In this episode, Jan Fran and Antoinette examine why the BBC cut out a BAFTA winner’s acceptance speech on human rights but kept in the moment the n-word was yelled across the stage. They also chuckle at the slew of actors squirming when asked about politics at the Berlin Film Festival. Plus, Donald Trump says he’ll release classified documents about aliens and  Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan lowkey bullies a reporter when pressed on the CFMEU scandal.Jan’s It’s A Yes From Me goes to <a href="https://www.dropsitenews.com/s/epstein-and-israel" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dropsite News</a> for its detailed reporting on Jeffrey Epstein’s links to powerful people and places.  Antoinette’s pick is<a href="https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/20/crikey-podcast-cut-through-australia-palantir-investment/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Crikey’s Cut Through </a>podcast for its clear-eyed, news-breaking investigation into Palantir, data surveillance, and how Australian government money continues to back the company despite links to unlawful ICE raids and AI-assisted attacks in Gaza. <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

In this episode, Jan Fran and Antoinette examine why the BBC cut out a BAFTA winner’s acceptance speech on human rights but kept in the moment the n-word was yelled across the stage. They also chuckle at the slew of actors squirming when asked about politics at the Berlin Film Festival. Plus, Donald Trump says he’ll release classified documents about aliens and Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan lowkey bullies a reporter when pressed on the CFMEU scandal. Jan’s It’s A Yes From Me goes to Dropsite News for its detailed reporting on Jeffrey Epstein’s links to powerful people and places. Antoinette’s pick is Crikey’s Cut Through podcast for its clear-eyed, news-breaking investigation into Palantir, data surveillance, and how Australian government money continues to back the company despite links to unlawful ICE raids and AI-assisted attacks in Gaza. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Jan Fran and Antoinette examine why the BBC cut out a BAFTA winner’s acceptance speech on human rights but kept in the moment the n-word was yelled across the stage. They also chuckle at the slew of actors squirming when asked about politics at the Berlin Film Festival.&nbsp;Plus, Donald Trump says he’ll release classified documents about aliens and&nbsp; Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan lowkey bullies a reporter when pressed on the CFMEU scandal.Jan’s It’s A Yes From Me goes to <a href="https://www.dropsitenews.com/s/epstein-and-israel" rel="noopener noreferrer">Dropsite News</a> for its detailed reporting on Jeffrey Epstein’s links to powerful people and places.&nbsp;&nbsp;Antoinette’s pick is<a href="https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/20/crikey-podcast-cut-through-australia-palantir-investment/" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Crikey’s Cut Through </a>podcast for its clear-eyed, news-breaking investigation into Palantir, data surveillance, and how Australian government money continues to back the company despite links to unlawful ICE raids and AI-assisted attacks in Gaza. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

BBC’s baffling BAFTA censorship, Trump’s alien files + Jacinta Allan vs a journalist

We used to be journalists, but now we mostly just bitch about them. (Kidding. Kind of.) We also break down broken news.Episodes drop Wednesday and Saturday.Hosted by long-suffering journalists and even longer-suffering friends Jan Fran and Antoinette Lattouf, We Used to Be Journos pulls apart the week in media from people who know exactly how the machine runs because they worked inside it for decades.Every Wednesday, the pair sift through the headlines you saw and the forces you did not. Expect blunt media analysis, zooming in on dodgy editorial calls, anonymous sources doing gymnastics, and the occasional whiff of bigotry dressed up as balance. Consider it a guided tour of the newsroom sausage factory so you know what ended up on your plate.On Saturdays, the spin-off segment Only Jan hands the microphone to Walkley Award winner Jan Fran. One issue, one sharp monologue, foresincally researched, tightly argued, and, inconveniently for the powerful, quite funny. Support Ette Media by becoming a subscriber <a href="https://www.ettemedia.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>. If you want to see our mugs as we yap you can watch the episode in full <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDn2m-RFCy4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here. </a> Thanks to <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jaidanielpyne/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@jaidanielpyne</a> for composing the music for our podcast.<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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We used to be journalists, but now we mostly just bitch about them. (Kidding. Kind of.) We also break down broken news. Episodes drop Wednesday and Saturday. Hosted by long-suffering journalists and even longer-suffering friends Jan Fran and Antoinette Lattouf, We Used to Be Journos pulls apart the week in media from people who know exactly how the machine runs because they worked inside it for decades. Every Wednesday, the pair sift through the headlines you saw and the forces you did not. Expect blunt media analysis, zooming in on dodgy editorial calls, anonymous sources doing gymnastics, and the occasional whiff of bigotry dressed up as balance. Consider it a guided tour of the newsroom sausage factory so you know what ended up on your plate. On Saturdays, the spin-off segment Only Jan hands the microphone to Walkley Award winner Jan Fran. One issue, one sharp monologue, foresincally researched, tightly argued, and, inconveniently for the powerful, quite funny. Support Ette Media by becoming a subscriber here. If you want to see our mugs as we yap you can watch the episode in full here. Thanks to @jaidanielpyne for composing the music for our podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We used to be journalists, but now we mostly just bitch about them. (Kidding. Kind of.) We also break down broken news.Episodes drop Wednesday and Saturday.Hosted by long-suffering journalists and even longer-suffering friends Jan Fran and Antoinette Lattouf, We Used to Be Journos pulls apart the week in media from people who know exactly how the machine runs because they worked inside it for decades.Every Wednesday, the pair sift through the headlines you saw and the forces you did not. Expect blunt media analysis, zooming in on dodgy editorial calls, anonymous sources doing gymnastics, and the occasional whiff of bigotry dressed up as balance. Consider it a guided tour of the newsroom sausage factory so you know what ended up on your plate.On Saturdays, the spin-off segment Only Jan hands the microphone to Walkley Award winner Jan Fran. One issue, one sharp monologue, foresincally researched, tightly argued, and, inconveniently for the powerful, quite funny. Support Ette Media by becoming a subscriber <a href="https://www.ettemedia.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>. If you want to see our mugs as we yap you can watch the episode in full <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDn2m-RFCy4" rel="noopener noreferrer">here. </a> Thanks to <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jaidanielpyne/" rel="noopener noreferrer">@jaidanielpyne</a> for composing the music for our podcast. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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