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Jul 9, 2025
Independent Australian journalism, love it.
We used to be journalists, but now we mostly just bitch about them. (Kidding. Kind of.) We also break down broken news.
Episodes drop Wednesday and Saturday.
Hosted by long-suffering journalists and even longer-suffering friends Jan Fran and Antoinette Lattouf, We Used to Be Journos pulls apart the week in media from people who know exactly how the machine runs because they worked inside it for decades.
Every Wednesday, the pair sift through the headlines you saw and the forces you did not. Expect blunt media analysis, zooming in on dodgy editorial calls, anonymous sources doing gymnastics, and the occasional whiff of bigotry dressed up as balance. Consider it a guided tour of the newsroom sausage factory so you know what ended up on your plate.
On Saturdays, the spin-off segment Only Jan hands the microphone to Walkley Award winner Jan Fran. One issue, one sharp monologue, foresincally researched, tightly argued, and, inconveniently for the powerful, quite funny.
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Socceroos coverage misses mark, US-Iran ceasefire spin + online hate: are we the problem?
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Jun 16, 2026 |
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ONLY FRAN: Think NDIS is wasting taxpayer dollars? Meet AUKUS
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Jun 12, 2026 |
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BONUS: Jayson Gillham on his Federal Court trial against Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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Pickering vs ABC code of conduct, Pauline’s free PR, influencer spills on MAGA media strategy
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Jun 09, 2026 |
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ONLY FRAN: Living beautifully in a collapsing world x Sarah Wilson
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Jun 05, 2026 |
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Pauline’s poll for PM, mysterious media silence over young woman’s death + radio boss gropes woman
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Jun 02, 2026 |
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ONLY FRAN: Forget a new Teal party, where are the Greens?
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May 29, 2026 |
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Flotilla activist abuse coverage, BTS at Sydney Writers Festival + is James the 'good Murdoch'?
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May 26, 2026 |
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ONLY FRAN: Pauline Hanson’s gas grift (plus her other grifts too)
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May 22, 2026 |
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Ash Sarkar on how to scale independent media and have real impact
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May 19, 2026 |
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Responding to the comments section
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May 12, 2026 |
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ONLY FRAN: Influencers v journalists: same same but different this budget lock up
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May 08, 2026 |
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Women Who Win and how the media shapes their legacy
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May 05, 2026 |
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ONLY FRAN: Why I trust Tucker Carlson even less after his Trump apology
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May 01, 2026 |
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Trump shooting conspiracies, Tele lashes anti-war Gen Z, media quiet as Aboriginal women cop it
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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ONLY FRAN: "Gaza war drove Bondi shooter to terror"
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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Seven’s renewables hit job, Iran’s AI Lego war spin + Roberts-Smith 'breaks silence'
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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ONLY FRAN: WTF is Angus Taylor's immigration policy really about?
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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BONUS: The Murdoch media’s campaign against Dr Randa Abdel- Fattah
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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Albanese can’t say ‘Lebanese’, Hasan Piker drama + whistleblower David McBride’s missing media moment
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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ONLY FRAN: Penny Wong is 'deeply concerned'
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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Lakemba NDIS lie, media’s gambling ad addiction, Trump’s unhinged… again
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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ONLY FRAN: One month into QLD’s hate speech laws
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Apr 03, 2026 |
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Israeli ambassador’s press club propaganda, Atlas Network’s climate campaign + Kyle in court
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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ONLY FRAN: A quick note
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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Media aids One Nation’s grift, ABC staff strike, Rupert Murdoch pushes for Iran attack
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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ONLY FRAN : Jan Fran gets personal about Lebanon
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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Lebanese suffering ignored, Theroux’s ‘manosphere’ doco + is Netanyahu dead?
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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ONLY FRAN: The hypocrisy of Tony Burke on Iranian visas
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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ABC’s post-Bondi panel show, #QuitGPT movement + Pornhub access denied
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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ONLY FRAN: What happened to Anthony Albanese?
