Interview with Alan Manning

Podcast Episode · Byline Podcast · 29/11/2025 · 31m

Too many Australians are oblivious to any positives as they follow Rupert Murdoch’s NewsCorp led right wing MSM or mainstream media and public broadcaster the ABC; 90%+ audience reach includi…

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Constant focus by RW MSM, social media influencers and commentators dog whistling of the centre, in this case PM Keir Starmer’s Labour government replicating pre WWII attacks by the NSDAP on …

Some call empathy "toxic" as others says it's core to Jesus' teachings

Despite populist complaints, conservative governments have allowed immigration to rise, but Labor also ‘walks both sides of the street’ The Coalition is expected in coming weeks to reveal the broad outlines of a policy platform centred around deep cuts to migrant numbers. But which numbers are they talking about? Are they talking about net overseas migration? Or are they worried about the visa programs? If so, is it the permanent stream or the temporary? Continue reading...

Rightwing activist claimed Commons deputy speaker Nusrat Ghani should be barred because she was born in Pakistan GB News is facing calls to cut ties with a regular contributor who has been accused of racism after claiming that the House of Commons deputy speaker, Nusrat Ghani, should not be allowed in the house because she was born in Pakistan. The comments by Lucy White, a rightwing activist, have drawn criticism from across the political spectrum amid warnings that explicitly racist language is becoming increasingly normalised in British life. Continue reading...

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Former 7.30 host takes Labor government to task for record on press freedom and pays tribute to Palestinian journalists. Plus: a roo in the news * Want to get this in your inbox every Friday? Sign up for the Weekly Beast media newsletter here The former ABC broadcaster Kerry O’Brien got a standing ovation at the 70th Walkley awards on Thursday night for a rousing speech that reminded media in the ICC Sydney ballroom of the “clear and present danger for a strong, free, effective and independent media everywhere”. The winner of six Walkley awards, including the Gold, called on the industry to unite to strengthen press freedom. He began by paying tribute to Palestinian journalists who have “confronted the world with powerful evidence that has gradually taken on the look and feel of genocide in real time” and decried the “outrageous casualty list of Palestinian journalists and other media workers in Israel’s war on Gaza since the brutal attack by Hamas on Israeli citizens two years ago”. Continue reading...