Writer | debunks misinformation on social media with @RMIT_FactLab | speaks conversational Arabic
Naarm / Melbourne
Joined February 2021
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Renee Davidson retweeted
How to obscure Israel’s ongoing genocide as a passive humanitarian crisis:
-Mention Israel once in a 4.5m broadcast
-Report inadequate aid & starving Palestinian mums and babies while omitting who's responsible
-Report 800 killed since "ceasefire" while omitting the perpetrator
Renee Davidson retweeted
It was so great to join @Boganintelpod to discuss the failings in Australian media coverage on Palestine and the underreported realities in the occupied West Bank.
We unpack patterns in reporting, unchecked political claims, and the consequences of what goes unchallenged.
Journalist Renee Davidson from @MssingContext joins us to tear apart Australian media’s handling of Palestine.
Renee lays out the patterns, provides missing context, and shares her views on what missing in Australian journalism.
Full episode 👇
Renee Davidson retweeted
Israel attacked Iran. That is the story.
Israel calling it a "pre-emptive strike" is an attempt to manufacture consent for its aggression. The ABC is providing a platform for it.
Renee Davidson retweeted
Excellent post on Insta re Australia's @abcnews leaving out so much context in its reporting of Trump's illegal, unsanctioned attack on Venezuela and the kidnapping of their president.
Credit: @MssingContext
#USA #Venezuela #journalism
Renee Davidson retweeted
Media bias isn't always obvious - but it shapes how we understand current events.
Here are 5 subtle (but powerful) tactics used in Australian coverage of Palestine, with real examples from 2025 headlines 🧵
Renee Davidson retweeted
Introducing MSSING CONTEXT - a new platform exposing how Australian media misreports on Palestine.
We combine fact-checking, disinformation research & MENA expertise to unpack bias and bring audiences a clearer, more honest picture of reality on the ground in Palestine.
Renee Davidson retweeted
Every ABC reporter in Jerusalem has done this story every year for the past 3+ decades.
That why it’s past time to call what Israel is doing in the West Bank for what it is
@hrw & @amnesty have found Israeli authorities are committing the crime against humanity of #Apartheid
Israel is rapidly expanding settlements in the West Bank, in a move that goes against international law and which activists say is designed to permanently establish Jewish Israelis on land that Palestinians want as a future state. abc.net.au/news/2023-07-30/a…
Latest piece with @rmit_factlab
Sky News commentators and online users claim the #IndigenousVoiceToParliament will create apartheid in Australia - but the claim is false.
Thank you to @profbensaul & @Gabrielle_J_A for their expert legal analysis.
rmit.edu.au/news/factlab-met…
Renee Davidson retweeted
📚Excited to share my article, “Leaders and the Breakdown of Democracy in Turkey, 1973-1980” is now published in Middle East Critique! 📣
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
50 copies for download are available.
My latest piece with @rmit_factlab
An "essay" shared more than 43,000 times on Facebook, has been wrongly attributed to Aboriginal leader Bess Nungarrayi Price. It contains the false claim that Aus was terra nullius at the time of European settlement.
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My latest piece with @rmit_factlab
We found claims made on Sky News - that the UN is advocating for a separate Indigenous nation within Australia - to be false.
Big thanks to @DrAmyMaguire & @katgallow for their expert legal analysis.
rmit.edu.au/news/factlab-met…
"Leading anti-Voice campaigner Nyunggai Warren Mundine has used social media to post a photo of an Indigenous man named Stewart Lingiari, wrongly claiming he is the grandson of the famous land rights activist Vincent Lingiari, and that he is opposed to the Voice referendum."
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Renee Davidson retweeted
Please join myself and @DrDaveTittensor talk about my new book 'Turkey's Political Leaders: Authoritarian Tendencies in a Democratic State' and #Turkey’s 14 May election results at @AIIAVIC on June 1st
bit.ly/3VTzJF5
@melbasiareview @MESF_Deakin @aaimsau @POLIS_Deakin
Renee Davidson retweeted
Geeking out is the perfect description! We barely scratched the surface in 2 hours. Could have chatted for another 2, 3, 4 hours easily w @WJ_Armstrong.
Looking forward to continuing our chat when I’m back in Istanbul over a bottle of Australian wine or two ☺️
Great episode with @TezGumus published today 👇👇
Fun to geek out on Turkey's multi-party history ahead of next week's election 📌📌
Renee Davidson retweeted
👋🏽 Hello new followers! Welcome to The Public Source, a Beirut-based independent journalism outlet run by an all-women team that's dedicated to in-depth & investigative reporting in the public interest.
Read some of the award-winning reporting we've produced 🧵⬇️
Very cool data visualisation of the gender superannuation gap in Australia + an insight on what can be done to fix it.
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Renee Davidson retweeted
This is huge - strong changes to the Safeguard Mechanism polluter laws are a huge blow to an already shoddy business case for gas drilling in the Beetaloo Basin.
ALT Photo of river with text, 'Breaking: Fracking in the Beetaloo Basin suffers massive blow from Greens and Labor'
