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The Listening Post - WikiLeaks and the media
On this week's show: A look at the commotion caused by the latest WikiLeaks leak and how this leak differs from the rest. Plus, will Rupert Murdoch's decision to charge for Times online content pay off?
The Listening Post - Ahmadinejad's media blitz
On The Listening Post this week we look at Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's media blitz in New York: there were interviews, press conferences and photo-ops but back in Iran the media remain tight lipped and under pressure. We also explore the challenges of reporting in Japan in an interview with Jake Adelstein, an American journalist who has made Tokyo his turf for the past 20 years.
The Listening Post - The Midterms media players
On this episode of The Listening Post we analyse the media players in the US Midterm elections - old and new, mainstream and alternative, news and non-news. Plus our interview with Julian Assange, the Wikileaks editor-in-chief.
The Listening Post - The media and the 'Ground Zero mosque' story
Plans to build an Islamic community centre near the site where the World Trade Centre used to stand in New York have triggered a heated, often irrational and frequently inaccurate debate in the US. On this episode of The Listening Post we look at how some news outlets got their hands dirty with this story.
The Listening Post - General McChrystal: Taken down by the media
On The Listening Post this week: How a profile in Rolling Stone magazine brings down the US' top commander in Afghanistan and the stories of three journalists on the run from their countries.
The Listening Post - The military and the media
For as long as there have been movies, the US government has collaborated with filmmakers to ensure that their view of the world was shared with audiences around the world. From Hollywood shoot-em-ups to Pentagon spin doctors, The Listening Post takes a look at the relationship between the military and the media.
The Listening Post - Pakistan's aid shortfall
Did you donate any money to Haiti after the earthquake? Have you donated money to Pakistan to help victims of the floods there? A lot of people can answer yes to the first question, but not so many to the second. What was it about these floods that stopped people dipping into their pockets? We have seen wide shots of saturated fields, families trapped on crudely fashioned lifeboats, villagers left homeless, starving and without clean drinking water. But even with all this we have not been nearly as charitable as we were after the earthquake in Haiti. On The Listening Post this week, we ask: What is about the images of this disaster that fail to evoke the same compassion that others have done? Was it the way the media told the story or are there more complex, perhaps darker reasons behind it?
The Listening Post - Missing the mark on Wikileaks?
There has been another deluge of information released on Wikileaks - this time about the war in Iraq. But many of the resulting stories have focused on Julian Assange's character as much as on the contents of the leaked documents. Has the media missed the mark or has the Wikileaks front man become a liability for the organisation? The Listening Post this week looks at how the media has become more interested in the life of one man than the deaths of 109000 Iraqis.
The Listening Post - Thais turn to new media
Bangkok has become a very difficult place to cover for both local and international journalists and the Thai people have become deeply suspicious of that coverage. They have called it biased and are turning more and more to new media to find out what is really happening in their country. We go back to Thailand this week to see what the conditions are like for journalists there and who the main players in new media sphere are.
The Listening Post - The Gaza flotilla video wars
In this week's episode of The Listening Post, we take a look at the on air video wars following the Gaza flotilla attack and we dip into our archive to give you an excerpt from one of our favourite interviews: Wael Abbas on the Egyptian blogosphere.
The Listening Post - Media and the murky world of espionage
When ten alleged Russian spies were arrested in the United States it made front pages around the world. Like most international stories, how those headlines read in the various countries involved, was a story in itself. In the United States, news agencies went back to Cold War templates to tell the story. But in the scramble to file those reports, many journalists neglected to ask some of the fundamental questions relating to the source, and timing of this story. Those questions were tackled however, in the Russian media but some of the theoretical motivations given, exposed flaws in their reporting as well. Our News Divide goes beyond the spoon-fed narrative, the political conspiracies and domestic perspectives to look at the bigger picture and how intelligence agencies are still managing to manipulate the media.
The Listening Post - A tale of two elections
On this episode of The Listening Post: A media clampdown in Myanmar and a defeat for big media in Brazil.
The Listening Post - The media's role in Colombia's election
On this episode of The Listening Post we look at the media's role in the Colombian election and The Washington Post's two-year investigation into what they call "Top Secret America".
The Listening Post - Iraq's factionalised media
It took eight months for the Iraqi government to finally reach an agreement on a power-sharing deal. The war torn country is notoriously factionalised with a population divided by politics and religion and plagued by sectarian violence. These divisions were very evident in the Iraqi media's coverage in the lead up to the election. In an effort to deal with the media cacophony, the Iraqi Communications and Media Commission - set up in 2004 - entered the fray. When the commission started threatening to shut down outlets that incited hatred, many journalists in the country were left unsure of exactly what they could and could not say. This week, The Listening Post looks at the media's role in the lead up to the election, what it may be like under the new power-sharing agreement and whether or not it will be able to put aside its differences without being censored.