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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Media parrots US Iran propaganda, ABC chair gets profiled + billionaire buys Warner Bros (and CNN)
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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BBC’s baffling BAFTA censorship, Trump’s alien files + Jacinta Allan vs a journalist
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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Attacks on Francesca Albanese and Grace Tame, Liberal leader’s immigration lines + media forces sexual assault survivor to go public
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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Coverage of Herzog visit and protests, radio’s Bad Bunny racism + Karl Stefanovic hosts One Nation TWICE!
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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Insider's look at the past two decades of Aussie media
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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Hate speech laws red flags, Australia Day poll tricks, Grok deepfakes + Beckham feud
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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Narrative war over Iran's protests + Trump’s press sec blows up at journalist, InDaily SA muscles in on Murdoch
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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Randa Abdel-Fattah on the collapse of the Adelaide Writers’ Festival
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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Ask Us Anything: Our younger selves, future of media, Eurovision pressure, truth v hope
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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Ask Us Anything: On cracks in our friendship, building community and finding joy in dark times
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Dec 30, 2025 |
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Antony Loewenstein unpacks the Bondi terror attack
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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How the Bondi terror attack was reported
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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Press piles on Abbie Chatfield, SBS’s Eurovision dud decision + why we can’t name a rapist
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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TikTok’s racism row, Trump’s new press hit list + Gaza media petition anniversary
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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Nuzzi Lizza sex-scandal explained, Tele’s ‘Undercover Jew’ sting escalates + Mariah caught in X’s location mess
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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EXCLUSIVE: fake mosque story exposed, ChatGPT leak in print + WTF is really happening with shadowbans
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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BBC’s ‘bias’ blow-up, John Laws’ lasting legacy, unhinged Mamdani takes + Italian journalist fired over Gaza question
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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Mamdani AI attack ads, Coalition’s net zero backflip, Sudan finally gets airtime
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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BONUS: Omar El Akkad x Lattouf on ways to resist without a ‘How To Oppose A Genocide’ blueprint
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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Ita’s reputation rehab tour, Melbourne’s machete “epidemic” + Labor v AI
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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BONUS: Chris Hedges x Lattouf: Late Night Live, Press Club fiasco + Western media’s Gaza betrayal
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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What ‘Ceasefire’? + Rudd’s manufactured media moment, commentary v journalism, US journos on the move
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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THE SCOOP: PM’s phone number published in AI leak + the worst Gaza 'peace' takes
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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Inside Press Club mess, Trump deports journalist + Israel’s influencer army
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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Why are you agreeing with Candace Owens? Media inflates cop costs + AI slop for podcasts
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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Kimmel gets Lattoufed, SBS’s tunnelvision on Eurovision + getting real about independent media
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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EXCLUSIVE: A lifeline for Meanjin, Kirk’s killing media mayhem + buried Islamophobia report
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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Meet the BBC journalist who quit over Gaza coverage
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Neo-Nazi march minimised, Lebs on Bob Katter + news influencers echo old media habits
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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ABC’s social media gag order, Sky News’ war criminal chit-chat + Gina Rinehart’s net zero ideology spruiked
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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Bendigo's big backfire, Woodside fishy ties with Seven West + surviving news fatigue
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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Media parrots Israel after killing of journalists, how tabloids selectively lobby governments + satire with bite
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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Historic bridge march leaves media scrambling, Logies cloning + a Stellar screw up
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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Media wakes up to starved kids in Gaza…or does it? + Nelk Boys Netanyahu bromance
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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Have we really stopped being journalists? A terrible TV “debate” + Gaza social media v MSM coverage.
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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An envoy influencing media, coverage of PM in China + a dig from The Australian
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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The Age’s framing of Melbourne synagogue attack + What is an ‘activist journalist’?
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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Lattouf speaks out on ABC win, the fight and the fallout.
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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Trailer
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Jun 30, 2025 |