviours then run a headline suggesting the spiteful racists at…

  • Ep 73 - When the Tables Turn

    September 8, 2026 · 46 min

    We look at the brutal fall from grace of one of Donald Trumps most toxic propagandists. Milo Yiannopoulos, who promoted hate against women and migrants, has been swiftly deported from the United States after the British national failed to…

  • Ep 72 - Newsroom Habits of Mind

    September 1, 2026 · 45 min

    What lies hidden after the Nepal horror The world has never seen news vision quite like the footage that came out of Nepal .. stunning in its horror as violent death in ice and rock thundered through the lives of those poor souls, those…

  • Ep 71 - Skewing the Story

    August 25, 2026 · 44 min

    If splashy headlines tell you what’s important then this week they’re telling you damage to a footy team is more important than damage to the alleged sex assault victims.  We take a look at the way the media has downplayed the alleged…

  • Ep 70 - Melons and Lemons

    August 18, 2026 · 36 min

    Political Reporting As Benny Hill Skit In a world of genocide and white supremacists and climate emergency we ask why the Canberra Press Gallery thinks confecting a snickering moral outrage over Anthony Albanese saying “melons” is the…

  • Ep 69 - Information Integrity

    August 11, 2026 · 36 min

    Does the ABC really promote concepts of murder? Is it really a hotbed of bloodthirsty revolutionaries - because of ONE distasteful comedy skit? We take look at the Murdoch media frothing at the mouth to defend Gina Rinehart who featured in…

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About the show

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.