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Scott Mitchell
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|| Former: Exec Producer of the 7am podcast, one of the Hungry Beasts, producer of You Can’t Ask That and digital lead within ABC News.
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What’s Really Behind the Coalition Implosion? One Nation’s Meteoric Rise
One Nation's rising vote has piled pressure on the Coalition for almost a year. The Liberal Party’s support for laws that criminalise criticism of Israel was the final straw.
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January 22, 2026 at 11:58 PM
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I wrote earlier about the catastrophic effects of pro-Israel pressure campaigns on our cultural institutions, but it seems no lessons have been learned

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On the other hand, the organised pro-Israel groups backgrounding journalists or haranguing ministers or board members have faced no consequences, despite the chaos they’ve caused. They haven’t been named or called to account in any way. It’s a perverse effect of the pressure-campaign tactics: only the victims of these attacks (the pro-Palestinian artists, writers, presenters) are put on public trial. More significantly, the damage to the institutions – the damage they have done to themselves in wronging these individuals – is not being discussed. There is a common fallacy that these institutions are protecting themselves when they hang individuals out to dry. Pressure campaigns rely on this notion when in fact the opposite is true: board members and chief executives made knee-jerk decisions under the pressure of a news deadline, thinking they’d dampen the threat, only to find the repercussions were much greater. Catastrophic, in fact.
January 9, 2026 at 4:14 AM
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51 authors have now withdrawn from the apartheid Adelaide Writers Week. I wrote about it here and the long sordid road of racist interference from Zionists in the Australian arts. sakr.substack.com/p/the-road-t...
Authors Who Have Withdrawn From the Apartheid Adelaide Writers Festival Percival Everett, Masha Gessen, Zadie Smith, Michelle de Kretser, Yanis Varoufakis, Helen Garner, Hannah Kent, Melissa Lucashenko, Evelyn Araluen, Maxine Beneba Clarke, Margot McGovern, Robbie Arnott, Amy McGuire, Walter Marsh, Bernadette Brennan, Angie Faye Martin, Jane Caro, Jennifer Mills, Paul Daley, Nikos Papastergiadis, Amy Remeikis, Hannah Ferguson, Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts, Peter Greste, Mike Ladd, Tasma Walton, Bri Lee, Chelsea Watego, Emily Lighezzolo, Clare Wright, Kenneth Roth, Karen Wyld, Michaela Sahar, Emma Shortis, Peter FitzSimons, Chloe Hooper, Sarah Krasnostein, Kate Mildenhall, Drusilla Modieska, Dominic Guerrera, Marieke Hardy, Jonathan Green, Vincenzo Latronico, Francesca Wade, Molly Murn, Sudie Anderson, Eoin McNamee, Danny Nour, Emilie Zoey Baker, Grace Yee, and Roisin O'Donnell.
January 9, 2026 at 3:20 AM
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Adelaide writers festival, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne Symphony — in every case of censorship, boards have shown themselves.

They will destroy the reputation of the institutions they lead, to be on good terms with people in their cocktail set.
January 9, 2026 at 4:02 AM
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She made the call to withdrawal. Absolutely huge. The headline of the festival.

This decision has destroyed the reputation of the Adelaide Writers Week, and sadly I doubt it will recover.
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Zadie Smith is going to have to make a call
Screenshot of Adelaide Writers festival: "A conversation with Zadie Smith"
January 9, 2026 at 2:43 AM
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New analysis from me on the Royal Commission, the campaign behind it, and what it is set up to achieve: www.lamestream.com.au/this-royal-c...
This Royal Commission Won’t Give Us Answers To Bondi. It’s Set Up To Protect Israel
The terms of reference for the Royal Commission should put aside any doubt: this is an inquiry designed to castigate critics of Israel.
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January 9, 2026 at 1:27 AM
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Royal commission if Usman doesn’t get a bat.
January 8, 2026 at 1:01 AM
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Sky News when they realise they don’t need the doves anymore
December 30, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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I unironically love these looks into a totally alien mind
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Mark Calvert being so butt hurt he writes an essay about how Sky News’ chequebook is the real victim in all of this is the funniest and most embarrassing piece of Australian journalism in a long time.
December 30, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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Mark Calvert being so butt hurt he writes an essay about how Sky News’ chequebook is the real victim in all of this is the funniest and most embarrassing piece of Australian journalism in a long time.
December 30, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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"We learned about the lengths that powerful lobbyists will go to try and chase artists out of public life, compiling dossier after dossier on them, to try and smear their reputations with false claims"

From @scottmitchell.bsky.social & @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social
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What We Learned in 2025
To close-out 2025, we share some great reads and fantastic stuff to watch. Whether these are great investigations or just a fun show to watch over summer, we believe each of them helps us to understan...
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December 30, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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What We Learned in 2025
To close-out 2025, we share some great reads and fantastic stuff to watch. Whether these are great investigations or just a fun show to watch over summer, we believe each of them helps us to understand the current moment we’re in.
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December 30, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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I’m not mean! I give great compliments!

We’re just talking about media companies here.

