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Amanda Meade

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The ‘speedo’ beats the Worm as commercial TV catches federal election fever

The ‘speedo’ beats the Worm as commercial TV catches federal election fever
31.01.2025 10

The Guardian

Amanda Meade

Sky News Australia parrots Trump-inspired gender question after word from ‘the big boss’

Sky News Australia parrots Trump-inspired gender question after word from ‘the big boss’
24.01.2025 10

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Amanda Meade

Judge gives the media a serve over criticism of rape prosecutions

A district court judge has been scathing about some of the recent coverage of legal matters, particularly in relation to cases involving rape...

13.12.2024 10

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Amanda Meade

ABC inboxes flooded with fan abuse after Kim Williams’ criticism of Joe Rogan

Kim Williams did not expect to be hurled into a global stoush with the US podcaster Joe Rogan when he took the stage at the National Press Club to...

29.11.2024 10

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Amanda Meade

Andrew Bolt gloats as News Corp columnists delight in Donald Trump’s victory

Andrew Bolt admits to gloating but says he is “gloating for a good cause”. “We have to shame the lies and the hysterics who came far too close to...

08.11.2024 3

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Amanda Meade

News Corp’s The Australian pitches itself firmly in Trump tent at Madison Square Garden rally

The Australian’s Washington correspondent, Adam Creighton, was at least upfront about where his publication stands when he filed his report for...

01.11.2024 10

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Amanda Meade

Hold the front page: Sydney Morning Herald forgoes Lidia Thorpe protest in favour of sneezing alpaca

Lidia Thorpe’s outburst dominated the headlines this week and while most of the British press saw the dramatic moment an Indigenous senator heckled...

25.10.2024 2

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Amanda Meade

Horsing around: King Charles’ visit gets hearts racing at News Corp but SMH falls short of royal treatment

With King Charles and Queen Camilla arriving on Friday for the couple’s first visit to Australia since he became its reigning monarch, sections of...

18.10.2024 4

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Amanda Meade

News Corp warns millions of renters ‘crucified’ as Murdoch papers fan negative gearing hysteria

If you believe the Murdoch tabloids, any change to housing policy would result in millions of Australians being “crucified”. If that wasn’t scary...

27.09.2024 20

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Amanda Meade

Seven’s Andrew O’Keefe coverage turns ugly as goading cameraman crosses a line

The media has been capturing former TV star Andrew O’Keefe’s fall from grace in agonising detail, including his recent community corrections order...

20.09.2024 10

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Amanda Meade

Times are tough in the media – just not for Australia’s TV network executives

With commercial TV networks Nine and Seven embroiled in scandals, industrial unrest, profit drops and mass redundancies recently, you’d almost feel...

30.08.2024 2

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Amanda Meade

Where’s the beef? Gina Rinehart puts past journalism quarrel aside with pies at the Kennedys

We all know Gina Rinehart loves the Australian Olympic team, and has poured somewhere between $40m and $60m into swimming. But does Australia’s...

23.08.2024 3

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Amanda Meade

‘Game of Thrones’: AFR editor blindsided as Nine inundated with voluntary redundancy applications

Weekly Beast understands the publishing division of Nine, which is set to lose up to 90 staff, has been oversubscribed with voluntary redundancy...

16.08.2024 3

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Amanda Meade

Linda Reynolds praises ‘fair and balanced’ Albrechtsen – but reveals she is no fan of Samantha Maiden

The inner workings of journalism are again on display in a courtroom, this time in Western Australia where Linda Reynolds is suing Brittany Higgins...

09.08.2024 9

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Amanda Meade

Peta Credlin nominated for Kennedy award despite Uluru statement report failing factcheck

Peta Credlin has been nominated for a Kennedy award for outstanding current affairs reporting. It is a controversial pick by the judges as her Sky...

02.08.2024 20

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Amanda Meade

Nine journalists do their block over Scott Cam’s Paris Olympics appearance amid strike

The presence of the Nine TV personality Scott Cam in Paris to promote The Block was the final provocation for print journalists contemplating...

26.07.2024 10

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Amanda Meade

Nine CEO urges staff to ‘get into the Olympic spirit’ – but doesn’t mention he will keep the flame burning in Paris

When the Nine Entertainment CEO, Mike Sneesby, called on his troops to embrace the Olympic spirit ahead of the Paris Olympic Games he failed to...

19.07.2024 3

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Amanda Meade