The Listening Post - The 'hearts and minds' of Operation Moshtarak - Part 1
Operation Moshtarak was more than a military offensive. It marked a significant change in the way Nato and its allies deal with the media and handle their public relations. The Listening Post goes back to the Afghanistan war story and shows the change in the way it is being told - to the Afghans affected and news audiences around the world. Plus, Iceland's bid to bring together some of the most progressive media laws from around the world to create one holistic law that will position the north Atlantic country at the forefront of the battle to protect journalists, whistle blowers and their sources from legal action.
The Listening Post - Mopping up BP's polluted image
This week, The Listening Post focuses on the scramble by the White House and BP to contain the negative press spilling across the media about the Gulf of Mexico disaster. Also, we bring back excerpts from our interview with actor, rapper and avid new media user, Riz MC.
The Listening Post - Reporting the Afghan war
This week on The Listening Post - reporting the Afghan war: Time magazine's shocking cover story walks the thin line between editorial and editorialising. And we lay out the pros and the cons of embedded journalism coming to us from the battlefields of Afghanistan.
The Listening Post - South of the Border
This week, we bring you a special edition of the Listening Post. Richard Gizbert sits down with Academy Award-winning director Oliver Stone to talk about his new film 'South of the Border' and the surprising role that media, both Latin American and North American play in shaping and reflecting the narrative of South America's political history.
The Listening Post - Trading coverage for access?
The Listening Post examines the muted response of US TV networks to the video, posted by the whistleblower's site Wikileaks, which showed US soldiers firing at and killing 16 Iraqis, including two Reuters journalists and asks why, in the face of such damning footage - the US media still trades coverage for access to war zones. Plus, a new hit TV series in Israel that has captured a wide audience and stirred debate.
The Listening post - Bin Laden tapes
This week on the Listening Post: the debates and the ethics of airing material from Osama bin Laden. Also, we revisit the site of the brutal massacre of journalists in the Philippines.
The Listening Post - The information war
On the show this week: it is a multi-faceted media story that has generated myriad news strands and angles but also legal complications. At the centre of it all is WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. He has become the human face of an information war that has left free speech activists on one side and cagey politicians on the other. The fight has drawn in some unlikely participants, from credit card companies to Swedish lawyers. Its uncharted waters for the media - some had to report the story while defending their coverage. It is an uncertain future for politicians who are desperately trying to shut down the website while putting out diplomatic fires across the globe. It is a moral dilemma for those who question the right to information over the danger of too much information. It is a lot of things, but mostly - it is a fascinating story!
The Listening Post - The ongoing WikiLeaks saga
The truth is out there, but what does it all mean? On this episode of The Listening Post, we turn our attention to figures involved in the WikiLeaks Afghan war logs and the debate over what the US government should do about it. Plus, we take a look at the dark side of online video gaming.
The Listening Post - Media spin on the Iraqi elections
This week, we pick up from where we left off in our last broadcast and analyze the media spin on the Iraqi elections this time from the American side. Also, we go underground on the World Wide Web to understand what makes whistle-blower's website Wikileaks tick.
The Listening Post - US media double standard
This week on the Listening Post's radar: the tweet that ended the 20-year career of a CNN journalist and a Russian social networking site that is not for the masses but strictly for those of class.
The Listening Post - Yemen news coverage
Media coverage of Macau ten years since the handover of Macau to China.
The Listening Post - Dubai Hamas murder mystery
On the Listening Post's radar this week: closed circuit cameras in Dubai blow the cover off what was meant to be a clandestine political assassination. And we present our second report from Kenya on the media and its problems with corruption, both outside and inside.
The Listening Post - Kashmiris left out in the cold
On The Listening Post this week: Kashmiris are frozen out by mainstream media coverage after a summer of violence and the great new hope for independent press in Italy.
The Listening Post - 'The war you don't see'
On the show this week we interview renowned filmmaker and journalist, John Pilger about his new film, The War You Don't See, Iran and Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks. We then turn our attention to the chequered transcripts coming from an Arabic-language translation service in the US.
The Listening Post - Maziar Bahari
Richard Gizbert talks to the Iranian-Canadian journalist who spent 118 days in Iran's notorious Evin prison.
The Listening Post - Media battle in Thailand and Kyrgyzstan
On the Listening Post this week: TV wars in Thailand as the political turmoil gets worse. And in Kyrgyzstan, a government is toppled and the opposition zeroes in on state television.
