The Listening Post

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Season 2015
2015x1
Media trends to watch in 2015
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Jan 03, 2015
The Listening Post offers its predictions for media and journalism in the year to come.
2015x2
The reaction to the Charlie Hebdo attack
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Jan 10, 2015
Debating free speech in the wake of Charlie Hebdo; plus, the relevance of impartiality and objectivity in journalism.
2015x3
The return of Charlie Hebdo
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Jan 17, 2015
The controversial magazine continues to make headlines; plus, the screwball comedy that turned into political standoff.
2015x4
Reporting the Baga massacre
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Jan 24, 2015
How has the media covered the latest Boko Haram attack? Plus, the Charlie Hebdo story through the eyes of cartoonists.
2015x5
Greece: Syriza, austerity and the media
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Jan 31, 2015
Will the new Greek government dismantle the old media networks? Plus, covering the new power structures in Yemen.
2015x6
Syriza and the new economic narrative
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Feb 07, 2015
Greece's Syriza party challenges the media narrative on austerity. And, the close ties between journalists and NGOs.
2015x7
The Swiss Leaks
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Feb 14, 2015
The journalist collaboration behind the biggest leak in banking history; plus, a look at the slow journalism movement.
2015x8
The provocation of ISIL propaganda
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Feb 21, 2015
ISIL propaganda and the narrative of inevitable war; plus, fonts and typefaces, the loaded letters of the news business.
2015x9
The death that divided Argentina's media
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Feb 28, 2015
The contradictory coverage of a suspicious death; plus, the growing politics behind the world's most watched TV show.
2015x10
Israel elections: The media battle
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Mar 07, 2015
Netanyahu's allies and enemies in the media; plus, fixers, the local helpers who make international reporting possible.
2015x11
Screening rape: India's debate
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Mar 14, 2015
Debating the Delhi rape documentary; plus, a look at the internet trolls on the Kremlin's payroll.
2015x12
UK surveillance under scrutiny
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Mar 21, 2015
A media post-mortem into the UK's surveillance report. Plus, why five years on in Argentina the media looks so familiar.
2015x13
Nigeria's delayed elections
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Mar 28, 2015
The partisan coverage of Nigeria's vote; plus, the 800 million Indians not deemed newsworthy by their country's media.
2015x14
Challenging coverage: The conflict in Yemen
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Apr 04, 2015
The Yemen conflict and the geopolitics of the coverage; plus, the resurrection of Greece's state-owned broadcaster.
2015x15
Bangladesh: Politics, religion and the limits of speech
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Apr 11, 2015
Politics, religion and freedom of speech in Bangladesh; plus, the ethics of native advertising.
2015x16
Spain's new 'gag law' and the media
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Apr 18, 2015
What Spain's 'gag law' means for the media; and a radio station broadcasting from inside a mental hospital in Argentina.
2015x17
South Africa, xenophobia and the media
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Apr 25, 2015
The politics and coverage of xenophobia in South Africa; and TV regulation in the UK ahead of a contentious election.
2015x18
Reporting Baltimore
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May 02, 2015
Race and the media – the debate continues; plus, the politics of reforming Italy's state broadcaster.
2015x19
The perilous life of journalists in Iraq
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May 09, 2015
Iraqi journalists are stuck between a rock and a hard place; plus, Thailand, where the media march in step.
2015x20
Examining the British election drama
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May 16, 2015
A media post-mortem into the UK's general election; plus, a wiretapping scandal that has gripped Macedonia's media.
2015x21
Seymour Hersh: Challenging the Bin Laden story
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May 23, 2015
What the coverage of the Bin Laden story reveals about journalism in the US; plus, Cuba's changing media scene.
2015x22
Mass surveillance under the microscope
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May 30, 2015
Two years on from the Snowden leaks, the surveillance debate continues; plus, journalism in Japan - Abe's 'medianomics'.
2015x23
Erdogan, elections and the future of Turkish journalism
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Jun 06, 2015
As Turks head to the polls, we look at the country's media; plus, an interview with whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg.
2015x24
Beijing's media damage control
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Jun 13, 2015
How China managed the message after the Yangtze ferry disaster; plus, a look at the face behind the news, the anchorman.
2015x25
Behind the Sunday Times Snowden saga
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Jun 20, 2015
Anonymous official sources go after Edward Snowden in the UK's media; plus, 30 years of covering Cuba from Miami.
2015x26
Azerbaijan and the European Games: Did the PR pay off?
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Jun 27, 2015
As the Baku games close, we examine the challenges facing journalists; plus, Angola, Portugal and 'reverse colonialism'.
2015x27
Politics and polemics: Europe's immigration story
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Aug 08, 2015
We analyse the media coverage of the immigration debate; plus, Cuban bloggers and their quest for freedom of expression.
2015x28
Under scrutiny: Selling the Iran-US nuclear deal
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Aug 15, 2015
Managing the media message after the historic nuclear deal; plus, the problems and perils of reporting on Boko Haram.
2015x29
Muzzling the media: Egypt's new 'anti-terror' laws
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Aug 22, 2015
We analyse the consequences of Egypt's new anti-terrorism bill; plus, the risks of reporting on Italy's Mafia.
2015x30
The Pentagon's rules of media engagement
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Aug 29, 2015
Journalist or belligerent? What the Pentagon's Law of War manual means for conflict reporting; plus, tweeting the news.
2015x31
Egypt: Journalism on trial
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Sep 05, 2015
A Listening Post special on the jailing of three Al Jazeera staff and the verdict's impact on press freedom.
2015x32
Spinning the refugee crisis
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Sep 12, 2015
We explore Hungarian TV's decision to not show images of refugee children; plus, Nigeria's 'brown envelope' journalists.
2015x33
Inside Turkey's media battleground
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Sep 19, 2015
Threats, raids and arrests: Turkey intensifies pressure on the press; Plus, Bosnia's divided media.
2015x34
Disrupting the media with disruptive politics
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Sep 26, 2015
The media versus the rise of anti-establishment politics; Plus, Syria's TV dramas soldier on.
2015x35
Mecca and the media
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Oct 03, 2015
The battle for legitimacy in the Saudi-Iranian proxy war of words; plus, the deadly trade of journalism in Mexico.
2015x36
Air strikes and media misses
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Oct 10, 2015
Battling media narratives in Russian and US bombing campaigns; plus, the conundrum of covering India-Pakistan relations.
2015x37
Turkish media on tenterhooks
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Oct 17, 2015
A look at Erdogan's tightening grip on the press; plus, how Canada's oil and gas industry affects the media.
2015x38
Israel-Palestine: The conflict and the coverage
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Oct 24, 2015
We analyse the polarising coverage of the clashes in occupied East Jerusalem; plus, the false binaries in the media.
2015x39
Trump and the media: A marriage made in ratings heaven?
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Oct 31, 2015
We explore the love-hate relationship between the media and Donald Trump; plus, the future of Canada's CBC television.
2015x40
Turkey's 'free' press
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Nov 07, 2015
We examine the state of journalism in Erdogan's Turkey; plus, how to separate fact from fiction when news is breaking.
2015x41
The Russian plane crash and the battle of narratives
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Nov 14, 2015
We examine the conflicting media reports of the Russian plane disaster in Egypt; plus, the rise of automated journalism.
2015x42
Double standards in the Paris attacks coverage
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Nov 21, 2015
We examine whether there's a double standard for victims of terrorism; plus, fixers: the unsung heroes of journalism.
2015x43
National anthems: beating the drums of war?
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Nov 28, 2015
We look at the Paris attacks, national anthems and the use of sports to promote war; plus, the battle over Rustavi 2 TV.
2015x44
High crimes and media misdemeanours
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Dec 05, 2015
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2015x45
San Bernardino shooting: How not to cover breaking news
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Dec 12, 2015
We look at the divisive and sensationalist media coverage of the mass shooting; plus, the rise of social news videos.
2015x46
Behind the headlines: Was the climate deal a success?
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Dec 19, 2015
We look at the coverage of the COP21 climate change summit; plus, the fatal shooting of a black teen by US police.
2015x47 Season finale
The Murdoch empire strikes back
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Dec 26, 2015
We examine Rupert Murdoch's relationship with the UK government; plus, Nigeria's 'brown-envelope' journalists.

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