Nicole Chvastek
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Nicole Chvastek
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📻Broadcast journalist, formerly ABC Radio TV & 7 News

📰 Now writing at thepolitics.com.au & podcast co-host of Truth Lies & Media podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/truth-lies-and-media/id1800099248

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Why did Channel Nine promo a story about James Packer unleashing on Dan Andrews with an edited package that made NO REFERENCE to the former Victorian Premier.

Can’t break the Dan bashing habit Channel 9?

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November 24, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Turmoil at Channel Nine as on air staff leave and the broadcaster axes jobs in a merger with Stan

And we reflect on the mighty journo who never gave up pursuing the shady deals of Labor Senator and Sky News presenter Graham Richardson.

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November 20, 2025 at 8:50 PM
A dramatic exodus of talent from Ch 9 as a merger with Stan triggers job cuts ..
And the Labor Senator who sometimes got paid in prostitutes was"the one who got away" according to a celebrated investigative journalist.

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November 20, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Another blow to free to air TV as Ch 9 merges with Stan axing 50 jobs.
And Albo offers a state funeral for the shady Labor Senator who traded influence for prostitutes

SkyNews presenter Richo was the one that got away writes Kate McClymont

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November 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM

Channel Nine axes dozens of jobs in a bombshell restructure..

And the SMH investigative journo who tried to expose the shady world of the notorious Labor Senator they called "The Minister for Kneecaps"

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November 19, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Trumps malevolent rampant disinformation destroys democracy & enables the rise of neo Nazism-but we’re supposed to fixate on one low level BBC editing error?
It’s the latest Trump extortion attempt..

And behind the scenes of The Dismissal.

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November 13, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Trump, Fox News and Sky News pump out hard right, toxic and dangerous disinformation daily.
Why is the BBC self flagellating over a minor editing error?

Plus the media and The Dismissal ..

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November 13, 2025 at 9:29 AM
And so the “BBC bias whistleblower” is linked to Trumps political donors. There’s a shock.

While Fox News pumps out disinformation daily .. why are we beating up the BBC?

And remembering The Dismissal

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November 12, 2025 at 11:25 PM
The sacking that stopped a nation -it was The Age and Melb Herald that lit the fuse revealing Whitlam Ministers were secretly chasing billions from a dodgy loans broker by the name of Khemlani

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November 12, 2025 at 8:01 AM
The media report The Melb Cup is a fun party of wealth, high fashion and escapism … but the front pages don’t tell you the racehorses have their tongues restrained they are whipped and bleed.

Let’s talk.

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November 9, 2025 at 9:32 AM
The Melbourne Cup winner Half Yours wasn’t the only horse who bled in the Cup.

Buckaroo bled from the lungs and was struggling the entire race. Still, he was forced to continue.

Why did the media bury THAT story?

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November 6, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The brave racehorse that won the Melb Cup was bleeding from the mouth. The last place getter was investigated for bleeding into the lung & forced to keep running.

But the big headlines are about money, fashion and fairytales. Why?

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November 6, 2025 at 8:03 AM
A top vet claims she was bullied and pressured to be “more flexible” after declaring injury risk horses unfit to race in previous Melbourne Cups.

But the big headlines are all fairytales and fascinators.

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November 5, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Should a journo report claims known to be false?

How to piss off the Nat Press Club & an ABC journalist-just suggest the western media amplifies Israels lies.

We explore the rage that hit when a proPalestinian PulitzerPrize winner told the truth

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October 31, 2025 at 8:42 AM
How to piss off the National Press Club and an esteemed journalist-just suggest the western media amplify Israel’s lies.

We explore the white hot rage that hit when a pro Palestinian PulitzerPrize winner told the truth.

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October 30, 2025 at 11:50 PM
News Corp,the LNP propaganda machine, hounds Albanese over a White House meeting - then bullshits readers that Kevin Rudd was “lashed” by Trump.

Let’s talk.

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October 26, 2025 at 11:56 AM