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Listening Post is Al Jazeera English's weekly media review show. It casts a critical eye over not just what gets reported, but how it's reported - covering the coverage of the news & analyzing global events through the prism of the media.

Where to Watch The Listening Post • Seizoen 2016

44 Episodes

  • Egypt's media: Revolution and reality
    A1
    Egypt's media: Revolution and realityWhat is the state of Egypt's media five years after the toppling of Mubarak? Plus, behind the UK's surveillance reform.
  • Killing the messengers: Afghan media under fire
    A2
    Killing the messengers: Afghan media under fireWe look at the Taliban threat and the future of Afghan journalism; plus, Davos - global news event or PR exercise?
  • What happened in Iowa: Bursting the US media bubble
    A3
    What happened in Iowa: Bursting the US media bubbleThe White House race - candidates the media like to cover and those the people vote for. Plus, Venezuela's media battle.
  • Telling Syria's story: Media across the battle lines
    A4
    Telling Syria's story: Media across the battle linesA look at efforts in Damascus to sell the war inside Syria; plus, how exiled Syrian journalists send the news back home.
  • Patriot or traitor: Dark choice for Indian journalists
    A5
    Patriot or traitor: Dark choice for Indian journalistsWe look at a sedition case that has sparked violence against the media; plus, Donald Trump, speaking the unspeakable.
  • Spinning the occupation: Israel and the media
    A6
    Spinning the occupation: Israel and the mediaWe look at Israel's crackdown on journalists over alleged media bias; plus, the media landscape in South Africa.
  • The Donald Trump show
    A7
    The Donald Trump showWe look at the love-love relationship between the presidential hopeful and the media; plus, Germany's refugee story.
  • Tightening the grip: Turkey's media takeover
    A8
    Tightening the grip: Turkey's media takeoverWe explore the government's clampdown on critical media; plus, we talk to Can Dundar, a journalist released from jail.
  • Brazil's Petrobras scandal: Dilma Rousseff's Watergate?
    A9
    Brazil's Petrobras scandal: Dilma Rousseff's Watergate?We look at the media coverage of the political crisis in Brazil; plus, the friends and foes of South Africa's president.
  • Brussels attacks: Hijacking terror for political points
    A10
    Brussels attacks: Hijacking terror for political pointsA look at the coverage of the Brussels attacks and the politics behind it; plus, the red lines in Morocco's media.
  • Russia vs the West: The information war over Palmyra
    A11
    Russia vs the West: The information war over PalmyraWe examine why the Palmyra story's significance depends on where you get the news; plus, covering Obama's Cuba visit.
  • Panama Papers: Have the media censored the story?
    A12
    Panama Papers: Have the media censored the story?Can the corporate-owned media really hold the corporate world to account? Plus, Julian Assange on the Panama Papers.
  • The murder of Giulio Regeni: The politics of coverage
    A13
    The murder of Giulio Regeni: The politics of coverageHow coverage differs when it comes to Regeni and thousands of disappeared Egyptians. Plus, Malaysia's muzzled media.
  • New York: Primaries, politics and the press
    A14
    New York: Primaries, politics and the pressTrump and Clinton won in NYC, but what part did the media play in their victories? Plus, the battle against ad blockers.
  • Brazil: Behind the Dilma Rousseff impeachment story
    A15
    Brazil: Behind the Dilma Rousseff impeachment storyWhat is driving the story in Brazil, corruption or the media? Plus, how messaging apps are reshaping how news is shared.
  • Trade Secrets: Covering the TTIP leaks
    A16
    Trade Secrets: Covering the TTIP leaksWe explore the coverage behind the US and EU trade deal. Plus, the media weaponry fuelling Yemen's information war.
  • Turkey: Media showdowns and legal breakdowns
    A17
    Turkey: Media showdowns and legal breakdownsIs President Erdogan's media face-off jeopardising rule of law in Turkey? Plus, the challenges of reporting on the EU.
  • Silencing the critics: Iraq's media muzzle
    A18
    Silencing the critics: Iraq's media muzzleBaghdad's broken press promises; plus, reinventing the 24-hour wheel: TV news' fight for survival.
  • Decoding your Facebook newsfeed
    A19
    Decoding your Facebook newsfeedSocial media platform or news gatekeeper? Plus, one journalist's challenges reporting on the drone war in Pakistan.
  • Peru's election: Media, money and manipulation
    A20
    Peru's election: Media, money and manipulationCorruption and cover-ups: How the media cover Peru's elections; plus, war and peace: Colombia's unreconciled narratives.
  • Brexit or Bremain? Covering the EU referendum
    A21
    Brexit or Bremain? Covering the EU referendumAs Britain's EU future hangs in the balance, are the media helping or hindering voters? And, Australia's refugee policy.
  • Orlando: Media narratives of mass shootings
    A22
