Listener sentiment
Listener enthusiasm for We Used to Be Journos remains overwhelmingly strong, with the vast majority of recent reviewers praising hosts Jan Fran and Antoinette Lattouf for their sharp insider media analysis, warm friendship, and irreverent humor. The show continues to be described as a sanity-restoring antidote to mainstream media failures — particularly its unflinching coverage of Australian politics and geopolitical issues, especially Gaza, that legacy outlets are seen to underplay or misframe. Many listeners report becoming paying subscribers to support independent journalism, and the Saturday solo segment "Only Jan" and guest interviews draw repeated commendation. A notable recent shift, however, is a cluster of critical reviews in early September 2026 centred on the podcast's coverage of the Lindsay Clancy case, with detractors alleging factual inaccuracies, insufficient research, and a credibility-damaging oversimplification of the trial — a sharper and more specific backlash than the marginal criticisms seen previously. Earlier, recurring but minor complaints about the hosts having been out of daily newsrooms for some time, excessive laughter, and a technical issue with the video-format move not playing reliably on cellular data continue to surface occasionally, though they remain a small minority against the dominant chorus treating the show as essential listening.
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Summary generated Sep 9, 2026
