Scott Mitchell
@scottmitchell.bsky.social
www.lamestream.com.au
|| Former: Exec Producer of the 7am podcast, one of the Hungry Beasts, producer of You Can’t Ask That and digital lead within ABC News.
|| Former: Exec Producer of the 7am podcast, one of the Hungry Beasts, producer of You Can’t Ask That and digital lead within ABC News.
I’m not mean! I give great compliments!
We’re just talking about media companies here.
(And I’m a Poirot-head)
We’re just talking about media companies here.
(And I’m a Poirot-head)
All credit must go to @scottmitchell.bsky.social for this vivid response (but he gave a genuine answer too)!
December 23, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I’m not mean! I give great compliments!
We’re just talking about media companies here.
(And I’m a Poirot-head)
We’re just talking about media companies here.
(And I’m a Poirot-head)
Oh god, did I go too hard? I don’t know how you’re supposed to do this! 🫣
“Because it’s not in Sydney, no-one gives a shit”: Phil Coorey on the biggest story most of the Australian media missed this year.
Australian media’s movers and shakers on what big yarns were missed, and what was way overdone
www.crikey.com.au
December 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Oh god, did I go too hard? I don’t know how you’re supposed to do this! 🫣
"Gun companies have innovated a lot in the last 30 years, and an increasing number of firearms sold in the Australian market are designed to get around the spirit, if not the letter, of the laws we’ve relied on to keep us safe."
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How Politics Took Over Our Response To Bondi. Plus, How Weapons Companies Beat Australia's Gun Laws
Four days of relentless pressure from an alliance made up of Benjamin Netanyahu, right-wing politicians, and the most senior journalists and editors in the mainstream media, pushed the Prime Minister ...
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December 19, 2025 at 1:54 AM
"Gun companies have innovated a lot in the last 30 years, and an increasing number of firearms sold in the Australian market are designed to get around the spirit, if not the letter, of the laws we’ve relied on to keep us safe."
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And @scottmitchell.bsky.social on the loopholes in Australia's gun laws
December 18, 2025 at 10:58 PM
And @scottmitchell.bsky.social on the loopholes in Australia's gun laws
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Go listen to @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social on the @index.lamestream.com.au.ap.brid.gy pod - it's pretty shocking what's playing out in Aus media
December 18, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Go listen to @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social on the @index.lamestream.com.au.ap.brid.gy pod - it's pretty shocking what's playing out in Aus media
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Sharri Markson from Sky News Australia directly blamed Senator Mehreen Faruqi for the mass murder at Bondi - at a memorial Faruqi was visiting to pay respects to **one of her family friends who was killed**
The same news station that hosted a neo-nazi for an interview
youtu.be/GlY7UYavX2Q?...
The same news station that hosted a neo-nazi for an interview
youtu.be/GlY7UYavX2Q?...
![A member of the public has accused Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi of having "blood" on her hands, as Sky News' Sharri Markson cornered her with a series of blunt questions regarding the Greens' conduct on antisemitism.
Ms Faruqi attended the scene of Australia’s worst mass shooting since Port Arthur on Monday with NSW Green Abigail Boyd, after David Shoebridge laid flowers at Bondi earlier in the morning.
Father and son Sajid, 50, and Naveed Akram, 24, allegedly shot at a crowd of Jewish Chanukah celebrants on Sunday evening for about five minutes, killing 15 innocent people and injuring dozens more as at Monday afternoon.
Police and intelligence have deemed the attack an act of terrorism, and the NSW government stated the mass shooting was "designed to target Sydney's Jewish community on the first day of Hanukkah".
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Sharri Markson confronts Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi over her rhetoric amid Bondi tragedy
Sky News host Sharri Markson has confronted Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi over her rhetoric over...
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Sky News’ Sharri Markson approached Senator Faruqi on Monday, asking whether she believed support for pro-Palestine protests had contributed to the political climate from which the attack may have arisen.
Markson questioned whether Ms Faruqi felt she fuelled the “antisemitism crisis by [her] aggressive rhetoric over the past two years”.
Senator Faruqi answered she was in Bondi “to mourn”.
Mehreen Faruqi, a federal Greens senator for NSW, said she was in Bondi on Monday to mourn, as she was questioned about her previous views on pro-Palestine protesting. Picture: Sky News Australia.
Mehreen Faruqi, a federal Greens senator for NSW, said she was in Bondi on Monday to mourn, as she was questioned about her previous views on pro-Palestine protesting. Picture: Sky News Australia.
However, a passersby could be heard interrupting the Greens Senator, saying “shame on you”.
“Bloods on your hands, shame on you,” a man said.
