The Listening Post

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  • Premiered: Dec 2013
  • Episodes: 227
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Season 2018
2018x1
Blaze of fire and fury: Trump insight or fiction?
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Jan 13, 2018
A look at the book that has set tongues wagging across the media landscape. Plus, Egypt's Sisi talk show bias.
2018x2
Facebook's promise: A news feed with less news
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Jan 20, 2018
Will Facebook's reforms deal with hate speech, fake news and the need for moderation? Plus, South Korea's 'Defector TV'.
2018x3
Duterte vs Rappler: Media on notice in the Philippines
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Jan 27, 2018
As Filipino news site Rappler battles with authorities, media feel the chill. Plus, climate sceptics and the news media.
2018x4
Russia: Pre-election media manipulations
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Feb 03, 2018
The Kremlin calls the shots on Russian media, so how do critics get their messages out? Plus, Cambodia's media blackout.
2018x5
Kenyan media: Under pressure and in crisis
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Feb 10, 2018
Screws are being tightened on Kenya's media, but many outlets also have credibility issues. Plus, Macron and the media.
2018x6
Pyeongchang 2018: Sport, politics and the media game
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Feb 17, 2018
The media get caught up in North Korea's diplomatic games at the Winter Olympics. Plus, journalism in post-coup Turkey.
2018x7
Arrested, banned, exiled: Egypt's dissenting voices
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Feb 24, 2018
With presidential elections due next month, dissent has all but disappeared in Sisi's Egypt. Plus, Hungary's media.
2018x8
Media in the service of Xi Jinping
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Mar 03, 2018
China's ruling party moves to remove presidential term limits. Plus, the case and coverage of Palestine's Ahed Tamimi.
2018x9
#NeverAgain: Teenagers, Twitter and the US gun debate
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Mar 10, 2018
How US school shooting survivors spar with gun rights activists on air and online. Plus, media strangled in Eritrea.
2018x10
Headlines and hyperbole: Covering the Sergei Skripal story
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Mar 17, 2018
The Skripal affair and the battle of narratives between Russia and UK; plus, Google and Facebook's censorship tactics.
2018x11
Lifting the lid on Facebook's surveillance machinery
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Mar 24, 2018
A whistle-blower revealed how Facebook enabled politicians to exploit personal data. And India's fatal WhatsApp rumours.
2018x12
Murder in Brazil: Covering the assassination of Marielle Franco
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Mar 31, 2018
The murder of Franco puts a spotlight on the Brazilian media's treatment of the slums. Plus, Honduras' Radio Progreso.
2018x13
Newsreaders in chorus: The monopolisation of local news in the US
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Apr 07, 2018
A viral video raises concerns about America's biggest TV news network. Plus, Britain's poverty porn industry.
2018x14
Geo goes dark: Media and the military in Pakistan
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Apr 14, 2018
Media mystery in Pakistan: who ordered Geo News off the air? Plus, covering the world's largest biometric database.
2018x15
Red lines and military strikes: Media coverage of the Syrian war
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Apr 21, 2018
We map the politics and aesthetics of the Syria news coverage. Plus, what's behind enduring sexism in the Italian media?
2018x16
Democrats vs WikiLeaks and the implications for US media
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Apr 28, 2018
The saga continues as US Democrats file suit against Russia, Trump and WikiLeaks. Plus, reporting the Rohingya story.
2018x17
Kabul bombings: The perils of being a journalist in Afghanistan
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May 05, 2018
Ten journalists were killed in the deadliest attack on Afghanistan's media since 2001. Plus, Winnie Mandela's legacy.
2018x18
Afghanistan: When journalists become targets
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May 12, 2018
Ten Afghan journalists were killed in Kabul bombings. Plus, the human rights issue of solitary confinement in the US.
2018x19
Israel-Palestine: Split screens and dissonant narratives
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May 19, 2018
A ceremony in Jerusalem, a massacre in Gaza and how the media covered both. Plus, spies on air in the US.
2018x20
Reform in Saudi Arabia: Image versus reality
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May 26, 2018
The jailing of female activists makes the story of reform in the kingdom harder to tell. Plus, political ads in Mexico.
2018x21
Cobrapost sting: Indian media outlets and paid news
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Jun 02, 2018
An investigation exposes Indian media giants willing to peddle propaganda as news. Plus, the US global media operation.
2018x22
Playing dead: Arkady Babchenko and post-truth conflict
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Jun 09, 2018
The Russian journalist faked death - causing problems for the media. Plus, the Iranian diaspora reviving Shah nostalgia.
2018x23
Spectacle over substance: Trump, G7 and the Singapore summit
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Jun 16, 2018
Trump's theatrics at the G7 summit and his meeting with North Korea's Kim Jong-un. Plus, the fixers' role in journalism.
