• Episode 25: Goodbye!
    Apr 10 2022

    We did it. We covered News Corp, it's done! So we're pulling up stumps.


    Artwork by Ruby Innes.

    Theme music by Kevin Macleod featuring archival footage from the ABC.


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    4 mins
  • Episode 24: Cam and Sami play a hard game of Lachlan Or Bolt!
    Apr 3 2022

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    Artwork by Ruby Innes.

    Theme music by Kevin Macleod featuring archival footage from the ABC.


    https://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/episodes/woke/13816054 

    https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/2022/03/25/news-corp-climate-change-backflip/

    https://www.outinperth.com/courier-mail-claims-brisbane-school-has-several-cat-identifying-students/

    https://www.crikey.com.au/2022/03/28/murdoch-phone-hacking-scandal-runs-into-billions/

    https://www.theaustralian.com.au/inquirer/we-must-steel-ourselves-to-protect-an-australian-way-of-life/news-story/b1783d564750a820e9f84dc1b9cf7fa5


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    39 mins
  • Episode 23: How News Corp Made The Modern NRL And The NRL Shaped Modern News Corp
    Mar 27 2022

    Cam and Sami speak to Steve Mascord, author of Two Tribes: The untold story of rugby league's divided year and the birth of the NRL.


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    Artwork by Ruby Innes.

    Theme music by Kevin Macleod featuring archival footage from the ABC.



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    43 mins
  • Episode 22: Ghoulish coverage and two defeated podcasters
    Mar 20 2022

    From the coverage of Kumanjayi Walker's life, to the downsides of fact checking, and the love of newspapers.


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    Artwork by Ruby Innes.

    Theme music by Kevin Macleod featuring archival footage from the ABC.


    https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/mar/16/the-australians-coverage-of-zachary-rolfe-verdict-condemned-as-a-national-disgrace 

    https://www.theage.com.au/national/anti-murdoch-movement-launches-election-fact-check-20220310-p5a3kq.html

    https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/paper-crisis-could-put-news-titles-out-of-business-20220311-p5a3ym.html


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    44 mins
  • Cam Caught COVID-19
    Mar 12 2022
    We're having a break this week while Cam recovers.

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  • Episode 21: News Corp and their coverage of the NSW/QLD floods
    Mar 6 2022

    Cam Wilson and Sami Shah talk about regional news coverage during the floods, who ISN'T listening to the news, stolen passwords, and Tony Abbott's latest culture war


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    Artwork by Ruby Innes.

    Theme music by Kevin Macleod featuring archival footage from the ABC.


    https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/mar/03/nsw-flood-affected-towns-turn-to-facebook-and-whatsapp-after-local-news-sources-disappear

    https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/news-corp-pledges-1m-to-flood-relief-teams-up-with-st-vincent-de-paul/newsstory/5fa2e0d14fdb1f217a67b437802e7a1c

    https://mumbrella.com.au/total-news-readership-increases-in-all-states-reaches-97-of-adult-population-726066

    https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/business/companies/sky-news-employees-caught-in-cyber-breach-20220225-p59zqs.html

    https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/the-wall-street-journal/russias-putin-gambles-that-the-west-is-weak/news-story/cd5cce47526087524d869012ab0ac5fd


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    48 mins
  • Episode 20: Going to the Walkleys
    Feb 27 2022

    Cam Wilson and Sami Shah talk about the Walkleys, News Corp making Ukraine's invasion because of cancel culture, an ex-Kogan hire, and the ethics of smoking meth at home


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    Artwork by Ruby Innes.

    Theme music by Kevin Macleod featuring archival footage from the ABC.


    https://twitter.com/cameronwilson/status/1496946273592610831

    https://twitter.com/cameronwilson/status/1496956957336358913

    https://twitter.com/LaurenBeldi/status/1496750753507164160

    https://www.adnews.com.au/news/news-corp-taps-kogan-senior-executive-to-head-ecommerce

    https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/ice-video-filmed-in-geoff-bainbridges-bedroom/news-story/421098af3c53826e00c079a54de005d9

    https://twitter.com/grugstan/status/1495569785656070145



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    52 mins
  • Episode 19: Google and News Corp teach journalists journalism
    Feb 19 2022

    Cam Wilson and Sami Shah talk with Amanda Meade about the new digital journalism school at the Melbourne Business School, set up by Google and News Corp. Plus, election politics heating up, the ethics of investigating a source the survival of regional newspapers, and a new CNN doco on Rupert and his family.


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    Produced by Natalie Sekulovska.

    Artwork by Ruby Innes.

    Theme music by Kevin Macleod featuring archival footage from the ABC.


    Articles:

    https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/chinese-propaganda-outlet-endorses-anthony-albanese-as-better-pm-than-scott-morrison/news-story/e3e26b3a608654854fef7c64f853bfb1

    https://www.news.com.au/national/politics/anthony-albanese-urges-closer-ties-with-china-in-unearthed-2018-video/news-story/33b522d3b47c1ed8b020c6cb63bbe160 

    https://www.crikey.com.au/2022/02/16/coalition-news-corp-china-australia/ 

    https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/lark-distilling-ceo-geoff-bainbridge-quits-over-shock-meth-video/news-story/b55ab3b4f088297c398996adb53cb1e0

    https://www.theage.com.au/business/companies/the-ice-pipe-and-extortion-threat-behind-bainbridge-resignation-20220216-p59wtw.html

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-17/regional-newspapers-outline-struggles-to-remain-viable/100839448 

    https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/rupert-murdoch-family-documentary-planned-cnn-streaming-service-2022-02-17/ 









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    56 mins