(And I’m a Poirot-head)
crikey.com.au Crikey @crikey.com.au · Dec 23
All credit must go to @scottmitchell.bsky.social for this vivid response (but he gave a genuine answer too)!
December 23, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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Oh god, did I go too hard? I don’t know how you’re supposed to do this! 🫣
crikey.com.au Crikey @crikey.com.au · Dec 22
“Because it’s not in Sydney, no-one gives a shit”: Phil Coorey on the biggest story most of the Australian media missed this year.
Australian media’s movers and shakers on what big yarns were missed, and what was way overdone
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December 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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"Gun companies have innovated a lot in the last 30 years, and an increasing number of firearms sold in the Australian market are designed to get around the spirit, if not the letter, of the laws we’ve relied on to keep us safe."

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How Politics Took Over Our Response To Bondi. Plus, How Weapons Companies Beat Australia's Gun Laws
Four days of relentless pressure from an alliance made up of Benjamin Netanyahu, right-wing politicians, and the most senior journalists and editors in the mainstream media, pushed the Prime Minister ...
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December 19, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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And @scottmitchell.bsky.social on the loopholes in Australia's gun laws
December 18, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Go listen to @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social on the @index.lamestream.com.au.ap.brid.gy pod - it's pretty shocking what's playing out in Aus media
December 18, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Sharri Markson from Sky News Australia directly blamed Senator Mehreen Faruqi for the mass murder at Bondi - at a memorial Faruqi was visiting to pay respects to **one of her family friends who was killed**

The same news station that hosted a neo-nazi for an interview

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'Shame on you': The moment Senator Mehreen Faruqi is met by furious public, as Sky journalist hits her with blunt questions Sharri Markson has hit Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi with a series of tough questions over whether the Greens fanned the flames of social division, as members of the public accosted the Senator in Bondi. A member of the public has accused Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi of having "blood" on her hands, as Sky News' Sharri Markson cornered her with a series of blunt questions regarding the Greens' conduct on antisemitism. Ms Faruqi attended the scene of Australia’s worst mass shooting since Port Arthur on Monday with NSW Green Abigail Boyd, after David Shoebridge laid flowers at Bondi earlier in the morning. Father and son Sajid, 50, and Naveed Akram, 24, allegedly shot at a crowd of Jewish Chanukah celebrants on Sunday evening for about five minutes, killing 15 innocent people and injuring dozens more as at Monday afternoon. Police and intelligence have deemed the attack an act of terrorism, and the NSW government stated the mass shooting was "designed to target Sydney's Jewish community on the first day of Hanukkah". 00:00 / 01:38 Sharri Markson confronts Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi over her rhetoric amid Bondi tragedy Sky News host Sharri Markson has confronted Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi over her rhetoric over... more Sky News’ Sharri Markson approached Senator Faruqi on Monday, asking whether she believed support for pro-Palestine protests had contributed to the political climate from which the attack may have arisen. Markson questioned whether Ms Faruqi felt she fuelled the “antisemitism crisis by [her] aggressive rhetoric over the past two years”. Senator Faruqi answered she was in Bondi “to mourn”. Mehreen Faruqi, a federal Greens senator for NSW, said she was in Bondi on Monday to mourn, as she was questioned about her previous views on pro-Palestine protesting. Picture: Sky News Australia. Mehreen Faruqi, a federal Greens senator for NSW, said she was in Bondi on Monday to mourn, as she was questioned about her previous views on pro-Palestine protesting. Picture: Sky News Australia. However, a passersby could be heard interrupting the Greens Senator, saying “shame on you”. “Bloods on your hands, shame on you,” a man said. Markson
December 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Thoughtful, critical analysis of the Australian media’s response so far to the #Bondi attack on Lamestream - notes much of the framing is coming from national / Federal politics journalists, distinct from the local, investigative reporters

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December 18, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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Amazing job with today’s episode @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social and @scottmitchell.bsky.social
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December 18, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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Fantastic episode of Lamestream by @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social and @scottmitchell.bsky.social this morning. Great, careful, analysis of how Australia's media has gone off the deep end over the last few days
December 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Shoutout to Lamestream, We Used to be Journos, @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social, @theklaxon.bsky.social, Declassified Australia, @roycerk2.bsky.social, @thepointau.bsky.social, @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social, @ketanjoshi.co, @crikey.com.au, @rachelwithers.bsky.social + more for their work in this space.
A rare win
On investigative journalism and its consolations
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December 13, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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Nick's shoutout even more relevant after appalling coverage of Bondi by mainstream media.

Uncritical parroting of Netanyahu and Hanson,
blaming protestors,
and ramping up anti-migrant racism.

Great ep from @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social & @scottmitchell.bsky.social .
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December 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Lamestream exclusive on a shakeup to the ABC's 2026 slate!

Latika is back! Let's roam, baby!

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Latika Bourke In, Waleed Aly Out As ABC Expands Global News Show
The ABC has hired Latika Bourke to co-host its foreign affairs radio show and podcast, Global Roaming, after Waleed Aly was earmarked for the job.
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December 10, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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Cracking yarn alert. 🚨

The real origin of the teen social media ban: radio comedians and ad execs coming up with it in a single conversation.

An idea fuelled, not by experts, but kitkat and Hyundai — taken up by government wholesale.

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‘Everyone got paid’: How Wippa’s pro-teen social media ban group cashed in on its success
36 Months accused ban critics of being paid off by big tech. Meanwhile, it was lining up sponsorship deals, eyeing global expansion and coming up with its own AI tool to sell.
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December 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM