We Used to be Journos

We Used to be Journos

Ette Media

73 - ONLY FRAN: Karl Stefanovic's right-wing grift is worse than you think it is

We used to be journalists, but now we mostly just bitch about them. (Kidding. Kind of.) We also break down broken news.

Episodes drop Wednesday and Saturday.

Hosted by long-suffering journalists and even longer-suffering friends Jan Fran and Antoinette Lattouf, We Used to Be Journos pulls apart the week in media from people who know exactly how the machine runs because they worked inside it for decades.

Every Wednesday, the pair sift through the headlines you saw and the forces you did not. Expect blunt media analysis, zooming in on dodgy editorial calls, anonymous sources doing gymnastics, and the occasional whiff of bigotry dressed up as balance. Consider it a guided tour of the newsroom sausage factory so you know what ended up on your plate.

On Saturdays, the spin-off segment Only Jan hands the microphone to Walkley Award winner Jan Fran. One issue, one sharp monologue, foresincally researched, tightly argued, and, inconveniently for the powerful, quite funny.


Support Ette Media by becoming a subscriber here.


If you want to see our mugs as we yap you can watch the episode in full here.


Thanks to @jaidanielpyne for composing the music for our podcast.


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

73 - ONLY FRAN: Karl Stefanovic's right-wing grift is worse than you think it is
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We used to be journalists, but now we mostly just bitch about them. (Kidding. Kind of.) We also break down broken news.

Episodes drop Wednesday and Saturday.

Hosted by long-suffering journalists and even longer-suffering friends Jan Fran and Antoinette Lattouf, We Used to Be Journos pulls apart the week in media from people who know exactly how the machine runs because they worked inside it for decades.

Every Wednesday, the pair sift through the headlines you saw and the forces you did not. Expect blunt media analysis, zooming in on dodgy editorial calls, anonymous sources doing gymnastics, and the occasional whiff of bigotry dressed up as balance. Consider it a guided tour of the newsroom sausage factory so you know what ended up on your plate.

On Saturdays, the spin-off segment Only Jan hands the microphone to Walkley Award winner Jan Fran. One issue, one sharp monologue, foresincally researched, tightly argued, and, inconveniently for the powerful, quite funny.


Support Ette Media by becoming a subscriber here.


If you want to see our mugs as we yap you can watch the episode in full here.


Thanks to @jaidanielpyne for composing the music for our podcast.


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes

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ONLY FRAN: Karl Stefanovic's right-wing grift is worse than you think it is

Fri, 26 Jun 2026
72-

Health regulator’s controversial IHRA definition, Starmer’s resignation exploited + Rinehart’s wild Israel proposal

Tue, 23 Jun 2026
71-

ONLY FRAN: Pauline’s Press Club address was a test for journalists. They failed.

Fri, 19 Jun 2026
70-

Socceroos coverage misses mark, US-Iran ceasefire spin + online hate: are we the problem?

Tue, 16 Jun 2026
69-

ONLY FRAN: Think NDIS is wasting taxpayer dollars? Meet AUKUS

Fri, 12 Jun 2026