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

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  • Netanyahu's fight to own the election narrative | The Listening Post

    October 3, 2026 · 26 min

    With elections one month away, the media discourse in Israel has narrowed in on one question about one man: What did Benjamin Netanyahu know before October 7? The prime minister is suing the Israeli newspaper that reported the claim, while…

  • The media battle behind Brazil’s election | The Listening Post

    September 27, 2026 · 26 min

    As Brazilians head into national elections, there’s a familiar name on the ballot: Bolsonaro. Not former President Jair Bolsonaro. It’s his son Flavio, who is presenting himself to the electorate as a more moderate version of his father…

  • The media battle behind Brazil's election | The Listening Post

    September 27, 2026 · 26 min

    As Brazilians head into national elections, there’s a familiar name on the ballot: Bolsonaro. Not former President Jair Bolsonaro. It’s his son Flavio, who is presenting himself to the electorate as a more moderate version of his father…

  • The media battle behind Brazil’s election | The Listening Post

    September 26, 2026 · 26 min

    As Brazilians head into national elections, there’s a familiar name on the ballot: Bolsonaro. Not former President Jair Bolsonaro. It’s his son Flavio, who is presenting himself to the electorate as a more moderate version of his father…

  • Doomsday AI: panic, regulation and the China fear | The Listening Post

    September 19, 2026 · 26 min

    AI’s existential threat to humanity is dominating headlines across the globe. But with so much attention on the fear of a future AI apocalypse, is the media ignoring the damage AI is already causing? And as AI CEOs join forces to call for…

  • Selling the war: Purges, polygraphs and propaganda | The Listening Post

    September 12, 2026 · 26 min

    With the US midterm elections just weeks away, Donald Trump’s administration is trying to put a positive spin on a war with Iran that shows no sign of letting up. Climbing fuel and grocery prices, the president’s provocative social media…

  • How the media manufactured consent for genocide | The Listening Post

    September 7, 2026 · 25 min

    Assal Rad built a reputation on social media as the “headline fixer” for her work correcting journalistic sins at major news outlets. The historian joins presenter Richard Gizbert to discuss her new book, ‘Don’t Say Palestine - How the…

  • Trump’s war loop: Escalate, retreat, repeat | The Listening Post

    May 25, 2026 · 25 min

    For decades, much of the United States media adopted Washington’s framing of US conflicts in the Middle East. But the US-Israel war against Iran is defying that trend. US news outlets are increasingly challenging President Donald Trump on…