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How Bolsonaro orchestrated the riots in Brazil | The Listening Post
The recent invasion of Brazil’s democratic institutions, days after President Lula da Silva was sworn in, looks like a carbon copy of the January 6, 2021 assault on the Capitol in the United States.
L…
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago
Russia-Ukraine: The Media Front Line | The Listening Post
On this special edition of our programme - a timeline of our reports through 2022 on the media dimension of this conflict - from the build-up to the invasion, right through the messaging war and the …
Published on 2 years, 8 months ago
India: Why is Gautam Adani so interested in NDTV? | The Listening Post
Gautam Adani - India’s richest man with close ties to Prime Minister Narendra Modi - is in the midst of a takeover of NDTV, a news network considered one of the last bastions of critical journalism o…
Published on 2 years, 8 months ago
Attacks on Palestinians are on the rise | The Listening Post
Israel’s incoming government, elected six weeks ago, is shaping up as the most extreme in the country’s history - waging war on media workers, then trying to cover up its crimes.
But evidence of those…
Published on 2 years, 8 months ago
Protests in China: The blank sheets tell a tale | The Listening Post
After two years of some of the most stringent COVID restrictions in the world, many in China are fed up and are demanding a loosening of the controls - in some cases, even calling out President Xi Ji…
Published on 2 years, 9 months ago
Russia-Ukraine: Navigating the media minefield | The Listening Post
As the war in Ukraine hits nine months, the news output is becoming harder, not easier, to navigate.
Much of the coverage is misleading at best and dangerous at worst - and with the war showing no sig…
Published on 2 years, 9 months ago
Move fast and break things: Musk shakes up Twitter
It has been less than a month since Elon Musk took over Twitter - and things do not seem to be going well for "social media’s public square". With thousands of employees laid off and advertisers pull…
Published on 2 years, 9 months ago
'Highway to climate hell': High stakes at COP27 | The Listening Post
With world leaders gathered in Egypt for the latest UN climate summit, the agenda could not be clearer. Experts say the policies governments put in place at last year’s conference in Scotland will st…
Published on 2 years, 9 months ago
Elon Musk: Twitter warrior, satellite supremo … diplomat? | The Listening Post
Not content with manufacturing cars, generating energy, getting into space travel - Elon Musk is in the midst of a $44bn takeover of Twitter. Now he has also been involved in foreign policy conflicts…
Published on 2 years, 10 months ago
Domestic dissent: The new front in Russia's information war | The Listening Post
Inside Russia, the narrative around the "war" is changing. The pro-war Putin-faithful are grappling with defeats they never expected and generals are taking the flak from public figures, loyalists on…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago