The public is shocked Pauline Hanson got treated with such a light touch; journalists are starting to respond. But how seriously are they taking it?
The public is shocked Pauline Hanson got treated with such a light touch; journalists are starting to respond. But how seriously are they taking it?
Australia's Press Council shows it's not fit for purpose with a decision against a cartoon about Benjamin Netanyahu. Did Australia's foremost paranormal investigator have a brush with Steven Spielberg? Plus, will the Royal Commission call the ABC?
The Australian media completely missed a major fib told by the Albanese government, and Charlie Pickering performs a not-very-apologetic backflip.
Charlie Pickering gave the ABC's most unhinged critics, who want to abolish the ABC, exactly the ammunition they wanted. Staff cannot understand why he did it.
The ABC's news director was spectacularly replaced this week. It doesn't bode well for the future direction of the broadcaster.
Australians are returning home with stories of abuse and mistreatment while the media is deferring to Israel by interrogating them as if they aren't reliable.
The media is taking it at Israel's word that Ben-Gvir is an outlier, not the norm. Lamestream can reveal that on at least one occasion, points to the contrary were edited out of reports.
On the surface, reforming tax breaks for landlord investors should seem like a simple political win. So why is Labor's budget going down poorly?
An Australian musician being booted from the US allegedly because of a joke his girlfriend posted should be a major diplomatic incident, no?
An Australian musician being booted from the US allegedly because of a joke his girlfriend posted should be a major diplomatic incident, no?
In this week's column, the ABC report 8 million Australians are reliant on income support but the report's author isn't so sure, one newspaper reports that Chinese Australians live along the 'Yum Cha line' and The Daily Aus claim to advise public broadcasters.
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In this week's Friday column: Pauline Hanson loves the media spotlight, but bans journalists who ask her tough questions. Should journalists be taking selfies with the PM? And why this week marked a rout for some doyens of journalism
It took less than 24 hours after the US and Iran agreed to a ceasefire for Israel to remind the world of its barbaric addiction to slaughter. Australia has looked the other way.
In this week's column, Os and Scott dive into how the mainstream media gave a massive plug to a far-right podcast and break down the dramatic twist in ABC pay negotiations.
After Lamestream broke the news that the University of Queensland Press had cancelled the publication of a children’s book, award-winning writer Evelyn Araluen has terminated her relationship with UQP.
The book's author has described the decision to pulp all 5,000 copies of the book as reckless and disrespectful, and says it "sets a chilling standard".
The author's award-winning novel Discipline was published by UQP. Now, Abdel-Fattah has quit the publisher in response to its cancellation of an Indigenous children's book.
This week, Triple J deleted a controversial interview with Melbourne band Radio Free Alice discussing their cover of Usher's 'DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love'. It told us a lot about the lessons Australia's music industry refuse to learn.
Kevin Rudd says he would welcome an Australian government inquiry into the IPI, a think-tank he chaired that was used by Epstein to employ a number of his victims.
The official parliamentary visit has not been made public by either the Australian or Israeli governments.
ABC staff have walked-off the job for the first time in 20 years, bringing radio, TV and online operations to a grinding halt.
For years, Jeffrey Epstein used his connections to build a network of influence aimed at Mongolia. Now Lamestream can reveal what drove his obsession.
Outside of elections, the media is the only real mechanism of accountability for our government. So far, it's failed to do its job on the illegal war with Iran.
Much of the media now seem to be doing everything possible to ensure Hanson is seen as a viable, and even preferable, political candidate. And according to the polls, it’s working.
Australian media reports have downplayed the government's "small contribution" to the war with Iran, but one asset we're sending is a weapon the US doesn't have, and American generals have described it as "fundamental" to winning wars.
Lamestream can reveal that as well as attending a 2013 dinner in honour of the Mongolian President, both Rudd and Epstein joined a six-member board to advise him.
Scott and Os start the show by discussing why As about the Epstein story. They break down exactly what he is being investigated for, how the story has been covered, and how the Epstein files continue to reveal more and more about corrupt, shadowy networks of power.
Os and Scott watched Karl Stefanovic's hour-long interview with Anthony Albanese so you didn't have to and they look at the disruptive impact Pauline Hanson and One Nation are already having on our political system.
The obligation to protect sources was quietly erased from ABC policy over 15 years ago, leaving journalists to fend for themselves as the Royal Commission orders them to retain sensitive information.