Newspeak

Every week, two recent Australian journalism graduates, Nic Ford and Aymon Bertah will be bringing you their perspective on the world of politics, discussing everything from the US to Australia and the rest of the world. 'Newspeak is the language of George Orwell's book 1984. It's the language created by the fictional 'Big Brother' that was designed to "designed to diminish the range of thought." Aymon and I see a lot of similarities to this in the real world. Mass media controls the narrative and can subvert the language to change what we talk and even think about."

Episodes

SUDAN, UAE, BAHRAIN - ISRAEL Deal, censorship in media and Murdoch V Rudd

October 23, 2020 • 49 mins

Aymon and Nic are back to discuss what is going on in the world. This week we focus on Israeli normalisation deals, social media censorship and a potential investigation into media mogul Rupert Murdoch.

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Covid Protest, Israel and Venezuela

April 20, 2020 • 44 mins

A lot has been happening since we last met. This week Aymon and Nic discuss the global response to the pandemic, the protests in the US, Israel bargaining with medical equipment and the US's latest attempts to oust Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

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Biden Surges, US War Crimes and a Ceasefire in Syria

March 9, 2020 • 46 mins

Join Nic and Aymon as they discuss the fallout from Super Tuesday and the media reaction from a strong Biden victory. They will also be bringing attention to a couple of stories that didn't receive enough media attention, and that is the ICC launching an investigation in US war crimes and the brokered ceasefire that was going to be brought in front of the UN Security Council.

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Deal of the Century

February 28, 2020 • 32 mins

Nic and Aymon discuss Donald Trump's so-called 'Deal of the Century', his plan to resolve the Israel-Palestine conflict

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