The Listening Post

Listening Post takes a look at Rupert Murdoch's role in the Scottish independence vote and the media's scramble to catch up with the story. - Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitterhttps://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check out our website:http://www.aljazeera.com/

Amid Pakistan's latest political power struggle, the country's news channels are fighting a proxy war of their own. Our feature this week combines Latin America, financial reporting, media politics in Argentina, and the media bias of Western media reporting Latin America.

When James Foley was beheaded by the Islamic State (IS) group after being held captive for two years, the American journalist became a big part of a story he was just there to cover. The video shocked anyone who saw it and raised editorial and ethical dilemmas in the newsrooms around the world over reporting the facts without becoming a propaganda tool of the IS. Also on Listening Post: Japan, nuclear power and the media, after Fukushima. And, just what Ukraine needs: another partisan news channel. Plus, what would the bombing of Gaza look like if it happened in a neighbourhood like yours?

Listening Post examines racial conflict and social divisions in the US and how those issues are reported. Helping us to understand how the media reported Ferguson are: Mikki Kendall, a writer; Lizz Brown, a columnist for the St Louis American; Byron Tau, a reporter for Politico; Rashad Robinson, the executive director of Color of Change; and Ash-har Quraishi, a correspondent for Al Jazeera America.

Gaza: media myths and conflicting narratives. What is the role of social media in the Israeli-Palestinian battle for hearts, minds and political support? And, Gazans reporting from the conflict zone – but is Israel listening?

Competing geopolitical interests; competing media narratives in Iraq

Al Jazeera staff sentenced to jail in Egypt #FreeAJStaff.

ISIS is gaining on the ground but who, if anyone, controls the story?

One year after Edward Snowden exposed the spying at the NSA, can the internet be re-set?

Egypt: the state of the media, the future of journalism. Plus, narrating the unknown: North Korea – facts or fetish? Also we take a look on western media's fascination with North Korea.

Egypt: the state of the media, the future of journalism. Plus, narrating the unknown: North Korea – facts or fetish? Also we take a look on western media's fascination with North Korea.

The Kingdom and its media are placed under military control; plus heads roll at Spain's three top dailies. Our web video of the week is a walk through the streets of Japan – backwards.

A controversial new set of rules from FCC to govern the use of broadband and the Internet has infuriated the cyber world.

We analyse coverage of the Ukraine conflict, which has often been marred by a lack of nuance, context and subtlety.

Print media and the country's state-owned broadcaster have been accused of slanted coverage of the recent elections.