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The geopolitical games people play when the national security narrative bleeds into the world of sports and onto television screens, and the Washington Post reporter sentenced to more jail time in Iran. Keywords: nations, paid patriotism. -
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Occupied East Jerusalem news coverage, plus cartoons illustrating the Middle East conflict. -
Listening Post Climate Change: Is the Media Failing Us?
Why journalists fail to adequately report on climate change. Plus, the perils of covering the environment in Indonesia. -
Listening Post Yemen: Media Battles, Narrative Divides
How the death of Ali Abdullah Saleh put the media spotlight on Yemen. Plus, a wave of political talk shows in Spain. -
Listening Post Jerusalem: Media Flashpoints and Erased Narratives
Tropes, omissions and flaws in the coverage of US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Plus, WhatsApp in India. -
Listening Post Climate Change: Is the Media Failing Us?
Why journalists fail to adequately report on climate change. Plus, the perils of covering the environment in Indonesia. Keywords: media and climate change. -
Listening Post Mugabe's Downfall: A New Era for Zimbabwe's Media?
The media story behind the downfall of Robert Mugabe after 37 years in power. Plus, police vs the press in Uganda. -
Listening Post Catalonia Referendum: One Country, Two Stories
As Catalans head to the polls, what does independence mean for both sides? Plus, Mexico's diverse community radio. -
Listening Post Liberation or Obliteration? Telling the Raqqa Story
How media on different sides of the Syrian war portrayed the capture of Raqqa from ISIL. Plus, Syria's Lebanon refugees. -
Listening Post Harvey Weinstein, Hollywood and the US Media
How Hollywood and the media failed to expose Harvey Weinstein. Plus, how the CIA and the Pentagon manipulate the movies. -
Listening Post The Fox Approach to Bad News: Deflect, Divert, Distract
We examine Fox News' role as President Donald Trump's media mouthpiece. Plus, media strangled in Eritrea. -
Listening Post Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh: India's Godmen And The Media
How Indian media build up the country's powerful 'babas'. -
Listening Post Charlottesville: White Supremacy and the White House
The Charlottesville fallout and what to make of Trump's views on white supremacy. Plus, how China manages the message. Keywords: white supremacy, race, Charlottesville, Trump, alt right, privilege. -
Listening Post Russia: Pre-Election Media Manipulation
The Kremlin calls the shots on Russian media, so how do critics get their messages out? Plus, Cambodia's media blackout. -
Listening Post Kenyan Media: Under Pressure and In Crisis
Screws are being tightened on Kenya's media, but many outlets also have credibility issues. Plus, Macron and the media. -
Listening Post Brazil: Media, Monopolies and Political Manipulations
Two years of political turmoil have revealed the depths of institutional corruption, political opportunism and - crucially - media power in Brazil. -
Listening Post History Through Cuban Eyes: Noticiero ICAIC
A Listening Post special looking back at a time when Cuban movie theatres delivered the news like nobody else. -
Listening Post Facebook's Promise: A New Feed With Less News
Will Facebook's reforms deal with hate speech, fake news and the need for moderation? Plus, South Korea's 'Defector TV'. -
Listening Post Blaze of Fire and Fury: Trump Insight or Fiction?
A look at the book that has set tongues wagging across the media landscape. Plus, Egypt's Sisi talk show bias. -
Listening Post Duterte vs Rappler: Media on Notice in the Philippines
As Filipino news site Rappler battles with authorities, media feel the chill. Plus, climate sceptics and the news media. Keywords: climate change, climate change denial, climate change media, false balance journalism. -
Listening Post Catalan Referendum: Media, Politics and Independence
Is the Spanish media coverage serving the people or its political masters? Plus, the persecution of Vietnam's bloggers. -
Listening Post 'What Happened': Hillary Clinton and the Media
Clinton's memoir blames the media, among others, for her election loss. Plus, covering North Korea's nuclear threat. -
Listening Post The Chill Effect: Is India's Media Running Scared?
