Australia’s new PM Albanese backs climate, defying Murdoch media
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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is out, the outcome also amounts to a rejection of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp - which backed Morrison and ridiculed candidates demanding action on the climate. Murdoch’s used to setting the political agenda down under. No longer. Contributors: Sally Rugg - National director, Australians for a Murdoch Royal Commission Richie Merzian - Director, Climate and Energy Program, The Australia Institute Malcolm Farr - Political journalist Michael Mazengarb - Climate & energy reporter, Renew Economy On our radar: Al Jazeera’s journalism is being suppressed on YouTube. The Listening Post’s digital producer, Stanley Kasirowore, talks us through the reasons why. Germany, anti-Semitism and the blacklisting of Palestinian journalists: Germany's toxic anti-Semitism and the effect it is having on the careers of Palestinian and Arab journalists there. Contributors: Alena Jabarine - Journalist Hanno Hauenstein - Journalist, Berliner Zeitung Susan Neiman - Director, Einstein Forum
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