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The Listening Post

Summary: A weekly programme that examines and dissects the world's media, how they operate and the stories they cover.

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 Viral videos, nationwide protests: Putin’s Navalny problem | The Listening Post | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 1540

We examine the story of jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny and a form of journalism that has ignited political protests across Russia. Contributors: Catherine Belton - Special correspondent, Reuters; Author, Putin's People Ilya Lozovsky - Staff writer and editor, OCCRP Olga Irisova - Editor-in-chief, Riddle Dmitry Babich - Political analyst; Editor, InoSMI Internet Project On our radar Australian lawmakers want tech companies like Google and Facebook to pay news outlets for their content. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Tariq Nafi to find out why. Just a game? The US military-gaming complex War is not a game - or is it? We look at how the video games industry is proving a useful ally for the US military. Contributors: Nick Robinson - Associate professor of politics and international studies, University of Leeds Matthew Gault - Video game reporter, VICE Rami Ismail - Video game developer; Executive director, GameDev.World - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/

 Trump out, Biden in: What did the media learn? | The Listening Post | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 1550

The talk in Washington, DC is of a return to "normalcy"; we ask four American media analysts about the future of journalism in the Biden era. Contributors: Osita Nwanevu - Staff writer, The New Republic Janine Jackson - Program Director, FAIR Dan Froomkin - Editor, Press Watch Jack Crowe - News Editor, National Review On our radar: Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny returns to prison, but not before releasing a documentary that has become a huge online hit. Producer Johanna Hoes tells Richard Gizbert about "Putin’s Palace" and the so-called “biggest bribe in history”. #ENDSARS: The hashtag that exposed police brutality in Nigeria As thousands of youths protested against police violence in Nigeria, new media outlets emerged to cover a story the mainstream shied away from. Contributors: Richard Ogundiya - Co-founder, More Branches Kovie Biakolo - Culture writer and editor Dapo Olorunyomi - CEO, Premium Times Emmanuel Akinwotu - West Africa correspondent, The Guardian - - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/

 Trump-free Twitter: The debate over deplatforming | The Listening Post | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 1590

Twitter leaves US President Donald Trump in the dark and the fallout from this story is global. Will leaders learn to watch their words? Contributors: Siva Vaidhyanathan - Author, Anti-Social Media; Professor of Media Studies, University of Virginia Jillian York - Author, Silicon Values; Director for International Freedom of Expression, Electronic Frontier Foundation Julia Angwin - Editor-in-Chief, The Markup; Author, Dragnet Nation On our radar Ugandans vote in a presidential election – amid an internet blackout, imposed by their government. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Meenakshi Ravi about the potential effect on the election result. Alarm Phone: The refugee hotline and lifeline Alarm Phone is a hotline for refugees at sea that is helping to get their stories heard. Contributors: Jacob Berkson - Activist, Alarm Phone Giorgos Christides - Reporter, Der Spiegel Giorgos Kosmopoulos - Greece researcher, Amnesty International Notis Mitarachi - Greece's Minister of Migration and Asylum - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/

 End times for President Trump, new dawn for Trump media? | The Listening Post | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 1565

We discuss a week that had Americans glued to their screens, watching live feeds from Washington, DC, of what Donald Trump is leaving behind. Contributors: Will Sommer  - Politics reporter, The Daily Beast Sara Fischer  - Media reporter, Axios Parker Molloy  - Editor-at-large, Media Matters for America John Nichols  - National affairs correspondent, The Nation On our radar It was a good news - quickly followed by bad news - week for the founder of WikiLeaks. Richard Gizbert talks to producer Flo Phillips about the continuing case against Julian Assange. Qassem Soleimani - the man, the myth and the message The Listening Post’s Tariq Nafi reports on an Iranian general who, one year after he was killed, has become a powerful symbol in a story Tehran wants to tell about itself. Contributors: Narges Bajoghli - Assistant professor, Middle East Studies, Johns Hopkins University Hamid Dabashi - Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature, Columbia University Christiane Gruber - Professor in History of Art, University of Michigan - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/

 2020 hindsight: The coverage of COVID-19 | The Listening Post | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 1580

In 14 years of The Listening Post, there has never been a story like the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of people infected, the number of countries affected, and the amount of coverage the story attracted - all were unprecedented. We led with coverage of the pandemic for 12 straight weeks. We have never come close to that with any other story. On this special edition of our programme, we look back at how the pandemic story grew - moving from country to country, and exposing the failings of various governments and their leaders. So many societal issues have been raised in the process, ranging from public health to personal privacy. You will also see how our programme had to adapt to life under lockdown - and the way journalists everywhere did - to stay safe. With the first of the vaccines just being rolled out and so many countries feeling the effects of a second wave, the pandemic remains the biggest news story on the planet.  Prepare for more cases, more coverage and more examination of the way the COVID-19 is reported, here at The Listening Post. Contributors: Mary Hui - Reporter, Quartz Katrina Yu - China correspondent, Al Jazeera English Muyi Xiao - Visual editor, China File Maria Repnikova - Assistant professor, Georgia State University Charles Seife - Professor of health journalism, New York University Kayla Gogarty - Senior researcher, Media Matters for America Joanne Kenen - Executive health care editor, Politico Albert Fox Cahn - Surveillance Technology Oversight Project Michael Birnhack - Professor of law, University of Tel Aviv Jon Allsop - Writer, Columbia Journalism Review newsletter Maggie Koerth - Senior science reporter, FiveThirtyEight John Ioannidis - Professor, Stanford University John Allen Paulos - Professor of mathematics, Temple University Phil Booth - Coordinator, MedConfidential Cori Crider – Director, Foxglove Andrew Fishman - Managing editor, The Intercept Brasil Leonardo Custódio - Postdoctoral researcher, Åbo Akademi University Barkha Dutt - Editor, Mojo Arfa Khanum Sherwani - Senior editor, The Wire - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/

 That doctored image and soaring Sino-Australian relations | The Listening Post | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 1580

China and Australia, two major trading partners, are now using their respective media outlets - in different ways and to different extents - to trash talk one another. Contributors: Yang Yao - Professor, Peking University Yun Sun - Co-director, Stimson Center Eryk Bagshaw - China correspondent, Sydney Morning Herald Yun Jiang - China Policy Centre, Australian National University On our radar Uganda has a presidential election coming up. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Flo Phillips about the risks journalists in Kampala are taking to cover it. Serbian war criminals turned authors: Rewriting Yugoslav history Convicted war criminals in Serbia and their efforts to rewrite history from behind bars. Contributors: Aleksandar Brezar - Western Balkans Network Lead, The Democratic Society; Co-host, Sarajevo Calling Emir Suljagic - Director, Srebrenica Genocide Memorial; Professor, International University of Sarajevo Vladimir Petrovic - Historian Natasa Kandic - Founder, Humanitarian Law Center - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/

 Is Murdoch media facing a reckoning in Australia? | The Listening Post | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 1585

In Australia, more than half a million people have signed a petition demanding their government investigate the Murdoch media empire and the influence it has on their lives. Contributors: Rodney Tiffen - Author, Rupert Murdoch: A Reassessment Richard Cooke - Contributing editor, The Monthly Sally Young - Professor of political science, University of Melbourne Margaret Simons - Investigative journalist On our radar Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Tariq Nafi about the ongoing debate in France about secularism and free speech. President Emmanuel Macron does not like some of the coverage. India: The mounting challenges for journalists in Uttar Pradesh The Listening Post’s Meenakshi Ravi looks at how an attempt to cover up a horrific gang rape has shed light on the dangers of doing journalism in India’s most populous region, Uttar Pradesh. Contributors: Shivam Vij - Writer, The Print Siddharth Varadarajan - Founding editor, The Wire Neha Dixit - Investigative journalist and author Vijay Vineet - News editor, Jansandesh Times - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/

 The post-election media divide in the US | The Listening Post | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 1590

Media outlets in the United States face a reckoning as they struggle to break up with Donald Trump. Contributors: Murtaza Hussein - reporter, The Intercept Maria Hinojosa - founder, Futuro Media Group Matt Taibbi - author and journalist Ashton Lattimore - editor-in-chief, Prism Reports On our radar: Ethiopia erupts. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Johanna Hoes about Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s order to send troops into the northern region of Tigray while completely cutting off any forms of communication - barring journalists and banning the internet. Autopsy of an Ethiopian interview: Who killed Hachalu Hundessa? The last ever interview with Ethiopian singer, Hachalu Hundessa - and why everyone is poring over that tape, looking for clues in their search for who killed him. Contributors: Guyo Wariyo - former presenter, Oromia Media Network Bruh Yihunbelay - COO, Tirita FM Radio Tsedale Lemma - editor-in-chief, Addis Standard Alula Solomon - CEO, Tigrai Media House 00:00 Intro 02:00 Life After Trump 11:42 Latest from Ethiopia 14:14 Who killed Hachalu Hundessa? 24:22 Bye Bye Donny - - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/

 Media outlets’ battle for clarity amidst the chaos of US election | The Listening Post | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 1550

With a victory for Biden imminent, media outlets that have thrived on the Trump show must look for a new business model. Contributors: Akela Lacy - politics reporter, The Intercept Jim Warren - executive editor, NewsGuard David Folkenflik - media correspondent, NPR Molly Jong-Fast - editor-at-large, Daily Beast On our radar: We discuss India and the arrest of Arnab Goswami, one of the country’s loudest pro-government voices on television. Producer Nicholas Muirhead has been tracking the response of the right-wing media. Ertugrul: Turkish TV’s Ottoman phenomenon goes global The Listening Post's Meenakshi Ravi reports on how history, politics and entertainment collide in Turkey’s Ottoman TV epics. Contributors: Burak Ozcetin - associate professor, Istanbul Bilgi University Senem Cevik - lecturer in International Studies, UC Irvine Omar Al-Ghazzi - assistant professor, LSE; co-author, Neo-Ottoman Cool: Turkish Popular Culture in the Arab Public Sphere - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/

 Four years at war: President Trump and the media | The Listening Post | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 1585

The US election is just days away and President Donald Trump’s fake news narrative is about to be put to the ultimate test. Contributors: John Ziegler - Senior Columnist, Mediaite Amy Goodman - Executive Producer, Democracy Now! Ben Smith - Media Columnist, The New York Times On our radar US conservatives often accuse social media platforms of suppressing their voices. Politico’s chief tech correspondent, Mark Scott, joins Richard Gizbert to discuss a study which shows that claim is not true. The chosen one: The Christian Broadcasting Network and Donald Trump The gospel of Trump 24/7? We look at the marriage of convenience that is the president’s relationship with the Christian Broadcasting Network. Contributors: Gordon Robertson - CEO, Christian Broadcasting Network Terry Heaton - Former Executive Producer, The 700 Club; Author, The Gospel of Self: How Jesus Joined the GOP Sarah Posner - Author, Unholy: Why White Evangelicals Worship at the Alter of Donald Trump; Reporting Fellow, Type Investigations Nicole Hemmer - Author, Messengers of the Right; Associate research scholar, Columbia University - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/

 France: Debates over free speech and secularism | The Listening Post | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 1590

A brutal murder and the Charlie Hebdo trial have people in France questioning freedom of expression again. Contributors: Pierre Henri Tavoillot - Professor of philosophy, Sorbonne University Philippe Marliere - Professor of French and European politics, University College London Rim-Sarah Aloune - Legal scholar and human rights researcher Jocelyn Cesari - Professor of religion and politics, University of Birmingham On our radar The Nigerian army says it did not shoot at protesters, but there is a problem with their story - the evidence is all over the internet. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Meenakshi Ravi about the contrasting narratives. Murder in Malta: Daphne Caruana Galizia’s journalistic legacy The Listening Post’s Flo Phillips on a reporter killed for the work she did - and how Daphne Caruana Galizia’s journalism continues to make news. Contributors: Matthew Caruana Galizia - Son of Daphne Caruana Galizia and investigative journalist Manuel Delia - Author, Murder on the Malta Express; Blogger, Truth Be Told Caroline Muscat - Founder, The Shift News Mark Laurence Zammit - Former presenter, Xarabank - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/

 Silenced and shut down: Kashmir’s year of lockdown | The Listening Post | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 1590

It has been more than a year since New Delhi scrapped Indian-administered Kashmir’s special status. Why has the region’s history been so hotly disputed - on the ground and in the news media - since India’s independence from the United Kingdom more than 70 years ago? Contributors: Rahul Pandita - Journalist and author, Our Moon Has Blood Clots Siddiq Wahid - Senior fellow, Centre for Policy Research India Nitasha Kaul - Associate professor, University of Westminster Suhasini Haidar - National and diplomatic affairs editor, The Hindu Aarti Tikoo Singh - Foreign affairs editor, Indo-Asian News Service Against all odds: Reporting under Kashmir’s communications blackout What has the revocation of Article 370 - and the security lockdown and communication blackout that followed - meant for Kashmiris and the journalists trying to tell their stories? Contributors: Anuradha Bhasin - Executive editor, Kashmir Times Peerzada Ashiq - Senior journalist, The Hindu Syed Shahriyar - Photojournalist - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/

 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: Shelling, suffering and propaganda | The Listening Post | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 1560

After three weeks of fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia, both sides have leaned on their domestic media to give their version of events. We examine the events in Nagorno-Karabakh and the dangers of war reporting in the age of COVID-19. Contributors: Cavid Aga - Writer, Open Caucasus Media Daniel Hamilton - Political and communications analyst Neil Hauer - Non-resident fellow, Frontier Europe Ani Paitjan - Journalist, CivilNet On our radar There are more signals from Saudi media that the narrative is changing on Israel. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Meenakshi Ravi about a three-part interview on pan-Arab station Al Arabiya that has taken aim at Palestinians. A snapshot of empire: The racist legacy of colonial postcards How the golden age of postcards left behind a legacy of racism that continues to shape perceptions of Africans today. Contributors: Sarah Sentilles - Writer and critical theorist Olubukola Gbadegesin - Associate professor, Saint Louis University Stephen Hughes - Senior lecturer, SOAS University of London Julie Crooks - Associate curator, Art Gallery of Ontario - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/

 The president's taxes: A story to 'Trump' all the others? | The Listening Post | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 1515

President Donald Trump has survived one bombshell news report after another. Last week, The New York Times dropped a story that may prove to be the last straw. Contributors: Eric Alterman - Columnist, The Nation Claire Potter - Author, Political Junkies Alex Shephard - Staff writer, The New Republic Molly Jong-Fast - Editor-at-large, The Daily Beast On our radar On-the-ground coverage of the fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia is scarce. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Johanna Hoes on the difficulties of reporting the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Viral advertisements and voting: Can anti-Trump Republicans sway an election? Two breakaway Republican groups have launched enormous online campaigns aimed at defeating their own candidate, President Donald Trump. Contributors: Rick Wilson - Co-founder, The Lincoln Project; Author, Running Against the Devil: A Plot to Save America from Trump - and Democrats from Themselves Osita Nwanevu - Staff writer, The New Republic Joanna Weiss - Contributing editor, Politico Magazine Paul Waldman - Opinion writer, The Washington Post; Senior writer, American Prospect - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/

 Thai protests: Taking on the monarchy, breaking through taboos | The Listening Post | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 1515

Protesters in Thailand take on the taboo that outlaws criticism of the political system and the monarchy at the heart of it. Contributors: Pavin Chachavalpongpun - Associate Professor of Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University Warong Dechgitvigrom - Founder, Thai Pakdee Jutatip Sirikhan - President, Student Union of Thailand Pravit Rojanaphruk - Senior Writer, Khaosod English On our radar Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Meenakshi Ravi about why Turkey's president has decided to sue a Greek newspaper. Faking spectators and spectacles: Sports TV in pandemic times Sports stadiums are empty but broadcasters are bursting with ideas on how to make up for the missing fans. Contributors: Gary Hughes - Head of Football, Sky Sports Adam Peri - Sound Engineer, Sky Sports David Rowe - Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University Michael Davies - Senior Vice President for Technical and Field Operations, Fox Sports - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/

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