Jess Lilley and Najma Sambul are back together in the studio once again, joined this week by special guest host and digital producer for ABC News Breakfast, Ahmed Yussuf. Ahmed chats about his election coverage for ABC, plus developments in Collingwood AFL player Héritier Lumumba's accusations of racism against the club.
The multi-talented academic, writer & Palestinian community advocate Fahad Ali also joins the program to talk about how Palestine is covered in Australian media, in the wake of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh - killed by Israeli military forces in the West Bank last week.
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We live in a media saturated world. The news cycle travels at lightning speed and is impossible to ignore. Spin Cycle aims to make sense of the 24/7 updates and hot takes we are bombarded with from media outlets, politicians and pundits all trying to own the narrative.