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The political media programme on Al Jazeera English.

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The Listening Post @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social · 16h
Pakistan has declared a state of emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa following protests calling for the release of jailed former PM Imran Khan. The internet has been shut off and foreign media have been restricted, making it difficult to get a sense what’s happening in the region. Tariq Nafi reports.
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The Listening Post @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Three years after October 7 and the damage to public trust in legacy media is profound - but mainstream outlets have yet to meaningfully confront their own reporting failures. Why is coverage from Palestine still so limited, and where is the accountability?
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The Listening Post @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
For years, news outlets in the UK have given Nigel Farage outsized attention, helping turn a ‘political outsider’ into one of the country’s most influential figures. But now he’s facing a more critical kind of coverage. Is UK media finally holding him to account? ▶️ youtu.be/T5CxhSGLm6g
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The Listening Post @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Former Biden officials are out in force to massage the administration’s reputation on Gaza - and mainstream media are helping them do it. Full report ▶️ youtu.be/tLYGxe1JqLU Featuring @connorechols.bsky.social, @sarahleah1.bsky.social @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social and Laura Ablast.
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The Listening Post @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
In one of the biggest media deals in history, Skydance completed the purchase of Warner Bros Discovery this past week, putting everything from CBS News to CNN and Cartoon Network to Nickelodeon under the same ownership. Elettra Scrivo reports on what this could mean for media freedom in the US.
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The Listening Post @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
On the show this week: • Ex-Biden officials are scrambling to rewrite their record on Gaza • What does Skydance’s Warner Bros takeover mean for editorial independence in at CNN? • UK media outlets are turning a more critical eye on Nigel Farage - will the scrutiny stick? ▶️ youtu.be/tLYGxe1JqLU
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The Listening Post @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
In one of the biggest media deals in history, Skydance completed the purchase of Warner Bros Discovery this past week, putting everything from CBS News to CNN and Cartoon Network to Nickelodeon under the same ownership. Elettra Scrivo reports on what this could mean for media freedom in the US.
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The Listening Post @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Family vlogging is one of the internet’s most lucrative genres - but the children involved never get to consent to be used for content. Tariq Nafi reports on the business of broadcasting childhood. Full report ▶️ youtu.be/R1raeeFin4I
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The Listening Post @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
On the show this week: – Netanyahu’s plane-hijacking photo-op couldn’t be better timed - but October 7 is still dominating Israel’s election narratives – AI gets to mark its own homework, courtesy of Trump’s new pact – ‘kidfluencers’ have grown up and are speaking out ▶️ youtu.be/ILQk3wsn80c
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The Listening Post @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A new generation of far-right extremists are using social media to enhance their message and the size of their following. Elettra Scrivo reports on Núcleo Nacional, the fringe neo-Nazi movement getting just enough mainstream attention to look far bigger than it actually is. ▶️ youtu.be/_AnNZ0qpKno
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The Listening Post @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Voluntary compliance, no public audits and no penalties. The ‘Super Intelligence’ pact signed by the Trump administration and the AI industry hands full responsibility back to Silicon Valley, allowing the industry to create and enforce their own safety standards. @meenakshirv.bsky.social reports.
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The Listening Post @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
On the show this week: • Corruption scandals, media battles and Trump's interference in Brazil's elections • How the White House press ban to unraveled almost as quickly as it was announced • Spain's Núcleo Nacional: The fringe neo-Nazi group turning ideology into content ▶️ youtu.be/1ZhmiQUbBzI
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The Listening Post @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“As long as you don’t have the control of your own narrative, you are at the mercy of somebody else.” Cassava Republic Press founder @bibibakareyusuf.blacksky.app on the importance of black and African media ownership – alongside representation. Watch the full report ▶️ youtu.be/HmhpjZEhw3I
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The Listening Post @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Citing national security concerns and “years of false reporting”, Donald Trump banned CNN, MS Now and Politico from the White House this past week. He’s now facing legal action from those outlets and a boycott from the entire White House press pool. Tariq Nafi reports.
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The Listening Post @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It's rare to see Sam Altman, Elon Musk and Dario Amodei agree on anything - so when they all start warning that AI could wipe out humanity, people listen. Aaron Mak and Cori Crider spoke with us about what could be behind the 'doomsday' AI narrative. Full report ▶️ youtu.be/Uw3FR6OBCPE
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The Listening Post @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“When you create an information vacuum, it's going to be rapidly filled by purveyors of disinformation.” Amesh Adalja and Jeanne Lenzer spoke with us about the measles outbreak in Pennsylvania and how COVID coverage influenced vaccine skepticism in the US. Full report ▶️ youtu.be/n8zKmBWUnYg
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The Listening Post @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The creators of NAZA - a documentary that lays out a system of mass civilian killing in Gaza - have become the target of threats, online harassment and hostile press coverage in Israel. Elettra Scrivo reports on that fallout and why it’s focused more on the messengers than the message.