    Orlando: Media narratives of mass shootingsWe analyse the coverage of the mass shooting in Orlando, Florida; plus, cartoonist Gado on the state of Kenya's media.
  • Brexit: The UK referendum, the rhetoric and the result
    A23
    Brexit: The UK referendum, the rhetoric and the resultAfter an EU referendum campaign replete with racism and fear, we examine the British media's impact on the result.
  • Did the UK media help make Brexit a reality?
    A24
    Did the UK media help make Brexit a reality?Has the tone of UK media coverage shifted since the EU referendum? Plus, the coverage of solitary confinement in the US.
  • Turkey: From failed coup to media crackdown
    A25
    Turkey: From failed coup to media crackdownA look at the ongoing crackdown facing Turkish media. Plus, Oscar-winning screenwriter Josh Singer talks 'Spotlight'.
  • Kashmir: Tortured politics, fractured media
    A26
    Kashmir: Tortured politics, fractured mediaCovering Kashmir: political unrest and polarised media. Plus, the fight to cover Sudan's forgotten war.
  • Facebook vs ad blockers: It's all about the money
    A27
    Facebook vs ad blockers: It's all about the moneyWhat does the Facebook - ad blocker battle mean for news outlets? Plus, we take a look at Globo, Brazil's media giant.
  • Omran Daqneesh and the limits of war photography
    A28
    Omran Daqneesh and the limits of war photographyWhy do some war images, like the one of Syrian boy Omran Daqneesh, resonate more than others? Plus, Ecuador's media law.
  • Zimbabwe unrest: Media triggers, media controls
    A29
    Zimbabwe unrest: Media triggers, media controlsWhat role does social media play in the current Zimbabwe protests? Plus, journalism caught in the crossfire in Yemen.
  • New politics, new journalism in Hong Kong
    A30
    New politics, new journalism in Hong KongA tug of war between legacy and upstart media in Hong Kong. Plus, the untold stories of the Amazon.
  • US elections and the media: How did we get here?
    A31
    US elections and the media: How did we get here?We explore how a lack of regulation and absence of a strong public broadcaster has impacted the coverage of US politics.
  • Venezuela's Maduro: Fighting a losing media war?
    A32
    Venezuela's Maduro: Fighting a losing media war?Protests in the streets and a battle of media narratives in Venezuela. Plus, the Greek newspaper with nine lives.
  • Clinton vs Trump and the role of the moderator
    A33
    Clinton vs Trump and the role of the moderatorShould moderators be allowed to fact-check the presidential nominees? Plus, the Ukraine-Russia information war.
  • India-Pakistan: The media turns up the heat
    A34
    India-Pakistan: The media turns up the heatTensions between India and Pakistan are matched by heated rhetoric on the news. Plus, radio silence in Burundi.
  • Viktor Orban and Hungary's faltering media opposition
    A35
    Viktor Orban and Hungary's faltering media oppositionWas the suspension of Hungary's main opposition paper due to low sales or a media crackdown?
  • WikiLeaks: Neutral reporter or political player?
    A36
    WikiLeaks: Neutral reporter or political player?As WikiLeaks hits Hillary Clinton, we ask if it is doing its journalistic mission or interfering in the US election.
  • Mosul and Aleppo: A tale of two besieged cities
    A37
    Mosul and Aleppo: A tale of two besieged citiesWe examine the difference in the coverage of Mosul and Aleppo. Plus, the Lebanese media mosaic.
  • Outnumbered outlets: Turkey's post-coup media crackdown
    A38
    Outnumbered outlets: Turkey's post-coup media crackdownThe story of Turkey's media crackdown, told through the numbers. Plus, the state of the media in Serbia today.
  • Trumped: The abyss between reporters and the reported
    A39
    Trumped: The abyss between reporters and the reportedPolitical journalism in the United States - its spectacular failure in the 2016 election and how it got to be this way.
  • Normalising Trump: The US media whitewash
    A40
    Normalising Trump: The US media whitewashHow the US media begins the process of 'normalising' Donald Trump; plus, reporting the rise of the right in Germany.
  • Face-off at Egypt's Press Syndicate
    A41
    Face-off at Egypt's Press SyndicateEgypt's Press Syndicate is under fire from the Sisi government; plus, the rise of the far-right in the Dutch media.
  • Fidel Castro: Contested legacy, competing narratives
    A42
    Fidel Castro: Contested legacy, competing narrativesWe analyse the competing narratives around Fidel Castro; plus, the UK's new surveillance law, the 'Snoopers' Charter'.
  • Dakota Access Pipeline: Protests, politics and coverage
    A43
    Dakota Access Pipeline: Protests, politics and coverageDespite scant media attention to the protests, Native Americans emerge victorious; plus, Netanyahu, Israel's media man.
  • Secrets and hacks: Russia's role in the US election
    A44
    Secrets and hacks: Russia's role in the US electionA look at how reporting Russia's role in the US election has turned political; plus, the Indian PM's monthly radio show.

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