Markson](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:66lbtw2porscqpmair6mir37/bafkreiet5xucv3rdne6s4nowerve4qbjgluw6ox3rz7avs2c3vnmlry6km@jpeg)
December 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Sharri Markson from Sky News Australia directly blamed Senator Mehreen Faruqi for the mass murder at Bondi - at a memorial Faruqi was visiting to pay respects to **one of her family friends who was killed**
The same news station that hosted a neo-nazi for an interview
youtu.be/GlY7UYavX2Q?...
The same news station that hosted a neo-nazi for an interview
youtu.be/GlY7UYavX2Q?...
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Thoughtful, critical analysis of the Australian media’s response so far to the #Bondi attack on Lamestream - notes much of the framing is coming from national / Federal politics journalists, distinct from the local, investigative reporters
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December 18, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Thoughtful, critical analysis of the Australian media’s response so far to the #Bondi attack on Lamestream - notes much of the framing is coming from national / Federal politics journalists, distinct from the local, investigative reporters
open.spotify.com/episode/0syj...
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Amazing job with today’s episode @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social and @scottmitchell.bsky.social
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December 18, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Amazing job with today’s episode @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social and @scottmitchell.bsky.social
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Fantastic episode of Lamestream by @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social and @scottmitchell.bsky.social this morning. Great, careful, analysis of how Australia's media has gone off the deep end over the last few days
December 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Fantastic episode of Lamestream by @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social and @scottmitchell.bsky.social this morning. Great, careful, analysis of how Australia's media has gone off the deep end over the last few days
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Shoutout to Lamestream, We Used to be Journos, @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social, @theklaxon.bsky.social, Declassified Australia, @roycerk2.bsky.social, @thepointau.bsky.social, @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social, @ketanjoshi.co, @crikey.com.au, @rachelwithers.bsky.social + more for their work in this space.
A rare win
On investigative journalism and its consolations
nickfeik.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Shoutout to Lamestream, We Used to be Journos, @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social, @theklaxon.bsky.social, Declassified Australia, @roycerk2.bsky.social, @thepointau.bsky.social, @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social, @ketanjoshi.co, @crikey.com.au, @rachelwithers.bsky.social + more for their work in this space.
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Nick's shoutout even more relevant after appalling coverage of Bondi by mainstream media.
Uncritical parroting of Netanyahu and Hanson,
blaming protestors,
and ramping up anti-migrant racism.
Great ep from @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social & @scottmitchell.bsky.social .
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Uncritical parroting of Netanyahu and Hanson,
blaming protestors,
and ramping up anti-migrant racism.
Great ep from @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social & @scottmitchell.bsky.social .
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/h...
December 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Nick's shoutout even more relevant after appalling coverage of Bondi by mainstream media.
Uncritical parroting of Netanyahu and Hanson,
blaming protestors,
and ramping up anti-migrant racism.
Great ep from @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social & @scottmitchell.bsky.social .
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/h...
Uncritical parroting of Netanyahu and Hanson,
blaming protestors,
and ramping up anti-migrant racism.
Great ep from @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social & @scottmitchell.bsky.social .
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/h...
Lamestream exclusive on a shakeup to the ABC's 2026 slate!
Latika is back! Let's roam, baby!
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Latika is back! Let's roam, baby!
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Latika Bourke In, Waleed Aly Out As ABC Expands Global News Show
The ABC has hired Latika Bourke to co-host its foreign affairs radio show and podcast, Global Roaming, after Waleed Aly was earmarked for the job.
www.lamestream.com.au
December 10, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Lamestream exclusive on a shakeup to the ABC's 2026 slate!
Latika is back! Let's roam, baby!
www.lamestream.com.au/latika-bourk...
Latika is back! Let's roam, baby!
www.lamestream.com.au/latika-bourk...
Cracking yarn alert. 🚨
The real origin of the teen social media ban: radio comedians and ad execs coming up with it in a single conversation.
An idea fuelled, not by experts, but kitkat and Hyundai — taken up by government wholesale.
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/09/3...
The real origin of the teen social media ban: radio comedians and ad execs coming up with it in a single conversation.
An idea fuelled, not by experts, but kitkat and Hyundai — taken up by government wholesale.
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/09/3...
‘Everyone got paid’: How Wippa’s pro-teen social media ban group cashed in on its success
36 Months accused ban critics of being paid off by big tech. Meanwhile, it was lining up sponsorship deals, eyeing global expansion and coming up with its own AI tool to sell.
www.crikey.com.au
December 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Cracking yarn alert. 🚨
The real origin of the teen social media ban: radio comedians and ad execs coming up with it in a single conversation.
