Thai teen's shocking murder, shocking Aussie coverage; Iran’s World Cup press pressure + Ette Media turns one
6/30/20261 hr
In this episode we eat cake and celebrate our first birthday! That’s right Ette Media turns one and to mark the occasion Jan and Antoinette do a Rose-Thorn-Bud analysis of the past year - what’s been good, what’s been bad, what’s showing promise.
Plus, a 45-year-old Australian man has been charged with murdering 17-year-old Thai teenager and stuffing her body in a suitcase. We take a look at the woeful Australian media coverage of that heinous crime.
Also, Iran’s football team get peppered with political questions by reporters at the FIFA World Cup. We discuss whether that’s fair and why other countries, such as the US, didn’t get the same treatment.
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First 90 secondsJan Fran· Host0:00
Hello, and welcome to this very special episode of We Used To Be Journos. This is a podcast where two media insiders break down broken news. I am Jan Fran, my co-host is Antoinette Lattouf, and we are one years old.
Antoinette Lattouf· Host0:14
We are.
Jan Fran· Host0:15
We are.
Antoinette Lattouf· Host0:15
At Media has- Yes ... turned one. Happy birthday to us. As m- Happy birthday ... as my dad would say.
Jan Fran· Host0:20
Oh, God love him. Yes. Can you believe it has been a year? What a milestone.
Antoinette Lattouf· Host0:26
We have done so many things over the past year.
Jan Fran· Host0:29
It's a packed year.
Antoinette Lattouf· Host0:30
It has been insane, and we are here to celebrate, here to reflect. I'm not very good at stopping to celebrate.
Jan Fran· Host0:36
No, that's right.
Antoinette Lattouf· Host0:37
And so this is a real, this is a real test for me.
Jan Fran· Host0:39
Yeah, but we have a very good friend who always says to us, "Just, uh, get ready to receive your flowers. Just let them give you flowers."
Antoinette Lattouf· Host0:46
Yeah.
Jan Fran· Host0:46
And, and incidentally, we do have beautiful flowers here.
Antoinette Lattouf· Host0:48
We do. We literally have flowers.
Jan Fran· Host0:49
[laughs] Which was given to us by our wonderful shooter editor, Lachlan, who sometimes you hear off mic. Thank you so much, Lachlan.
Antoinette Lattouf· Host0:55
Yes.
Jan Fran· Host0:56
Um- He's in the room with us, um, because he's paid to be here, but I'm sure that he actually wants- [laughs] ...
Antoinette Lattouf· Host1:01
to be here as well.
Jan Fran· Host1:02
So we have laughed so much this past year.
Antoinette Lattouf· Host1:05
We have sworn so much. We have cried so much. We have learnt so much.
Jan Fran· Host1:09
Yes.
Antoinette Lattouf· Host1:09
We have broken stories. We've been broken by some stories. We've been on tour. We've sold out of our etere- eterati merch, released new colors and, and a whole new batch. We've grown a very loyal, kind, curious eterati who wants- The best ... wants to be engaged with the world and with politics, but doesn't quite trust the narratives that they've