2018x24
An unworthy war? US/UK reporting on Yemen
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Jun 23, 2018
As the assault on Hudaida makes news, we examine flaws in coverage of the war in Yemen. Plus, chemical attacks in Syria.
2018x25
Turkey's elections: One nation, one media, one voice?
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Jun 30, 2018
President Erdogan wins Turkey's vote with the media singing from the same hymn sheet. Plus, polarised media in DR Congo.
2018x26
The making and breaking of the West Africa Leaks
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Jul 07, 2018
Inside the biggest media collaboration in the region's history, exposing the offshore dealings of the rich and powerful.
2018x27
Grappling with the far right on the UK's airwaves
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Aug 11, 2018
Do the media help manufacture far-right movements? Plus, Ethiopia's new prime minister and the hope for media reform.
2018x28
Speaking the unspeakable in Bangladesh
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Aug 18, 2018
Protests in Dhaka are about more than road safety. Plus, how the late Tom Wolfe inspires journalists today.
2018x29
Bowing to Beijing? Google's Project Dragonfly
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Aug 25, 2018
Google's planned Chinese search app comes under fire. Plus, censorship in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
2018x30
Catch & Kill: Could Trump's media allies hasten his downfall?
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Sep 01, 2018
The National Enquirer was once Trump's most strident cheerleader, but now it's his latest headache. Plus, Radio Dabanga.
2018x31
Myanmar: Journalists Paying the Price for Reporting Genocide
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Sep 08, 2018
The sentencing of two Reuters reporters in Myanmar. Plus, the British media and their monarchy.
2018x32
Lessons from the crash: Media and the 2008 financial crisis
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Sep 15, 2018
A decade on from the 2008 global financial crisis. Plus, Twitter bots manipulate online debates on Iran.
2018x33
Xinjiang: The story Beijing doesn't want reported
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Sep 22, 2018
A special on the under-reporting of China's treatment of Uighur Muslims and the tale of the Southern Media Group.
2018x34
British tabloids on Brexit: Eurosceptics or Eurohaters?
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Sep 29, 2018
As Brexit talks drag on, UK right-wing media ratchet up negative coverage. Plus, Mahathir and Malaysia's media revamp.
2018x35
Brazil's elections: Is social media overtaking the mainstream?
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Oct 06, 2018
Is social media driving the campaign of far-right frontrunner Jair Bolsonaro? Plus, online abuse of female journalists.
2018x36
Covering the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi
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Oct 13, 2018
Conflicting narratives and the mystery of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi's disappearance. Plus, native advertising.
2018x37
Media and climate change: Why we need a total overhaul
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Oct 20, 2018
We examine the alarming UN climate report and the state of climate reporting today. Plus, exporting Orban's media model.
2018x38
Jair Bolsonaro: A wrecking ball for Brazil's media?
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Oct 27, 2018
A look at hate speech and misinformation ahead of Brazil's election runoff. Plus, Jeremy Corbyn and the UK media.
2018x39
Donald Trump: America's editor-in-chief?
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Nov 03, 2018
What's behind Trump's attacks on the media before the US midterms? Plus, Trump and the Christian Broadcasting Network.
2018x40
US sanctions on Iran and the messaging battle
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Nov 10, 2018
After months of rhetoric, the US re-imposes sanctions on Iran. Plus, historical revisionism in Israel's archives.
2018x41
Saudi Arabia post-Khashoggi: Business as usual?
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Nov 17, 2018
After Khashoggi's killing, Saudi Arabia tightens grip on media and public discourse. Plus, South Korea's 'Defector TV'.
2018x42
Julian Assange: Charges in the US, trial by media?
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Nov 24, 2018
An apparent cut-paste error confirms a US indictment against the Wikileaks founder. Plus, patriotic cinema in Russia.
2018x43
Raed Fares: Murdered on the front line of Syrian journalism
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Dec 01, 2018
Syrian activist, journalist and founder of Radio Fresh, Raed Fares, is assassinated in Idlib. Plus, border security TV.
2018x44
Marc Lamont Hill and the limits on the Israel-Palestine debate
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Dec 08, 2018
The taboo around the Israel-Palestine debate on US airwaves. Plus, Quechua news and the politics of language in Peru.
2018x45
Resolutions vs reality: Facebook's disastrous 2018
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Dec 15, 2018
Facebook's end-of-year wrap glossed over most of its own bad news. Plus, US immigration raids caught on camera.
2018x46 Show finale
Noam Chomsky's Manufacturing Consent revisited
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Dec 22, 2018
A Listening Post special marking 30 years since the publication of Manufacturing Consent and its relevance today.

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