About this series:
Listening Post, hosted by Richard Gizbert is Al Jazeera English's weekly media watch programme. The show casts a critical eye over global media and dissects the media's coverage of events and non-events! From what's being printed by mainstream newspapers to what's being published at the click of a button online, the Listening Post tracks media old and new and gives you a new and valuable perspective of what the media are reporting, what they are leaving out and what media consumers really need to know.
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About this episode
Apr 12, 2010
22:30
News & Politics
This week, The Listening Post follows the media's trial of the Catholic Church and its role in uncovering one of the biggest scandals to hit the Vat...
This week, The Listening Post follows the media's trial of the Catholic Church and its role in uncovering one of the biggest scandals to hit the Vatican in years. Plus, the double bombing on the Moscow metro on March 29 was the worst attack to hit Moscow in five years, but for up to two hours after the explosions, Russia's three main TV channels hardly broke into their daytime programming of dance and cookery shows. The Listening Post asks if this is a sign of how much control is exerted over TV news in Russia and how sensitive the issue of terrorism is for the Kremlin.
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