E204 - The ’Hit Job’ on Speaking Up #auspol

A ‘Hit job’ is a pretty well-known style of journalism. The basic definition is to attack someone’s character, and wordhippo.com, one of my student’s favourite websites for English, suggests that other terms that fit are ‘smear campaign’ ‘demonizing, and ‘character assassination.

Last week, Aaron Patrick, a writer for the Australian Financial Review, wrote a ‘hit job’ on news.com.au political editor Samantha Maiden. It was aimed at discrediting her investigative journalism that has uncovered some pretty shocking things in Canberra these last few weeks.

Today's episode looks at how acts like this one, and other similar things, keep women from Speaking up about unacceptable behavior. Highlighting misogyny, lack of justice, and influence in the media, 'The 'Hit Job' on Speaking Up #auspol' has been written to hopefully keep the rage fire burning. Because I tell you what, THAT CROWN IS ON FIRE.

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