Media Coverage and Social Perception After the Melbourne Attack

In this episode, Jan unpacks The Age’s coverage of an anti-Semitic incident in Melbourne while Antoinette takes a look at a different genocide and the conspicuous absence of major coverage of the Yoorrook Justice Commission landmark findings.

Plus, Jan and Antoinette pull apart the curious case of the “activist journalist” label—how it was framed, weaponised, and ultimately backfired as a centrepiece of the ABC’s defence.

But the real question is, what has the media learnt from Lattouf v ABC?

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