The Australian Media's High Horse
Hello Patrons,
We usually don't spend much time covering international issues on the the channel and try to stay focused on Australian issues. But when the Australian media think they have the moral superiority to have the final words on certain aspects of this conflict despite their biases, it's time to make a video.
We would have liked to get this to Patrons earlier but we were tweaking this one until a few minutes ago, it will come out for all viewers later today. Keep your eyes out for a thread about the next Patron suggested video later this week, we're still working on 'Political Staffers Confess their sins' (or if that's even possible) but we'll start looking at the next video you guys want to see.
Thank you for your continued support,
The FJ Crew
Comments (14)
I was suprised by this video actually.
Rambam thank you Imam.
Considering the number of replies to my previous comment, I'd like to respond by restating that this is a dumb video that adds nothing but noise to the flaming shitpile of online discourse around Israel-Palestine. Whatever your position on Israel, you can't deny that Jewish control of the media is a major antisemitic talking point. Sure, let's have a discussion about how lobby groups influence the media. But when you point the finger at a specific Jewish lobby group and state that this group controls large sections of our media (without specific evidence, just a "vibe" based on a few paid trips), you recklessly feed into an antisemitic narrative. Honestly though, the worst part of the video is FJs using an SBS article about a "queer, trans, Jewish academic researcher with a Masters in Sexology" to support his argument that ordinary Jewish people don't agree with AIJAC. Utterly spineless to present some SBS-sponsored caricature of a turbo-lefty (someone who would usually be fair game for a FJs pisstaking) as the paragon of Jewish thought on any subject, let alone this one.
Holy fuck, you are so uninformed on the subject that it hurts my brain. How many academics that repeat this very fact would suit your very obviously distorted and selective consumption of media? Would you like Jewish academics? Maybe anti-Zionist Jewish academics? What about Israeli, Jewish, and anti-Zionist academics? Your self reporting is so evident and displays so much willful ignorance that YOU are the only person here who is repeating antisemitic tropes. YOU are the only one who said that. But thanks for that lil bro, we really need to weed out the antisemitic cunts that go around projecting their own racist and antisemitic views onto others.
Jordies or his team if you read this - I'd love to pretty please know the downvote ratio on YouTube for this video compared to his other ones - just based on the upset bunnies I see around.
I do like when FJ highlights the problems with the Media. Michael West has done a bit on this topic recently.
I'm unsubscribing from Patreon to claw back my $1.50
Omg I thought it was a joke, that completely chill video, that really didn't take sides - just showed media bias, bribes and insanity - and this guys account now shows he's a member of 0 creators... He was serious and I don't even know what offended him? Was it pointing out that the Lobby groups exist, that the media takes free trips in exchange for integrity, was it not condemning Israel, was it not condemning Palestine, was it because he talked about a guy who was at a march before the march did a bad thing, was it not criticising Labor enough or was it criticising them too much? I guess I'll never know.
Does painting my Space Marines in Israeli colours give them any bonuses in game?
+3 D6 to hit on hospitals?
I thought this was a well put together video on a very difficult topic.
It really isn't a difficult topic though.. but yes it was well put together. Whilst I try and view no Murdoch-ian news publishers (I get this weird echo follow me for weeks whenever I start to read one 🫤 makes me feel like I am in some sort of 'chamber'.) they certainly didn't fail to willfully lap up that Hasbara and repeat it back, whilst finding time to attack an MP and his 19yo son.
Thoughts going in: Whatever your position, there's absolutely nothing to gain by making a 10 minute video about this subject. Thoughts having watched the video: Yep. FJs patented refusal to acknowledge Labor's complicity, followed by an unexpected lurch to the classic "Jews control the media" narrative in a desperate effort to divert attention from this fact. Normally a fan of your content (as a patron, obviously), but you should have thought more carefully about this one.
"Jews control the media" misconstrues and oversimplifies the point and says more about your biases then it says about what jordys was actually trying to communicate. Although I'm open to further explanation rather than rhetoric as I may have missed your point.