An idea fuelled, not by experts, but kitkat and Hyundai — taken up by government wholesale.
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/09/3...
The real origin of the teen social media ban: radio comedians and ad execs coming up with it in a single conversation.
An idea fuelled, not by experts, but kitkat and Hyundai — taken up by government wholesale.
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/09/3...
And so ends one of the great sagas of boomers tagging the wrong person in their gripes about news coverage.
@mattbevan.bsky.social thank you for your service, you’ll be missed by many!
@mattbevan.bsky.social thank you for your service, you’ll be missed by many!
November 25, 2025 at 4:55 AM
And so ends one of the great sagas of boomers tagging the wrong person in their gripes about news coverage.
@mattbevan.bsky.social thank you for your service, you’ll be missed by many!
@mattbevan.bsky.social thank you for your service, you’ll be missed by many!
Lot of signs we’ve gone through the looking glass.
Haydos going full Bob Katter is one of them.
Haydos going full Bob Katter is one of them.
November 21, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Lot of signs we’ve gone through the looking glass.
Haydos going full Bob Katter is one of them.
Haydos going full Bob Katter is one of them.
Setting aside how asinine this take is: a fact-check.
Pretty much every mainstream Mamdani take repeats the idea that this shows that 'very left' New York is going further left.
Just because New York is very Democratic, doesn't mean it's friendly turf for left-wing candidates?
Pretty much every mainstream Mamdani take repeats the idea that this shows that 'very left' New York is going further left.
Just because New York is very Democratic, doesn't mean it's friendly turf for left-wing candidates?
November 14, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Setting aside how asinine this take is: a fact-check.
Pretty much every mainstream Mamdani take repeats the idea that this shows that 'very left' New York is going further left.
Just because New York is very Democratic, doesn't mean it's friendly turf for left-wing candidates?
Pretty much every mainstream Mamdani take repeats the idea that this shows that 'very left' New York is going further left.
Just because New York is very Democratic, doesn't mean it's friendly turf for left-wing candidates?
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The latest edition of @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social and @scottmitchell.bsky.social's Lamestream is a cracker. As progressive parties around the world are handed more and more platforms, Australia's Greens could learn a great deal by listening in:
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November 6, 2025 at 4:08 AM
The latest edition of @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social and @scottmitchell.bsky.social's Lamestream is a cracker. As progressive parties around the world are handed more and more platforms, Australia's Greens could learn a great deal by listening in:
EXCLUSIVE: “There is no way to authenticate that this conversation is between the purported people without getting direct access to one of the devices in question."
- What one of the world's leading verification experts told me.
Nine stands by the story.
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- What one of the world's leading verification experts told me.
Nine stands by the story.
www.lamestream.com.au/exclusive-th...
Exclusive: These Messages Could Destroy A Prominent ABC Journalist. But Are They Real?
An explosive front-page story, three screenshots and the disputed image at the centre of it all.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:41 AM
EXCLUSIVE: “There is no way to authenticate that this conversation is between the purported people without getting direct access to one of the devices in question."
- What one of the world's leading verification experts told me.
Nine stands by the story.
www.lamestream.com.au/exclusive-th...
- What one of the world's leading verification experts told me.
Nine stands by the story.
www.lamestream.com.au/exclusive-th...
As I said, regarding another instance of this recently, it's a values issue when the Guardian fails to attribute/mention independent media who scooped it days ago.
You can't fail to mention Lamestream and Ette had this correspondence days ago -- then run a half-page pop-up that says this.
You can't fail to mention Lamestream and Ette had this correspondence days ago -- then run a half-page pop-up that says this.
October 10, 2025 at 1:48 AM
As I said, regarding another instance of this recently, it's a values issue when the Guardian fails to attribute/mention independent media who scooped it days ago.
You can't fail to mention Lamestream and Ette had this correspondence days ago -- then run a half-page pop-up that says this.
You can't fail to mention Lamestream and Ette had this correspondence days ago -- then run a half-page pop-up that says this.
Was bewildered the most important questions to the ABC at senates got no coverage?
Marks basically admitted they have no evidence to backup their 'one inadvertent mistake' line on Lattouf, and don't intend to look for any other cases of lobbyist influence?
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Marks basically admitted they have no evidence to backup their 'one inadvertent mistake' line on Lattouf, and don't intend to look for any other cases of lobbyist influence?
www.lamestream.com.au/we-dont-inte...
'We don’t intend to': ABC bosses admit they don't want to investigate lobbyist influence
This week, the ABC's Hugh Marks admitted the broadcaster hasn't even looked into whether lobbyists have been appeased, in cases other than Antoinette Lattouf's firing, and they don't intend on looking...
