Charlie and Jess are joined by host of The Mission, Daniel James and contributing editor for The Monthly, Rachel Withers. Together they discuss the media's focus on negativity, outrage headlines and disinformation in the lead up to the referendum on The Voice, and the real world impacts this has on Indigenous people.
Journalist, Karla Grant also joins the team to talk about her SBS Dateline report on the Sámi First Nations Parliament of Norway. What parallels can we draw with the proposed Voice to Parliament in Australia?
About this program
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.