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The Listening Post @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
On the show this week: • Big Tech CEOs suddenly seem to agree that AI could end us all – but who does that story actually serve? • An Israeli doc on Israel’s genocide in Gaza triggers a backlash at home • How Cassava Republic Press put African stories back in African hands ▶️ youtu.be/Uw3FR6OBCPE
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The Listening Post @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
With midterms looming and affordability issues in the US getting more coverage, the White House’s messaging on Iran has become more about economic victory than military. Samira Mohyeddin and Mark Kimmitt spoke with us. Full report ▶️ youtu.be/_MlBn-TiGSo
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The Listening Post @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
A Haaretz investigation has landed like a political grenade in Israel: Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly knew, more than a week out, that Hamas was planning October 7. Netanyahu denies it and has threatened to sue - but that hasn’t stopped his opponents seizing on the story. Ryan Kohls reports.
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The Listening Post @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
On the show this week: • Eight weeks from the midterms, the Trump administration is straining to sell a war on Iran that refuses to wrap up • The fallout of Haaretz’s report on what Netanyahu knew before October 7 • COVID, six years later: did US newsrooms get it right? ▶️ youtu.be/_MlBn-TiGSo
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The Listening Post @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
“The [Israeli] army has become very sensitive about their faces being seen because they are being prosecuted in many of the world’s courts. When they sees cameras, if their faces are not covered, they become hysterical.” – Journalist Ameed Shehade Full interview ▶️ youtu.be/fnbv-_gDIHc
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The Listening Post @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"Whenever I go out into the field [to report], my feeling is I may not return." Journalist Ameed Shehade on what it’s like covering Israel’s violent occupation of Palestine. Full report ▶️ youtu.be/fnbv-_gDIHc
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The Listening Post @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
“If you believe in the ethos of journalism, then you would look at the coverage of [Gaza] and think it’s an egregious failure... but through the lens of manufacturing consent, you understand that this is precisely how the media is supposed to operate.” – Assal Rad ▶️ youtu.be/vWCcF_Vaqmw
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The Listening Post @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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The Listening Post @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
On the show this week: • A new book by journalist Assal Rad dissects how news media became a crucial part of Israel’s genocide in Gaza • An extended report on one of the most treacherous beats in journalism - covering Israeli violence in the occupied West Bank Watch now ▶️ youtu.be/vWCcF_Vaqmw
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The Listening Post @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
A new phrase has entered the right wing lexicon in India - 'dimaagi naxal' (intellectual insurgents). BJP accounts have launched a campaign identifying the likes of Dhruv Rathee, Rajdeep Sardesai and Congress Party leader Rahul Gandhi as 'dimaagi naxals'. @meenakshirv.bsky.social reports.
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The Listening Post @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Kalshi and Polymarket have become two of the world’s fastest-growing non-AI companies by letting users make bets on the news itself and through aggressive PR campaigns . @meenakshirv.bsky.social reports on the dangers of the industry.
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The Listening Post @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Israel’s campaign to shape its image online has entered its AI era. Tariq Nafi speaks with the journalist who uncovered the operation and examines how Israel is trying to shape what AI tells the world about the country.
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The Listening Post @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Despite securing unprecedented funding, establishment candidate Haley Stevens is on course to lose Michigan’s Democratic primary to Abdul El-Sayed. @alexbkane.bsky.social and @sarahleah1.bsky.social spoke with us about the Israel factor in this election. Full report ▶️ youtu.be/U8MY9dJEyt0
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The Listening Post @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The Cockroach Janta Party’s protests have forced a senior Indian government minister out of office for the first time under Narendra Modi. Now the BJP is trying to win back young Indians online… and it isn’t going very well. Richard Gizbert reports.
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The Listening Post @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
On the show this week: • How Michigan’s primary became a proxy battle for Israeli influence in the US • Israel is gaming AI to shape what's read about the country online • Many of Sri Lanka’s Buddhist monks are now preaching nationalism - but one of them is pushing back ▶️ youtu.be/U8MY9dJEyt0
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The Listening Post @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
The squeeze on journalists trying to report on the war on Iran is getting tighter. The Pentagon has been skipping briefings, blocking access and just announced a task force targeting alleged leakers - raising fresh concerns about the future of war reporting. @meenakshirv.bsky.social reports.
