Episode 10: Opinion in the age of outrage

Geraldine is settling back into a hectic working week after visiting Eliza in Jakarta.

She believes more is being asked of reporters these days, which doesn't always lead to better journalism. The industry is increasingly dominated by opinion and outrage. Eliza thinks it takes a toll on all who participate.

The women revisit an earlier discussion about John Le Carre's "A Legacy of Spies". Geraldine has stopped reading Ian McEwan and Eliza thinks it's time for her husband Adam to give "God of Small Things" another go.

And more than a year on since the US Election, Eliza is finally willing to acknowledge Hillary Clinton was the wrong candidate for the Democratic Party. 

Gaza and the Great Return March - Saturday Extrahttp://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/saturdayextra/gaza-and-the-great-return-march/9619292

Michael Ignatieff - Saturday Extra http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/saturdayextra/orban-and-fdr:-two-very-different-leaders/9627792

A Legacy of Spies: John Le Carre https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/sep/10/a-legacy-of-spies-john-le-carre-review

The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy https://www.amazon.com/God-Small-Things-Novel/dp/0812979656

Dispatches - Michael Herr https://www.amazon.com/Dispatches-Michael-Herr/dp/0679735259

Geraldine Doogue in conversation with Peter Greste https://griffithreview.com/queensland-conservatorium-tripathi-greste-doogue/

Podcast: Imagine This http://www.abc.net.au/kidslisten/imagine-this/imagine-this-promo-episode/9602272

The Conversation on Imagine This https://theconversation.com/imagine-this-a-new-podcast-tackling-tricky-questions-from-inquisitive-young-minds-94659

Making Obama https://www.npr.org/podcasts/500692140/making-oprah

Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton's doomed campaign https://www.amazon.com/Shattered-Inside-Hillary-Clintons-Campaign/dp/0553447084

Commentary on Shattered https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/may/03/hillary-clinton-destruction-shattered-review