This week, the media lost its mind over a t-shirt.
Anthony Albanese stepped off a plane wearing a Joy Division shirt — and suddenly, the Prime Minister was branded “anti-Semitic” by the Murdoch press and the Liberals. The outrage was instant, the headlines relentless, and the actual news? Forgotten.
While the media obsessed over “T-Shirtgate,” the government is quietly handing out billions in corporate subsidies, foreign streaming giants are dodging local content laws, and the National Anti-Corruption Commission continued to do … extremely little.
Michael West breaks down how the outrage machine distracts from real scandals the ones costing Australians billions.
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00:00 – T-Shirtgate
02:10 – Albo Meets The Donald
05:00 – The Real Stories That Matter
06:00 – The Peter McDonald Case
07:10 – Corporate Handouts and Gas Cartel
10:10 – Netflix, Lobbying, and SOTW Winner
Michael West established Michael West Media in 2016 to focus on journalism of high public interest, particularly the rising power of corporations over democracy. West was formerly a journalist and editor with Fairfax newspapers, a columnist for News Corp and even, once, a stockbroker.