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The Listening Post @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
On the show this week: • The rise of India's CJP and the battle over its message • How the Pentagon is making reporting on the war with Iran harder than ever • Europe has been baking under record temperatures - why do the pictures still look like summer holidays? Watch now ▶️ youtu.be/epebcA2XM7g
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The Listening Post @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
On the show this week: • How Ro Khanna’s visit to the occupied West Bank turned into a battle over who and what to believe • The reporting vacuum around Sudan’s looming catastrophe in El Obeid • How Kim Ou-joon became one of South Korea’s most influential political voices ▶️ youtu.be/0QK1OQZOYOM
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The Listening Post @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
As Sudan’s war pushes El Obeid towards catastrophe, international media coverage remains scarce. Hiba Morgan - One of the few journalists reporting from inside the city, spoke with Nicholas Muirhead about what happens when a humanitarian disaster unfolds largely unseen.
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The Listening Post @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
“This has nothing whatsoever to do with science and has everything to do with marketing.” – Marion Nestle on how ultraprocessed food manufacturers are taking PR tips from Big Tobacco's playbook. Watch the full report by Nicholas Muirhead ⤵️ youtu.be/793DfZVxVLA
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The Listening Post @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Donald Trump and Recep Erdoğan used the NATO summit this past week to project an image of strength and unity between Ankara and Washington. But how long will that last? Elettra Scrivo reports.
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The Listening Post @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
“This is not an organic movement. It is inauthentic behaviour online…coordinated and amplified by people with a political agenda.” — Herman Wasserman Watch our full report on how xenophobia went viral in South Africa ▶️ youtu.be/EFYO-JmbN_k
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The Listening Post @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Twin earthquakes that have killed more than two thousand people in Venezuela have exposed the state’s failures and officials have imposed tight controls on journalists trying to cover the story. Tariq Nafi reports.
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The Listening Post @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
This week: • South Africa’s anti-migrant movement - built online, amplified by mainstream media • Post-earthquake in Venezuela, officials are tightening their grip on information • Govts say social media bans will protect children - critics say they solve the wrong problem ▶️ youtu.be/EFYO-JmbN_k
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The Listening Post @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
A controversial luxury resort backed by the Trump’s family has sparked weeks of protests in Albania and with much of the country’s media is looking away, protesters have become their own reporters – using independent journalism and social media to shape their own narrative. Ryan Kohls reports.
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The Listening Post @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
On the show this week: • Can Andy Burnham survive a media landscape that keeps drifting to the right? • Albania’s Flamingo Revolution and scant domestic media coverage it’s getting • Javier Milei’s attempts to rewrite the history of Argentina’s military dictatorship ▶️ Watch now youtu.be/nwlYzh-2PcI
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The Listening Post @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
“I have since paid for the ad-free version of every streaming service just to be spared from all of the Ozempic and Wegovy ads.” Aubrey Gordon and Stephanie Yeboah spoke with us about GLP-1 drugs and the effect of their prevalence in media. Full report ▶️ youtu.be/j17UWvpcjm4
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The Listening Post @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
The UK government’s plans to ban under 16s from social media are driving ahead and many other countries including France, Canada and Spain are considering similar policies. But are they targeting the wrong age group? Richard Gizbert reports.
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The Listening Post @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Trump says it’s a breakthrough; Israeli media call it a disaster. Richard Gizbert and @meenakshirv.bsky.social unpack the narrative battle around the memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran. Full discussion ▶️ youtu.be/xyQ_056Css0
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The Listening Post @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
On the show this week: • Don’t call it a peace deal: The precarious memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran • Infantino, Trump and how far FIFA is willing to go to sell the sport • How Ozempic’s rise is rewriting narratives about health, bodies and beauty Watch ▶️ youtu.be/xyQ_056Css0
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The Listening Post @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
The number killed is almost beyond comprehension.” — Sharif Abdel Kouddous on the continued targeted killing of journalists in Gaza throughout the ‘ceasefire’. Watch the full interview by @meenakshirv.bsky.social ▶️ youtu.be/yWFZc66wdIs
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The Listening Post @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
This week: · Trump's Meet the Press walkout and what his backing of the Ellisons' CNN bid says about his media doctrine · Belfast burns: how a stabbing video became fuel for far-right mobilisation · As Gaza disappears from headlines, journalists who remain are still working ▶️ youtu.be/dTwUMzgYkVo
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The Listening Post @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
The biggest ever World Cup kicked off across the US, Mexico, and Canada this past week, but it’s sharing headlines with controversy as US immigration policy collides with football’s global spirit. @meenakshirv.bsky.social reports.
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