The Listening Post show

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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  • Artist: Al Jazeera English
  • Copyright: Al Jazeera Media Network | Copyright 2020

Podcasts:

 When the cameras turned on the Murdochs | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 1563

Listening Post examines the mega-media story ripping through Britain's media and political elite.

 North Korea: The cult of the Kims | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 511

Revealing the lengths the country's propaganda department will go to to ensure Kim Jong-un's image is untarnished.

 Chinese whispers: Murder, mystery, the media | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 1509

We examine a scandal that has seen the single voice of the Chinese state compete with a cacophony of online voices - who is winning the media battle? Plus, the new cult that is North Korea's Kim Jong-un.

 Ali Ferzat: Breaking the barrier of fear | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 466

The Syrian cartoonist paid the price of mocking the government with satirical drawings, but he has not given up hope. Listening Post's Richard Gizbert sat down with Ali Ferzat to discuss the power of political satire and the Syrian uprising.

 Navigating Syria's slippery narratives | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 1508

Listening Post puts social media in Syria under the spotlight and asks who and how much to trust.

 Feature: Hungary's media battle | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 440

A relatively new member to the EU, Hungary is subject to some stringent media freedom standards. Standards critics say the country no longer meets. Listening Post's Flo Phillips went to Hungary for a first-hand account of its media battle.

 Myanmar's media moment | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 1508

Is the country's changing media landscape a significant shift or merely a ploy to encourage the lifting of sanctions? Plus, Listening Post's Flo Phillips went to Hungary for a first-hand account of its media battle.

 Egyptian news from 'revolutionary' sources | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 455

Listening Post features how Egypt's revolutionaries collected and archived citizen videos filmed on the streets that tell a story different to that by the state media, becoming an alternative news source for Egyptians, by Egyptians.

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