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October 10, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Was bewildered the most important questions to the ABC at senates got no coverage?
Marks basically admitted they have no evidence to backup their 'one inadvertent mistake' line on Lattouf, and don't intend to look for any other cases of lobbyist influence?
www.lamestream.com.au/we-dont-inte...
Marks basically admitted they have no evidence to backup their 'one inadvertent mistake' line on Lattouf, and don't intend to look for any other cases of lobbyist influence?
www.lamestream.com.au/we-dont-inte...
Pretty spicy pod this week, gotta say!
- What we dug up on the National Press Club/Chris Hedges situation.
- Two years of media failure
- What Bari Weiss $150m buyout means for Aus
- Reporting of Greta's mistreatment
+ Reece Walsh, Nic and Keith goss and more
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/l...
- What we dug up on the National Press Club/Chris Hedges situation.
- Two years of media failure
- What Bari Weiss $150m buyout means for Aus
- Reporting of Greta's mistreatment
+ Reece Walsh, Nic and Keith goss and more
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/l...
Journalists Censoring Journalists, Reviewing Two Years of Gaza Coverage, and Bari Weiss' $150m Buyout
Podcast Episode · Lamestream · 08/10/2025 · 1h 5m
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October 8, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Pretty spicy pod this week, gotta say!
- What we dug up on the National Press Club/Chris Hedges situation.
- Two years of media failure
- What Bari Weiss $150m buyout means for Aus
- Reporting of Greta's mistreatment
+ Reece Walsh, Nic and Keith goss and more
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/l...
- What we dug up on the National Press Club/Chris Hedges situation.
- Two years of media failure
- What Bari Weiss $150m buyout means for Aus
- Reporting of Greta's mistreatment
+ Reece Walsh, Nic and Keith goss and more
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/l...
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Exclusive: Correspondence obtained by Lamestream show the National Press Club confirmed Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hedges as a speaker, before cancelling him because was “in favour” of Palestine.
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Exclusive: National Press Club cancelled Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for being “in favour” of Palestine
Correspondence obtained by Lamestream shows the NPC confirmed Chris Hedges as a speaker, before cancelling him due to "balance".
www.lamestream.com.au
October 7, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Exclusive: Correspondence obtained by Lamestream show the National Press Club confirmed Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hedges as a speaker, before cancelling him because was “in favour” of Palestine.
www.lamestream.com.au/exclusive-na...
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Working on an essay about the people behind ‘36 Months’ or Australia’s teen social media ban.
But the guys at @lamestreampod.bsky.social with @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social and @scottmitchell.bsky.social have beaten me to it.
pca.st/episode/f9ca...
But the guys at @lamestreampod.bsky.social with @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social and @scottmitchell.bsky.social have beaten me to it.
pca.st/episode/f9ca...
Was The PM's Tour Really A "Diplomatic Triumph"? Plus, the Rise of Andrew 'MAGA' Hastie
pca.st
September 29, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Working on an essay about the people behind ‘36 Months’ or Australia’s teen social media ban.
But the guys at @lamestreampod.bsky.social with @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social and @scottmitchell.bsky.social have beaten me to it.
pca.st/episode/f9ca...
But the guys at @lamestreampod.bsky.social with @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social and @scottmitchell.bsky.social have beaten me to it.
pca.st/episode/f9ca...
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I interviewed Robert Redford back in 2019 and it turned out to be one of his last ever longform interviews. Here it is six years later in A Rabbit's Foot...
Robert Redford, the man who lived
Andy Hazel spoke to the late, great Robert Redford about childhood, freedom and living in dark times.
a-rabbitsfoot.com
September 19, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I interviewed Robert Redford back in 2019 and it turned out to be one of his last ever longform interviews. Here it is six years later in A Rabbit's Foot...
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"mainstream media called them 'anti-immigration' rallies...even though the speakers' lists were littered with people using white supremacist talking points".
Journalists may be worse on racism today than when Pauline Hanson emerged, says @scottmitchell.bsky.social.
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Journalists may be worse on racism today than when Pauline Hanson emerged, says @scottmitchell.bsky.social.
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The Murdoch Succession Saga, Why Race Reporting is Broken, and the TikToker vs. 'News Influencer' Controversy | Lamestream
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September 11, 2025 at 11:51 AM
"mainstream media called them 'anti-immigration' rallies...even though the speakers' lists were littered with people using white supremacist talking points".
Journalists may be worse on racism today than when Pauline Hanson emerged, says @scottmitchell.bsky.social.
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Journalists may be worse on racism today than when Pauline Hanson emerged, says @scottmitchell.bsky.social.
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