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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.
Episode 44 : Sydney siege: How not to cover breaking news
December. 20,2014
A lesson from Australia in how not to cover breaking news; plus, an interview with 'Rogue Reporter' Rich Peppiatt.
Episode 43 : Covering the CIA torture report
December. 13,2014
Examining the media coverage of the CIA torture report release; plus, the ethics of graphic imagery in the news media.
Episode 42 : Breaking Google's grip
December. 06,2014
How the EU takes on Google's monopoly as gatekeeper of information; plus, a look at media under pressure in Hungary.
Episode 41 : Ferguson: Riots, race and the media
November. 29,2014
The Listening Post examines the news coverage of race in the US; plus, fonts and the news media.
Episode 40 : Syria: Journalism under duress
November. 22,2014
The media war in Syria is putting truth under pressure. And, Tunisian media's obsession with terrorism.
Episode 39 : Covering Ebola: Facts, Fear and Failures
November. 15,2014
Sorting out the science from the scare tactics - we examine the Ebola stories coming out of Africa.
Episode 38 : Kiev vs the Kremlin: A new Cold War?
November. 08,2014
We examine the latest chapter in the propaganda war that pits Russia against Ukraine and its western allies.
Episode 37 : Journalism is the frontline
November. 01,2014
A special episode to mark the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists.
Episode 36 : Gaza: Media, myths and the mainstream
October. 11,2014
A Listening Post special on the global media battle taking place parallel to the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Episode 35 : Satire: Mocking news, lampooning power
October. 04,2014
A Listening special on the evolving role of satire and the satirists who are holding power to account.
Episode 34 : Journalism in the age of surveillance
September. 27,2014
A Listening Post special on the 'Snowden effect' and challenges to the media in the age of state supervision.
Episode 33 : The Murdoch empire: Phone hacking exposed
September. 20,2014
An interview with Nick Davies, the reporter who exposed the British phone hacking scandal.
Episode 32 : Scotland votes: Reporting the referendum
September. 13,2014
A look at Rupert Murdoch's role in the Scottish independence vote and the media's scramble to catch up with the story.
Episode 31 : Pakistan's polarised media
September. 06,2014
Amid Pakistan's latest political power struggle, the country's news channels are fighting a proxy war of their own.
Episode 30 : James Foley: Journalism or propaganda?
August. 30,2014
We examine the ethical challenges of reporting the murder of the American journalist by IS.
Episode 29 : Ferguson and the media
August. 23,2014
Listening Post examines racial conflict and social divisions in the US and how those issues are reported.
Episode 28 : The information war over Gaza
August. 16,2014
What is the role of social media in the Israeli-Palestinian battle for hearts, minds and political support?
Episode 27 : A divided Iraq and a fractured storyline
July. 05,2014
Listening Post covers the propaganda war and competing media narratives in Iraq.
Episode 26 : Caged in Cairo: Where journalism is a crime
June. 28,2014
Al Jazeera staff sentenced to jail in Egypt #FreeAJStaff.
Episode 25 : ISIL in Iraq: The image of an insurgency
June. 21,2014
ISIL is gaining on the ground but who, if anyone, controls the story?
Episode 24 : Resetting the net: Snowden and surveillance
June. 14,2014
One year after Edward Snowden exposed the spying at the NSA, can the internet be re-set?
Episode 23 : Mapping the media in Sisi's Egypt
June. 07,2014
Whatever side of the political divide Egyptians find themselves, the media is the one who seems to have suffered.
Episode 22 : Thailand: the military and the media
May. 31,2014
The Kingdom and its media are placed under military control; plus heads roll at Spain's three top dailies.
Episode 21 : The Battle for the World Wide Web
May. 24,2014
A controversial new set of rules to govern the use of broadband and the Internet has the cyber world blowing a fuse.
Episode 20 : The 'all-out propaganda war' in Ukraine
May. 17,2014
We analyse coverage of the Ukraine conflict, which has often been marred by a lack of nuance, context and subtlety.
Episode 19 : Are South Africa's media biased?
May. 10,2014
Print media and the country's state-owned broadcaster have been accused of slanted coverage of the recent elections.
Episode 18 : The challenge of reporting on Boko Haram
May. 03,2014
Why has the media struggled to tell the story of Nigeria's mass abductions?
Episode 17 : Pakistan: Journalism under fire
April. 26,2014
As Hamid Mir recovers after being shot by unknown gunmen, we examine the wider backdrop of media killings in Pakistan.
Episode 16 : Algeria's election: A fait accompli?
April. 19,2014
For many, even those in the media, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s re-election is a foregone conclusion.
Episode 15 : Indian media: Choosing sides?
April. 12,2014
As the world's largest democracy goes to the polls, we examine claims that news outlets are favouring Narendra Modi.
Episode 14 : The state of Egypt's news media
April. 05,2014
Ahead of the country's May election, we examine the failed promise of the Arab Spring and the impact on journalism.
Episode 13 : Turkey vs Twitter
March. 29,2014
We look at how Ankara's crackdown on social media is creating a firestorm ahead of a critical presidential election.
Episode 12 : The Cold War narrative
March. 22,2014
As Russia redraws the map in Ukraine, the media narrative is once again split between the powers of the East and West.
Episode 11 : The changing face of news
March. 15,2014
In a special episode, we explore how technology influences the way news is gathered and shapes the way it is presented.
Episode 10 : Erdogan: Control, conflict, conglomerates
March. 08,2014
In a special edition, we unpack the Turkish prime minister's relationship with the media landscape in which he operates.
Episode 9 : Upheaval in Ukraine: The media angles
March. 01,2014
We examine how the unfolding crisis has led to key media moments in a country with questionable press freedoms.
Episode 8 : Venezuela's media wrangle
February. 22,2014
The government and the opposition are fighting it out to make sure it is their version of events that gets reported.
Episode 7 : Turkey's media pressure points
February. 15,2014
Amid accusations of censorship, is government pressure creating a climate of intimidation for media in the country?
Episode 6 : Egypt's media war
February. 08,2014
As journalists face arrest, we ask why the media is seen as being either with the army or with the Muslim Brotherhood.
Episode 5 : Russia's media Olympics
February. 01,2014
Ahead of Sochi's Olympics, we ask how the Kremlin will handle the news coverage that comes with hosting the games.
Episode 4 : Turkey: The media sub-plot
January. 25,2014
We examine how news outlets have become part of the story in the recent scandal involving Erdogan's government.
Episode 3 : South Sudan and the media of conflict
January. 18,2014
When fighting broke out a month ago in the world's youngest country, South Sudan, the story was framed as just another tribal power struggle coming out of Africa. A more precise analysis is that the conflict is really political in nature - a fallout between the president and the vice president, with some ethnic elements fighting it out on the ground. Those who are critical of the media say that, when it comes to Africa, all too often international news outlets resort to the same formula - reducing just about any conflict to the tribal level, which seems to explain everything without actually telling us anything. Is there a hierarchy of knowledge in reporting about Africa, with more authority given to international journalists?
Episode 2 : Egypt: Journalism under siege?
January. 11,2014
Listening Post examines how covering the Muslim Brotherhood has become a minefield for the media.
Episode 1 : The Snowden saga: Spies, secrets and security
January. 04,2014
A look back at the biggest media story of 2013 - Edward Snowden and the NSA surveillance programme.
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