Much of India's media spurns a scoop about the son of PM Modi's right-hand man. Plus, NFL as platform for race politics. Keywords: Paid patriotism, nationalism, ethnic nationalism, Colin Kaepernick. -
Listening Post Saad Hariri, Saudi Power Play and the Media
Riyadh's Middle East power struggle and the role of the news media. Plus, the challenge of covering Manus Island. -
Listening Post 'Respond with Brute Force': Sisi's Narrative on Sinai
In the wake of the Sinai attack, is Egypt's media taking cues from Sisi's government? Plus, Mugabe's media legacy. -
Listening Post Rohingya: Hate Speech, Lies And Media Misinformation
How a vicious media campaign has intensified the pressure on an embattled people. Plus, Sinai's media black hole. -
Listening Post Duterte's War on Drugs and Those Reporting It
What's behind the Philippine president's war on the media and NGOs? Plus, reporting on the working class in the US. -
Listening Post Brazil: Media, Monopolies And Political Manipulations
An in-depth look at the last two years of political turmoil and media power play in Brazil. -
Listening Post The Challenges of Journalism in Duterte's Philippines
On the streets with Manila's 'night crawlers; plus, an in-depth interview with Rappler's Marites Vitug. -
Listening Post President Zuma and the Media in South Africa
We explore Zuma's grip on broadcasters, and Wikimedia Foundation on facts, trust and open source knowledge. -
Listening Post Media, Old and New, Drive France's Presidential Race
We explore what is driving the presidential campaign in France; plus, the threat of fake news in Italy. -
Listening Post The Media, Muslims and Trump's Travel Ban
As US borders tighten, we trace the media narratives on immigrants, refugees and Muslim 'Others'. -
Listening Post Afghanistan: When Journalists Become Targets
Ten Afghan journalists were killed in Kabul bombings. Plus, the human rights issue of solitary confinement in the US. -
Listening Post Kabul Bombings: The Perils of Being a Journalist in Afghanistan
Ten journalists were killed in the deadliest attack on Afghanistan's media since 2001. Plus, Winnie Mandela's legacy. -
Listening Post Israel-Palestine: Split Screens and Dissonant Narratives
A ceremony in Jerusalem, a massacre in Gaza and how the media covered both. Plus, spies on air in the US. -
Listening Post Spectacle Over Substance: Trump, G7 and the Singapore Summit
Trump's theatrics at the G7 summit and his meeting with North Korea's Kim Jong-un. Plus, the fixers' role in journalism. -
Listening Post Turkey's Elections: One Nation, One Media, One Voice?
President Erdogan wins Turkey's vote with the media singing from the same hymn sheet. Plus, polarised media in DR Congo. -
Listening Post Reform in Saudi Arabia: Image versus reality
The jailing of female activists makes the story of reform in the kingdom harder to tell. Plus, political ads in Mexico. -
Listening Post Cobrapost Sting: Indian Media Outlets and Paid News
An investigation exposes Indian media giants willing to peddle propaganda as news. Plus, the US global media operation. -
Listening Post Lifting the Lid on Facebook's Surveillance Machinery
A whistle-blower revealed how Facebook enabled politicians to exploit personal data. And India's fatal WhatsApp rumours. -
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This episode is replaced by breaking news of airstrikes on Syria. -
Listening Post Geo Goes Dark: Media and the Military in Pakistan
Media mystery in Pakistan: who ordered Geo News off the air? Plus, covering the world's largest biometric database. -
Listening Post Newsreaders in Chorus: The Monopolisation of Local News in the US
A viral video raises concerns about America's biggest TV news network. Plus, Britain's poverty porn industry. -
Listening Post Red Lines and Military Strikes: Media Coverage of the Syrian War
We map the politics and aesthetics of the Syria news coverage. Plus, what's behind enduring sexism in the Italian media? -
Listening Post Democrats vs WikiLeaks and the Implications for US Media
The saga continues as US Democrats file suit against Russia, Trump and WikiLeaks. Plus, reporting the Rohingya story. -
Listening Post Playing Dead: Arkady Babchenko and Post-Truth Conflict
The Russian journalist faked death - causing problems for the media. Plus, the Iranian diaspora reviving Shah nostalgia. -
Listening Post Arrested, Banned, Exiled: Egypt's Dissenting Voices
With presidential elections due next month, dissent has all but disappeared in Sisi's Egypt. Plus, Hungary's media. -
Listening Post Headlines and Hyperbole: Covering the Sergei Skripal Story
The Skripal affair and the battle of narratives between Russia and UK; plus, Google and Facebook's censorship tactics. -
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This episode is replaced by live coverage of British Prime Minister Theresa May speaking from the Security Conference in Munich. -
Listening Post Media in the Service of Xi Jinping
China's ruling party moves to remove presidential term limits. Plus, the case and coverage of Palestine's Ahed Tamimi.
