We Used to be Journos

Ette Media 99 - ONLY FRAN: What this week taught us about immigration

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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Thanks to @jaidanielpyne for composing the music for our podcast.

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We Used to be Journos

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ONLY FRAN: What this week taught us about immigration

Ed Sheeran does take sides, the AI headline apocalypse + we spy on Samsung and LG

ONLY FRAN: The 9/11 criticism of Zohran Mamdani has little to do with him

Meta glasses stealth advertising, UN climate reporting falls short + Murdoch’s smart TV deal

ONLY FRAN: The leopards ate Milo Yiannopoulos’ face and they’ll eat yours too

Lindsay Clancy v the "true crime press”, Israeli settlers attack US journalists + Aussie media's weird private school fixation

ONLY FRAN: Comedian Bassem Youssef out, IDF marathon runners in

Flanagan blasts Israel lobby, a terrible take on sexual assault + Jason Arday media apologises or doubles down

ONLY FRAN: The ASIO laws that just passed the Senate

UK media hounds Black professor, Politico’s confusing neutrality stance + millennial TV shows love Israel

No Only Fran this week because Jan Fran is sick

Left-wing terrorism, Luke Bateman's gambling testimony fallout + anatomy of a hit piece

ONLY FRAN: Abdul v AIPAC: Why this US Senate primary wasn’t about Michigan

Rinehart sues ABC over comedy skit, Morocco ‘migrant crisis’ debunked + boycott Daily Telegraph campaign

ONLY FRAN: Who can blame Hannah Ferguson for wanting to take on Labor but…

Court finds Hanson racist (again), West Bank settler violence + Substack takes on AI slop

ONLY FRAN: Trump’s war on the left ramps up

PSA: Only Fran in your feeds tomorrow

Gina Rinehart sent us an email, 7’s Hanson ‘exclusive’; Argentina loses more than World Cup

ONLY FRAN: The enshittification of AI is coming

Media in focus: Antisemitism Royal Commission testimonies unpacked

ONLY FRAN: Nigel Farage resigns and that should stress you out

BONUS: Miss Kaninna walking away from triple j, touring with Kneecap and her meteoric rise

Rape Gang Inquiry Report, Albanese’s podcast gaff, Taylor Swift's wedding non-coverage

ONLY FRAN: The online bots backing One Nation

Thai teen's shocking murder, shocking Aussie coverage; Iran’s World Cup press pressure + Ette Media turns one

ONLY FRAN: Karl Stefanovic's right-wing grift is worse than you think it is

Health regulator’s controversial IHRA definition, Starmer’s resignation exploited + Rinehart’s wild Israel proposal

ONLY FRAN: Pauline’s Press Club address was a test for journalists. They failed.

Socceroos coverage misses mark, US-Iran ceasefire spin + online hate: are we the problem?

ONLY FRAN: Think NDIS is wasting taxpayer dollars? Meet AUKUS

BONUS: Jayson Gillham on his Federal Court trial against Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Pickering vs ABC code of conduct, Pauline’s free PR, influencer spills on MAGA media strategy

ONLY FRAN: Living beautifully in a collapsing world x Sarah Wilson

Pauline’s poll for PM, mysterious media silence over young woman’s death + radio boss gropes woman

ONLY FRAN: Forget a new Teal party, where are the Greens?

Flotilla activist abuse coverage, BTS at Sydney Writers Festival + is James the 'good Murdoch'?

ONLY FRAN: Pauline Hanson’s gas grift (plus her other grifts too)

Ash Sarkar on how to scale independent media and have real impact

Responding to the comments section

ONLY FRAN: Influencers v journalists: same same but different this budget lock up

Women Who Win and how the media shapes their legacy

ONLY FRAN: Why I trust Tucker Carlson even less after his Trump apology

Trump shooting conspiracies, Tele lashes anti-war Gen Z, media quiet as Aboriginal women cop it

ONLY FRAN: "Gaza war drove Bondi shooter to terror"

Seven’s renewables hit job, Iran’s AI Lego war spin + Roberts-Smith 'breaks silence'

ONLY FRAN: WTF is Angus Taylor's immigration policy really about?

BONUS: The Murdoch media’s campaign against Dr Randa Abdel- Fattah

Albanese can’t say ‘Lebanese’, Hasan Piker drama + whistleblower David McBride’s missing media moment

ONLY FRAN: Penny Wong is 'deeply concerned'