
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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Air Date: 2014-01-04
A look back at the biggest media story of 2013 - Edward Snowden and the NSA surveillance programme.
Air Date: 2014-01-11
Listening Post examines how covering the Muslim Brotherhood has become a minefield for the media.
Air Date: 2014-01-18
When fighting broke out a month ago in the world's youngest country, South Sudan, the story was framed as just anothe...
Air Date: 2014-01-25
We examine how news outlets have become part of the story in the recent scandal involving Erdogan's government.
Air Date: 2014-02-01
Ahead of Sochi's Olympics, we ask how the Kremlin will handle the news coverage that comes with hosting the games.
Air Date: 2014-02-08
As journalists face arrest, we ask why the media is seen as being either with the army or with the Muslim Brotherhood.
Air Date: 2014-02-15
Amid accusations of censorship, is government pressure creating a climate of intimidation for media in the country?
Air Date: 2014-02-22
The government and the opposition are fighting it out to make sure it is their version of events that gets reported.
Air Date: 2014-03-01
We examine how the unfolding crisis has led to key media moments in a country with questionable press freedoms.
Air Date: 2014-03-08
In a special edition, we unpack the Turkish prime minister's relationship with the media landscape in which he operates.
Air Date: 2014-03-15
In a special episode, we explore how technology influences the way news is gathered and shapes the way it is presented.
Air Date: 2014-03-22
As Russia redraws the map in Ukraine, the media narrative is once again split between the powers of the East and West.
Air Date: 2014-03-29
We look at how Ankara's crackdown on social media is creating a firestorm ahead of a critical presidential election.
Air Date: 2014-04-05
Ahead of the country's May election, we examine the failed promise of the Arab Spring and the impact on journalism.
Air Date: 2014-04-12
As the world's largest democracy goes to the polls, we examine claims that news outlets are favouring Narendra Modi.
Air Date: 2014-04-19
For many, even those in the media, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s re-election is a foregone conclusion.
Air Date: 2014-04-26
As Hamid Mir recovers after being shot by unknown gunmen, we examine the wider backdrop of media killings in Pakistan.
Air Date: 2014-05-03
Why has the media struggled to tell the story of Nigeria's mass abductions?
Air Date: 2014-05-10
Print media and the country's state-owned broadcaster have been accused of slanted coverage of the recent elections.
Air Date: 2014-05-17
We analyse coverage of the Ukraine conflict, which has often been marred by a lack of nuance, context and subtlety.
Air Date: 2014-05-24
A controversial new set of rules to govern the use of broadband and the Internet has the cyber world blowing a fuse.
Air Date: 2014-05-31
The Kingdom and its media are placed under military control; plus heads roll at Spain's three top dailies.
Air Date: 2014-06-07
Whatever side of the political divide Egyptians find themselves, the media is the one who seems to have suffered.
Air Date: 2014-06-14
One year after Edward Snowden exposed the spying at the NSA, can the internet be re-set?
Air Date: 2014-06-21
ISIL is gaining on the ground but who, if anyone, controls the story?
Air Date: 2014-06-28
Al Jazeera staff sentenced to jail in Egypt #FreeAJStaff.
Air Date: 2014-07-05
Listening Post covers the propaganda war and competing media narratives in Iraq.
Air Date: 2014-08-16
What is the role of social media in the Israeli-Palestinian battle for hearts, minds and political support?
Air Date: 2014-08-23
Listening Post examines racial conflict and social divisions in the US and how those issues are reported.
Air Date: 2014-08-30
We examine the ethical challenges of reporting the murder of the American journalist by IS.
Air Date: 2014-09-06
Amid Pakistan's latest political power struggle, the country's news channels are fighting a proxy war of their own.
Air Date: 2014-09-13
A look at Rupert Murdoch's role in the Scottish independence vote and the media's scramble to catch up with the story.
Air Date: 2014-09-20
An interview with Nick Davies, the reporter who exposed the British phone hacking scandal.
Air Date: 2014-09-27
A Listening Post special on the 'Snowden effect' and challenges to the media in the age of state supervision.
Air Date: 2014-10-04
A Listening special on the evolving role of satire and the satirists who are holding power to account.
Air Date: 2014-10-11
A Listening Post special on the global media battle taking place parallel to the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Air Date: 2014-11-01
A special episode to mark the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists.
Air Date: 2014-11-08
We examine the latest chapter in the propaganda war that pits Russia against Ukraine and its western allies.
Air Date: 2014-11-15
Sorting out the science from the scare tactics - we examine the Ebola stories coming out of Africa.
Air Date: 2014-11-22
The media war in Syria is putting truth under pressure. And, Tunisian media's obsession with terrorism.
Air Date: 2014-11-29
The Listening Post examines the news coverage of race in the US; plus, fonts and the news media.
Air Date: 2014-12-06
How the EU takes on Google's monopoly as gatekeeper of information; plus, a look at media under pressure in Hungary.
Air Date: 2014-12-13
Examining the media coverage of the CIA torture report release; plus, the ethics of graphic imagery in the news media.
Air Date: 2014-12-20
A lesson from Australia in how not to cover breaking news; plus, an interview with 'Rogue Reporter' Rich Peppiatt.