The Listening Post - BP's public relations headache
This week on the show: A massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico equals a massive PR headache for BP and the ethical dilemma faced by news organisations when their journalists are kidnapped - to report or not to report?
The Listening Post - The Iraqi elections
Plus, the proposal for a new Journalists Protection Law and the controversial google case.
The Listening Post - The Vatican vs. the global media
This week, The Listening Post follows the media's trial of the Catholic Church and its role in uncovering one of the biggest scandals to hit the Vatican in years. Plus, the double bombing on the Moscow metro on March 29 was the worst attack to hit Moscow in five years, but for up to two hours after the explosions, Russia's three main TV channels hardly broke into their daytime programming of dance and cookery shows. The Listening Post asks if this is a sign of how much control is exerted over TV news in Russia and how sensitive the issue of terrorism is for the Kremlin.
The Listening Post - Italian media / Egyptian blogosphere
Silvio Berlusconi, Rupert Murdoch and the media in Italy and an extended interview with renowned blogger Wael Abbas on the Egyptian blogosphere
The Listening post - Arab satellite law in the US
On the Listening Post this week, the politics of satellite TV news being fought from Washington to Cairo and Ireland has a new blasphemy law that is being challenged, online.
The Listening Post - Peering into North Korea
On The Listening Post this week we look at the photo that spoke a thousand words about the power dynamics in North Korea, and we returned to Zimbabwe to see what conditions are like there for local journalists nearly two years into the power-sharing agreement.
The Listening Post - Israeli settlement - 27 Nov 09 - Pt 1
On the Listening Post this week, the story of the Israeli settlement building and the chilling effect of British libel laws on press freedom worldwide.
The Listening Post - A royal engagement
On this episode we look at how a royal engagement in Britain made headlines from New York to Bangkok and ask why this story captivated a global audience?
The Listening Post -Conflict in Lebanon - 16 May 08- Pt 1
We look at how networks and TV stations are the new battlegrounds in Beirut.
The Listening Post - Sri Lankan media as elections loom
On our show this week, we look at reporting in Sri Lanka as the country nears a presidential election and reporting on Eritrea from outside.
The Listening Post - Afghanistan media coverage / Guardian gagging order
the increased media coverage of the war in Afghanistan / UKs Guardian newspaper gagged from reporting Parliament.
The Listening Post - WikiLeaks cyber warriors
This week, we stay with the WikiLeaks story - the battle taking place online, the cyber warriors and the tug of war over freedom of information. Then a retrospective look at 2009 through a series of photographs
The Listening Post - The Quran burning that never happened
We look at the global media obsession over the Quran burning story, plus the New York Times investigates the British tabloid phone-hacking scandal in its battle against Murdoch's NewsCorp.
The Listening Post - Ethiopia in 1984 and now
Its been 25 years since footage of the Ethiopian famine shocked the world but why arent we seeing much of the same kind of news being reported today
The Listening Post - Media divide over healthcare / media standards for journalists in Afghanistan
US media form an ideological divide over Obama's healthcare reforms / double standard in the media for foreign and local journalists in Afghanistan
The Listening Post - Zimbabwe's media landscape
On the Listening Post this week we travel to Zimbabwe to see if conditions have improved for the media there under the power-sharing agreement, and we meet two of Columbia's most persistent and resilient journalists.
The Listening Post - Spotlight on Azerbaijan-15 Feb 08-Pt 1
In this week's The Listening Post, Richard Gizbert puts Azerbaijan under the spotlight. Freedom of the press in the former Soviet republic has not moved on since pre-perestroika days. And with presidential elections on the horizon the government is cracking down further on journalists who refuse to tow the party line.
The Listening Post - The 'hearts and minds' of Operation Moshtarak - Part 2
Operation Moshtarak was more than a military offensive. It marked a significant change in the way Nato and its allies deal with the media and handle their public relations. The Listening Post goes back to the Afghanistan war story and shows the change in the way it is being told - to the Afghans affected and news audiences around the world. Plus, Iceland's bid to bring together some of the most progressive media laws from around the world to create one holistic law that will position the north Atlantic country at the forefront of the battle to protect journalists, whistle blowers and their sources from legal action.
The Listening Post - Media conflict of interest debate
On this week's episode of The Listening Post: The debate over The New York Times and its apparent conflict of interest in Israel and the tug of war for control of Kenya's media.
The Listening Post- Media control in Iran- 26 June 09 - PT1
In The Listening Post this week, we take a look at the Internet and new media controls put in place in Iran, and from Northern Ireland, the case of journalist Suzanne Breens fight not to disclose her sources .
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