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The weekly media watch programme on Al Jazeera. Tell us your stories and views on #media, #journalism and #pressfreedom.
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On the show this week: • The Trump administration is using the 'narco-state' narrative to justify its attacks on Venezuela • The latest roadblock in peace talks between Russia and Ukraine • How settler ideology became mainstream in Israeli society Watch now ▶️
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This past week has seen huge revelations in the Epstein saga but there’s one angle conspicuously absent from mainstream coverage. @meenakshirv reports.
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On the show this week: • The escalating Israeli settler violence that’s simply not getting enough coverage • Why are some media outlets helping Trump make the case for war with Venezuela? • Elisa Morgera (@SRclimatechange) on #COP30 and the hold Big Oil has on our
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On the show this week: • Donald Trump’s war on news media goes global as the BBC becomes his latest target • Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa makes a landmark trip to the US filled with photo ops, political theatre and basketball • ‘Italian brainrot’ and the AI slop taking
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Since the capital of North Darfur fell to the RSF nearly two weeks ago, thousands of civilians have reportedly been killed. And with journalists captured, missing, or killed themselves, satellite imagery has become one of the few remaining windows into the violence. @ryankohls
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On the show this week: • Outrage in Israel: where war crimes committed against Palestinians are considered a PR problem • The potential genocide in North Darfur and the disappeared journalists unable to report on it • Why Kenya’s President William Ruto has so many
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.@AJListeningPost examines Israel’s systematic smearing and targeting of Palestinian journalists in Gaza over the last two years in their special episode, “Smear. Kill. Repeat.,” featuring CPJ’s CEO Jodie Ginsberg. “If you can get away with killing journalists in order to
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In this special episode, we examine the rise of New York City’s mayoral candidate, Zohran Mamdani, and how he has navigated the relentless campaign by his opponents - both political and in the media - to stifle his campaign. Watch now ▶️ https://t.co/WjbulcsIaa
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“Nobody is safe from the settlers. They can steal land, they can beat people, they can kill people.” – Journalist @infinite_jaz on the Israeli settler violence that’s become routine in the Occupied West Bank He spoke with @ajlisteningpost. @ryankohls reports.
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“They understand the potential damage of journalists going in there…the protests and the objection to what Israel did will only grow.” – @OrenZiv_ on why Israel is still blocking international media from going into Gaza. Full report ▶️ https://t.co/7vTtb9DqYN
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On the show this week: • The double standards that lay bare how the genocide in Gaza was allowed to go on for so long • Why Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado dedicated her award to Donald Trump • How conservative women are rebranding Trump's politics for a
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Team Trump went above and beyond to praise the US president for the ceasefire deal in Gaza that came into effect this morning. But it was too little — or too late — to land him the Nobel Peace Prize. @TariqNafi reports.
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On the show this week: • Trump takes a victory lap as ceasefire deal in Gaza takes effect • Can billionaires Larry and David Ellison shift the narrative on Israel in the US ? • How chasing ratings over accountability gave rise to the far-right in Portugal Watch now ▶️
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“The genocide has not been covered in a way that we would elsewhere. Language is used that continually and perpetually dehumanises Palestinians.” — @jodieginsbergg on Western media’s coverage of Gaza. Watch Smear. Kill. Repeat. ▶️ https://t.co/GlXDBXlMIe
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“As more journalists were being slaughtered and there were no consequences for Israel, their response became increasingly brazen.” — @sharifkouddous (@DropSiteNews) on Israel’s systematic targeting of Palestinian journalists and their families in Gaza. Watch Smear. Kill.
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“What you see in Gaza is Palantir’s tools being used to support everything involved in the execution of a target in modern warfare.” — Former Palantir employee Juan Sebatsián Pinto on the tech firm’s role in Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Full report ▶️ https://t.co/cLucDaB9Va
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“This is utter hypocrisy.” Inès Abdel Razek, @MichaelLynk5 and @Seamus_Malek spoke with us about the countries continuing to aid Israel’s genocide in Gaza despite recognising Palestinian statehood. Full report ▶️ https://t.co/1q6JHtJJth
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Sudan’s civil war has displaced more than 13 million people and killed up to 150,000. Reporting is sparse… but the coverage that has trickled out bears striking similarities to Israel’s genocide in Gaza. @meenakshirv has the details.
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Just as Israeli leaders try to deny the are committing genocide in Gaza, they continue to offer up evidence of their intent. @ryankohls reports.
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