396 episodes
Fourth Estate 2SER
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4.7 • 40 Ratings
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Every week, we discuss how the media has covered the news and analyse issues affecting the industry - with some of the biggest names in journalism in Australia and around the world. Broadcast live on Sydney's 2SER 107.3FM, with the financial assistance of the Community Broadcasting Foundation.
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Brat On The Ballot: Kamala, Coconuts And Context
There's a new presidential candidate in town, and her name is Kamala Harris. Proving that a week is a very long time in politics, the presumptive nomination of the vice-president to the top of the Democratic ticket has changed the conversation surrounding the 2024 US election yet again.
Joining Tina Quinn to analyse these latest developments is political reporter for The Washington Post, Mariana Alfaro, and features editor for The Age, Maher Mughrabi.
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Don't Shoot The Messenger: Has The Attempt On Trump's Life Handed Him The Election?
We're still months away from the US election, and already the 2024 presidential race is proving even more tumultuous than previous years, with a gunman opening fire on the former President, Donald Trump at a political rally.
Now many are wondering whether the attempt on Trump's life may have sealed the fate of the election?
Tina Quinn is joined by Walkley award-winning journalist, Hamish Macdonald and US political commentator, Kim Hoggard to discuss.
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Profile: Angela Catterns In Conversation
To kick off Fourth Estate’s series of profiles, radio trailblazer Angela Catterns joined Tina Quinn in studio to talk about a career thats included getting fired for sounding “too intelligent”, smoking spliffs in the Triple J studios and knocking Alan Jones from number one.
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What Is Going On At The Washington Post?
The Washington Post, long held up as a beacon of great american journalism, has found itself the subject of some very bad headlines the last number of weeks.
NPR's David Folkenflik and Peter Jukes of The Byline Times, join Tina Quinn to discuss how the esteemed 'paper of record' has itself become the story.
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One From The Archives: Tina Quinn Speaks With Caro Meldrum-Hanna
This week we take another step back into the Fourth Estate archives to Tina Quinn's interview with the Gold Walkley award winning journalist, Caro Meldrum-Hanna.
This interview was originally broadcast in April of 2021.
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When Push Comes To Shove: Costello’s Unseemly End
It’s been a scandal-plagued few weeks for Nine Entertainment, made only worse by its Chairman, Sir Peter Costello’s altercation with a News Corp journalist at Canberra Airport, leading to his resignation.
Mike Seccombe, National Correspondent for The Saturday Paper and Jacqueline Maley, Columnist and Senior Writer at The Sydney Morning Herald, join Tina Quinn to discuss the tumultuous developments at one of Australia’s largest media organisations.
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Customer Reviews
Worth your time
I've been listening to this podcast for about a year and always learn something new and gain a fresh insight into a current media issue. Good for people working in the media and anyone with a passing interest in it's role in our society.
Alternative Views
Sometimes I feel Monica uses this platform to air her personal grievances with the public. Although no-one should be threatened or abused, journalists are not above accountability. Her personal friendships with Leigh Sales and Rachel Baxendale often colour her view. Robust debate is essential in a democracy and more so when there is a monopoly on media ownership.
Even some of the most respected of journalists have questioned Sale’s interpretation of some of her Twitter encounters. Maybe instead of being antagonistic, step back and look at the work of journalists that don’t encounter large scale pushback.
Feminine hygiene products are just the tip of the iceberg
I have just listened to the Fourth Estate's discussion about the controversy surrounding endometriosis research. This discussion is timely in view of the rejection by Parliament of the Greens bill to remove fat from feminine hygiene products. These issues are important to all women and deserve more airtime. This program provides an important insight into how such issues are regarded by the future leaders of the country. It should be required listening for the establishment and Miranda Devine.