The Juice Media

The Juice Media is an Australian media company founded by Giordano Nanni, an Australian historian, author and video producer, About, The Juice Media that is most notable for its darkly satirical videos deconstructing political events and the behaviour of the Australian Government. As of June 2024, their YouTube channel has 125 million views and one million subscribers.The Juice Media - About. 
TJM is known for two popular video series: Juice Rap News, in which commentary of political events is delivered in the form of rap, and Honest Government Ads, in which actresses pose as smiling government representatives to parody and explain the "shitfuckery" of the Australian, or rather the Australien,Spelling changed pointedly in order to avoid complaints about impersonating the government. Government (and, occasionally, other governments). 
==Honest Government Ads==
The "Honest Government Ads" series has lampooned and criticized many facets of the Government's behaviour, a few of which include: 
* The governing Coalition's push toward authoritarianism through laws punishing journalists, whistleblowers, charities taking political stances, and even public protests ("My Police State",thejuicemedia. Government Ad | My Police State. YouTube. "Quiet Australians",thejuicemedia. Government Ad | Quiet Australians. YouTube. "Charity Gag Law")thejuicemedia. Government Ad | Charity Gag Law. YouTube.
* Anti-encryption laws and their implications for personal privacy ("Anti Encrpytion Law")thejuicemedia. Government Ad | Anti Encryption Law. YouTube.
* The Government's failure to tackle climate change, and its complicity in protecting Australia's biggest emitters ("Visit Australia",thejuicemedia. Government Ad | Visit Australia!. YouTube. "Adani Coal Mine",thejuicemedia. Government Ad | Adani Coal Mine. YouTube. "Climate Emergency & School Strikes",thejuicemedia. Government Ad | Climate Emergency & School Strikes. YouTube. "Australia's Renewable Energy Policy")thejuicemedia. Government Ad | Australia's Renewable Energy Policy. YouTube.
* Other ways in which the Government facilitates needless environmental destruction ("The Great Australian Bight",thejuicemedia. Government Ad | The Great Australian Bight. YouTube. "Visit the Northern Territory",thejuicemedia. Honest Government Ad | Visit the Northern Territory. YouTube. "Koalas & Trees")thejuicemedia. Government Ad | Koalas & Trees. YouTube.
* The Government's inhumane treatment of young people in detention centres, including indigenous people and refugees ("Youth Incarceration",thejuicemedia. Government Ad | Youth Incarceration. YouTube. "Australia's Refugee Policy")thejuicemedia. Government Ad | Australia's Refugee Policy. YouTube.
* How Australia's voting system, unlike that used in the US and the UK, allows voters to choose the party they truly want without fear of helping the "greater of two evils" win, and how the "Shit Party" and the "Shit-Lite Party" would rather that we don't think about this ("Preferential Voting")thejuicemedia. Honest Government Ad | Preferential Voting. YouTube. 
* The constant attacks on and defunding of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation ("The ABC")thejuicemedia. Honest Government Ad | The ABC. YouTube.
* How the was a waste of $122m and needlessly provided an extended platform for harmful anti-LGBT bigotry, when politicians could have just done their job and passed marriage equality into law based on existing opinion poll data ("Marriage Equality Plebbyshite")thejuicemedia. Honest Government Ad | Marriage Equality Plebbyshite. YouTube.
* Australia's deals with Timor-Leste and West Papua facilitating environmental destruction, economic exploitation and human rights abuses ("Visit Timor-Leste",thejuicemedia. Honest Government Ad | Visit Timor Leste. YouTube. "Visit West Papua")thejuicemedia. Honest Government Ad | Visit West Papua. YouTube.
TJM has also covered international topics, such as the American Government's negative influence on Hawaii and Puerto Rico,thejuicemedia. Honest Government Ad | Visit Hawai'i. YouTube.thejuicemedia. Honest Government Ad | Visit Puerto Rico. YouTube. the Trump administration,thejuicemedia. Honest Government Ad | President Trump. YouTube. and the European Union's Internet Censorship Bill.thejuicemedia. Honest Government Ad | Article 13. YouTube.
==Reactions==
TJM's videos have been reported, praised, and discussed by a range of media outlets, both in AustraliaThis 'honest government ad' about the Centrelink debacle is savage. SBS Comedy.This 'Honest Government Ad' Rips Into Australia's Renewable Energy Policy. Gizmodo Australia, May 30, 2018.A hilariously 'accurate' spoof about Centrelink's bungled debt recovery. Channel Nine Australia, June 12, 2018.The Juice Media attacks Centrelink debt recovery algorithm in hilarious video. International Business Times AU, 11 January, 2017.'Illegal military takeover' and 'whitewashing': Video reveals Hawaii's hidden history. NITV. and internationally.This 'Honest' Government Tourism Ad About The Great Barrier Reef Dying Is Way Too Real. Junkee, May 30, 2016.Dakota Excess Pipeline on Juice Media Go and Watch it!. flexosaurus, October 29, 2016.#203: Getting Pissed on by Trickle Down Economics. FM Player Australia.Vidéo – Un clip satirique invitant à visiter Hawaii fait le buzz. Tahiti Nui Télévision – Les informations de Tahiti, les vidéos de Polynésie. (French)Viral: Video explica situación actual de Puerto Rico. Telemundo Puerto Rico. (Spanish)Butler, Josh. This Fake Government Ad Totally Skewers The Centrelink Debacle. Huffington Post, January 10, 2017.
===Government reactions===
In 2017, TJM received an email from the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet citing "complaints from members of the public" about their parody of the Australian Coat of Arms, expressing concerns about it being mistaken for genuine Australian Government material. on Twitter: screenshot of Government email. Exactly who or how many people complained is unclear. Less than a week later, a bill was introduced in Parliament to amend the Criminal Code Act 1995 to "…introduce new offences for a person recklessly or intentionally representing themselves to be, or to be acting on behalf of, or with the authority of, a Commonwealth entity or service…"Criminal Code Amendment (Impersonating a Commonwealth Body) Bill 2017. Commonwealth Parliament.thejuicemedia. George Brandis on Genuine Satire. YouTube.
In August 2019, the Indonesian Government took action to block TJM's 2018 "Visit West Papua!" video from being viewed in Indonesia.Tehusijarana, Karina M. Govt gets YouTube to block satirical West Papua 'advertisement'. The Jakarta Post, August 29, 2019.
In June 2024, the Indian government blocked one of their YouTube shorts that was critical of Modi.As India Blocks 'Honest Govt' YouTube Short, Australian Creator Says Indian Viewers Predicted This, Soumashree Sarkar, The Wire 20 June 2024
==See also==
*Australian Broadcasting Corporation
==External links==
*The Juice Media.
*Juice Media on YouTube.
*Juice Media on Twitter.
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==References==
Category:Anti-imperialism
Category:Australian media outlets
Category:Freedom of speech
Category:Left-wing activists
Category:Parodists