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A wave of xenophobic violence has spread across South Africa, fuelled by a toxic mix of anger, disinformation and inflammatory mobilisation online. At the centre of the movement is Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma - radio personality turned political agitator - who has emerged as the face of the new anti-immigration group March and March. Nicholas Muirhead reports.
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This past week’s elections in Pakistan were meant to be a formality. The winner seemed pre-ordained by the powers that be. The election didn’t go to plan though. What’s behind former PM Imran Khan's unexpected success in this election? Watch our full report ⤵️
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Narendra Modi’s visit to Norway made headlines for all the wrong reasons after journalists confronted the Indian prime minister during a press conference. The backlash in Indian media was swift - and a crude caricature of Modi in a Norwegian newspaper inflamed the controversy even further. Tariq Nafi reports.
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On the show this week: • Israel’s de facto occupation of southern Lebanon - and the US allies who are unhappy about it, but doing very little • Two prominent American commentators are banned from entering the UK. The official reason: vague. The timing: notable • AI systems learn from history - and history has a bias problem. Meet the woman trying to build something different. • Barak Ravid of Axios and the pattern of White House leaks Watch now ▶️
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Since Israel's war on Gaza began, the UK has seen mass demonstrations, growing public opposition to Israeli policies and increasingly polarised debates over free speech. In response, authorities have introduced tougher protest measures, expanded surveillance powers and taken a harder line on activism, prompting concerns among critics that the space for dissent is narrowing. This week, two prominent US commentators, Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker, found themselves at the centre of that debate. Meenakshi Ravi reports.
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Since she came to power two years ago, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has been accused of turning the nation’s public broadcaster - RAI - into a ‘mouthpiece.’ Francesco Palese and two anonymous RAI News journalists spoke with us about what’s really going on at RAI and the implications for media freedom in Italy. Watch the full report ⤵️
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The 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography has been awarded to Palestinian Saher Alghorra for his work covering Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza. Pro-Israel groups like media ‘watchdog’ Honest Reporting were quick to accuse him of staging scenes and fabricating a famine narrative. Richard Gizbert reports.
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“Netanyahu and Biden would not have had the power to drill their narrative into the minds of the public without major Western news organisations.” – Drop Site' jeremy scahill on how a majority of western establishment media coverage provides cover for Israel’s war on Gaza. Watch the full report ➡️
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The finals of the 70th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest are tonight and political tensions are playing a bigger role than ever. Broadcasters across Europe are boycotting this year’s contest over Israel’s inclusion and Amnesty International has gone as far as saying the failure to suspend it “betrays humanity.” richard gizbert reports.
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Israeli officials have dismissed Nicholas Kristof’s New York Times investigation into the sexual abuse of Palestinian prisoners as “blood libel”. The vehement denial sits uneasily in the Israeli political and media landscape it comes from: one where the abuse of Palestinian prisoners is openly discussed, and in some quarters, celebrated. Nicholas Muirhead reports.
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On the show this week: • With conflicts on multiple fronts and intensifying apartheid, Israel’s war fever shows no sign of easing • Israel is taking its messaging and mockery straight to Iranians in their own language • Iran’s Infomation war strategy: An interview with Trita Parsi Watch now ▶️
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For months, Israeli soldiers in Gaza have been documenting their own war crimes against Palestinians and sharing them on social media. We collected and reviewed hundreds of items then asked three experts on human rights and torture to examine the material. Watch in full ⏩ Featuring Sarah Leah Whitson باسل فراج Basil Farraj, Lisa Hajjar and produced by Tariq Nafi and Elettra Scrivo.
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In this special episode of The Listening Post, we examine the US mainstream media in Donald Trump’s second term - as ownership concentrates in the hands of a small group of billionaires, putting journalism itself at risk, and as the White House aggressively reshapes its relationship with the press. Watch now ▶️
The Listening Post23,349 views • 2 months ago