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Season 9

The Listening Post Season 9

January. 04,2014
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| News War & Politics

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.

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The Listening Post Season 9 Full Episode Guide

Episode 44 - Sydney siege: How not to cover breaking news
First Aired: 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
First Aired: 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
First Aired: 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
First Aired: 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
First Aired: 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
First Aired: 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?
First Aired: 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
First Aired: 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
First Aired: 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
First Aired: 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
First Aired: 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
First Aired: September. 20,2014

An interview with Nick Davies, the reporter who exposed the British phone hacking scandal.

Episode 32 - Scotland votes: Reporting the referendum
First Aired: 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
First Aired: 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?
First Aired: August. 30,2014

We examine the ethical challenges of reporting the murder of the American journalist by IS.

Episode 29 - Ferguson and the media
First Aired: 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
First Aired: 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
First Aired: 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
First Aired: June. 28,2014

Al Jazeera staff sentenced to jail in Egypt #FreeAJStaff.

Episode 25 - ISIL in Iraq: The image of an insurgency
First Aired: June. 21,2014

ISIL is gaining on the ground but who, if anyone, controls the story?

Episode 24 - Resetting the net: Snowden and surveillance
First Aired: 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
First Aired: 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
First Aired: 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
First Aired: 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
First Aired: 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?
First Aired: 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
First Aired: May. 03,2014

Why has the media struggled to tell the story of Nigeria's mass abductions?

Episode 17 - Pakistan: Journalism under fire
First Aired: 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?
First Aired: 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?
First Aired: 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
First Aired: 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
First Aired: 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
First Aired: 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
First Aired: 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
First Aired: 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
First Aired: 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
First Aired: 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
First Aired: 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
First Aired: 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
First Aired: 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
First Aired: 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
First Aired: 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?
First Aired: 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
First Aired: January. 04,2014

A look back at the biggest media story of 2013 - Edward Snowden and the NSA surveillance programme.

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