Ettention Please: the stories you might have missed this week
A controversial weapons fair, a foiled data centre plan and police overreach are just some of the stories you might have missed this week.
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War of words: How ABC 7.30’s interview approach differs widely by conflict
An exclusive data analysis of interviews conducted on ABC’s 7.30 — and what they tell us about the broadcaster's bias.
The so-called ‘bot swarms’ descending on Victoria’s state election candidates
The upcoming Victorian state election has prompted a rise in bot swarms - an unusually high volume of suspicious, vitriolic and politically-charged activity beneath candidates' social media posts. Experts and candidates fear it's impacting democracy.
‘Pay-for-play’: The hidden deals putting News24/Sky News first on your smart TV
Experts believe opaque commercial deals between the Korean tech giants and Murdoch's media empire could be pushing News24 content into households that would never choose to watch the channel.
A timeline of media reports Netanyahu knew about October 7 before it happened
Journalists from various outlets have claimed for years that Netanyahu knew Hamas was going to attack.
When everything is breaking, nothing is important
For years, the media responded to social media by becoming faster, more urgent and more constant, but AI now makes speed almost meaningless.
The Internette: exposing the deeper issues in online drama
Internette with Soaliha breaks down the internet discourse around Ariana Grande's weight loss, Anne Hathaway's pregnancy and AI accusations on BookTok.
“Borders are opening…prices are soaring”: rising rapper found to be AI propaganda tool
A rapper singing white nationalist and anti-immigration lyrics has been exposed as entirely AI, with one of its creators receiving funding from far-right group Advance UK.
15 reports of alleged cases of violence, rape and murder against girls and women in just 15 days
A timeline of recent headlines involving allegations of violence against women and girls.
Experts call proposed counter-terrorism law proposals "draconian." So why is barely anyone talking about them?
Warnings against controversial new terror law amendments proposed during the “highly politicised” environment post-Bondi terror attack are barely being examined by the press.
Far-right influencer and DV offender uses fake Grace Tame website to lobby government against her
A far-right influencer is using a website domain that bears Grace Tame's name and redirects users to a petition seeking to strip her of her title.
Why is no one reporting on Sheila Chebii?
Kenyan international student Sheila Chebii died while working at the Meriton Suites in Sydney's CBD. Despite rallies and international concern, Australian media hasn't touched the story.
Ettention Please: Stories that didn’t get enough coverage this week
A concerning video of WA Police, the arrest of an American journalist in Kuwait, and repaid wage theft by Sydney University.
ETTE-SCLUSIVE: Data exposes The Australian’s campaign against Dr Randa Abdel- Fattah
A sweeping data investigation reveals what appears to be a sustained, coordinated media offensive by News Corp's The Australian targeting Palestinian-Egyptian academic and author Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah.
Ettention Please: stories that didn’t get enough coverage this week
From federal government 'genocide grants' to an acclaimed actress considering legal action against WA police to a cheeky stunt that highlights a dark reality for supermarket goers.
ETTE-CLUSIVE: 'I didn’t' - Albanese denies calling Grace Tame ‘difficult’
By Antoinette Lattouf In the hours after the Prime Minister declared Grace Tame was ‘difficult’ during an on-stage word association game with a Herald Sun journalist, Anthony Albanese unconvincingly tries to qualify his controversial comment. In a message exchange seen by Ette Media, a member of the public sent