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When free speech becomes a vocabulary test
A documentary edition about banned phrases, political insult and the strange confidence of governments that think context can be legislated.
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New work, without waiting for permission.
News satire, essays, research notes, fiction and the material behind the microphone—published in the order it becomes useful.
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What the episode left on the floor
Research links, production notes and the arguments that did not fit inside the final News Weakly edit.
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Verification without neutrality
What Australian news satirists say they owe an audience when they refuse the performance of detachment.
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From the Fanatic editing desk
A field note from the final editorial pass: clarity, withheld information and the sentences that survived.
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The Cockroach Janata Party
On political durability, institutional appetite and the species most likely to inherit the press conference.
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A reading list for surviving the news
Books, podcasts and essays for understanding how framing turns an event into a story before the facts have stopped moving.
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