The Listening Post

While much of the reporting on Cuba comes from abroad, an outlet called Belly of the Beast reports from within the country itself. Liz Oliva Fernández spoke with us about they manage to report during blackouts, resource shortages and an escalating US pressure campaign. ▶️ youtu.be/ZRanxLboBNA

More than 920 Palestinians have been killed since the ceasefire was announced last October. The media’s disinterest in a slow but steadily rising death toll is allowing the violence in Gaza to continue with far less scrutiny. Richard Gizbert reports.

“There is literally nothing you get out of the legacy media anymore…They just want drama.” Meghnad S and Manisha Pande spoke with us about why the Cockroach Janta Party is taking aim at India’s mainstream media. Watch the full report ