# BONUS: The Murdoch media’s campaign against Dr Randa Abdel- Fattah

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Published: 2026-04-15T19:00:54+00:00
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## Resource

In this bonus episode, Antoinette shares the findings of an exclusive investigation into the Murdoch media’s sustained smear campaign against Dr Abdel-Fattah. The data, gathered in partnership with analyst and mathematician Dr Richard Bean, points to relentless coverage, loaded language, and front-page attacks targeting the Palestinian-Egyptian academic. We break down the figures, the headlines, and reveal the one newspaper that has published HUNDREDS of articles about Dr Abdel-Fattah in two and a half years, four times the amount of some of its competitors. Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah’s new book Discipline.  Write a letter to The Australian newspaper letters@theaustralian.com.au   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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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