Show Notes
NEWS WEAKLY 194 – Media Ethics, Paper Wars, and a Currency in Freefall 03 January 2026
TOP STORIES OF THE WEEK • A terror hero meets Australian media ethics • Humanitarian aid fails an ideological compliance test • Iran’s economy collapses again • Australia’s regulator regulates itself
QUOTE OF THE WEEK “You don’t pay for interviews. Not in cash. Not in gifts. Definitely not in hotel suites.”
SUPPORT THE SHOW News Weakly is listener-supported and ad-light by choice. If you’d like to support the show and keep it independent, you can join the Patreon at: http://patreon.com/samishah Sami Shah is a multi-award-winning comedian, writer, journalist, and broadcaster. For more: http://thesamishah.com Theme music ‘Historic Anticipation’ by Paul Mottram
Sami Shah is a multi-award-winning comedian, writer, journalist, and broadcaster. For more: http://thesamishah.com Theme music 'Historic Anticipation' by Paul Mottram This podcast is written, hosted, and produced by Sami Shah. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
More from News Weakly with Sami Shah
Saudi Arabia has executed two Bangladeshi nationals for an unspecified “immoral act” inside a mosque in Mecca. Bangladesh says it wasn’t warned, the families are still seeking answers, and the viral story that they were newlyweds executed for kissing doesn’t appear to be true.
NEWS WEAKLY 232 – Malala, Gaza, Conspiracies & the Collapse of Trust
NEWS WEAKLY 231 – October 7 Mourning, Flydubai Conspiracies, Coalition Migration Cuts & OpenAI’s Medicare Breach
This week on News Weakly: Tony Burke tells international students to leave the family at home, while British backpackers discover the migration system has a loyalty program.
Twenty-five years after 9/11, everyone knows where Ground Zero was. But where did the blast radius end?