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A weekly programme that examines and dissects the world's media, how they operate and the stories they cover.

    India's elections are coming up...are the media up to the task? | The India Report

    India's elections are coming up...are the media up to the task? | The India Report

    With India amid a national election campaign, its news media is in sharp focus. Until recently it was believed that the sheer diversity of outlets ensured a range of perspectives, but now, India’s mainstream media has largely been co-opted by the Bharatiya Janata Party and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Just how did the media in India get to this point and what does it mean for the upcoming elections?Featuring:Ravish Kumar - Former Host, NDTVShashi Shekhar Vempati - Former CEO, Prasar BharatiPramod Raman - Chief Editor, MediaOneAmy Kazmin - Former South Asia Bureau Chief, Financial TimesMeena Kotwal - Founder, The MooknayakSubscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribeFollow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglishFind us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeeraCheck our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile@AljazeeraEnglish#Aljazeeraenglish#News

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    Dissecting the 'TikTok problem'

    Dissecting the 'TikTok problem'

    The threat to ban TikTok in the United States has prompted an online backlash. Critics question the premise that Chinese ownership poses a security risk and suggest the real reason may be the surge in pro-Palestinian content since October 7.Contributors:Julia Angwin - Tech Policy Writer, New York Times; Founder, Proof NewsRussel Brandom - Tech Editor, Rest Of The WorldMarwa Fatafta - MENA Policy and Advocacy Director, Access NowEvan Greer – Director, Fight for the FutureOn our radar:In yet another deadly raid on Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital, Israel abducted Palestinian journalists covering the story – including one of Al Jazeera’s own. Producer Nicholas Muirhead reports.Why Russia has looted Ukraine’s artFollowing Vladimir Putin’s expected re-election this week, we’re revisiting a story about the Russian military’s targeting of Ukraine’s heritage. Producer Tariq Nafi explores how Russia’s war on Ukrainian culture is designed to rewrite history and weaken the country’s resistance.Featuring:Milena Chorna - Head of International Exhibitions, War Museum in UkraineAlina Dotsenko - Director, Kherson Regional Art MuseumIhor Poshyvailo - General Director, Maidan Museum

    • 25 min
    The crackdown on India’s political opposition

    The crackdown on India’s political opposition

    Elections are weeks away in India and opposition parties are attempting to take on the seemingly unstoppable juggernaut of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is seeking a third consecutive term.The opposition claims that Modi’s success rate has very little to do with his governance – but more because scores of his political rivals have been arrested or charged on questionable grounds. They say it has kneecapped the opposition and gamed the political arena in favour of the governing party.In this episode of The India Report, Sreenivasan Jain examines whether these actions are – as the Prime Minister claims – part of his crusade against high-level corruption, or an unprecedented campaign against of the opposition which is deeply dangerous to India’s democracy.Featuring:Derek O’Brien - Member of Indian ParliamentAdish Aggarwala - President, Supreme Court Bar AssociationAnjali Bhardwaj - Founder, Satark Nagrik SangathanPriyanka Kakkar - Chief Spokesperson, AAPMaya Tudor - Professor, Blavatnik School of Government

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    Ramadan repression in the West Bank

    Ramadan repression in the West Bank

    With the global media’s attention trained on Gaza since October 7, things have worsened for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, and near impossible for journalists to cover.With their movement severely restricted, dozens of Palestinian journalists have been arrested, often held without trial or charge.Contributors:Anan Quzmar - JournalistAssal Rad - Middle East Scholar and AuthorMariam Barghouti - Writer and JournalistOren Ziv - Journalist, +972 MagazineOn our radar:Ahead of an upcoming election in India, there has been a slew of movie releases built around key Modi government talking points. Producer Tariq Nafi discusses Bollywood’s role in electioneering.George Soros - Financier, philanthropist Or bogeyman?Hungarian-American billionaire financier and philanthropist George Soros has been at the centre of countless conspiracy theories. Flo Phillips sifts through fact and fiction to understand how the crusade against Soros became one of the most destructive smear campaigns of the 21st century and a blueprint for others.Featuring:Emily Tamkin - Author, The Influence Of SorosHannes Grassegger - Reporter and Founder, Polaris NewsMarius Dragomir - Director, Center For Media, Data and Society (CMDS)Credits: George Soros images courtesy of the Open Society Foundations

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    How India came to embrace the politics of Hindutva

    How India came to embrace the politics of Hindutva

    The politics of Hindu nationalism have played a central role in the dramatic rise of the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. As the elections have neared, the Modi regime has turbocharged its Hindu-first agenda - best exemplified in the inauguration of the Ram Temple in the city of Ayodhya.Veteran journalist Sreenivasan Jain explains how the opening of this temple - and the whitewashing of its controversial past - illustrates how Modi and his party have made their brand of Hindu supremacism not only acceptable, but a key part of Narendra Modi’s appeal to Indians.Featuring:Asaduddin Owaisi - Member of the Indian ParliamentUma Bharti - Former Vice-President, Bharatiya Janata PartyHartosh Singh Bal - Political Editor, The Caravan

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    The airdrops: Optics of urgency, illusions of aid

    The airdrops: Optics of urgency, illusions of aid

    The United States' airdrops of aid into Gaza are a textbook case of cognitive dissonance on the part of the US administration - dropping food while continuing to send Israel bombs with which to pulverise Gaza. And the gulf between what’s happening on the ground and the mainstream media’s reportage continues to widen.Contributors:Laura Albast - Fellow, Institute for Palestine StudiesMohamad Bazzi - Professor, New York UniversityAntony Loewenstein - Author, The Palestine LaboratoryMouin Rabbani - Co-editor, JadaliyyaOn our radar:Since Israel launched its assault on Gaza, the war has been a delicate subject for Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. The war has led to censorship of news coverage and suppression of public protest. Meenakshi Ravi reports.Israel's cultural annihilation in GazaThe Listening Post has covered Israel’s war on Gaza through the prism of the media, including the unprecedented killing of Palestinian journalists. But there’s another level to what’s unfolding in Gaza: the genocidal assault on Palestinian history, existence and culture.Featuring:Jehad Abusalim - Executive Director, The Jerusalem Fund

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I ve been to the listening post media critic on Venezuela Libya & Iraq refreshing in its critic of the corporate/msm story line. On Ukraine not so suggest you have Col Lawrence Wilkerson Or Andrew Basavich or Scott McGregor huge overreach by dying empire to benefit defense contractors but u never hear Russiagater Rachel Maddow etc, on Covid you assume on new vaccine method that all qualified scientists are or the same opinion. Not just Malone Harvey Risch Yale falculty & numerous others. If your going to admonish Rogan why not RFK jr and the doctors sited in his book the real Anthony Fauci and Gary Null has had numerous provaccine md & PhD s critical of aspects of the government reponce. You could critic Ralph Nader for his criticism of the vaccine court system.
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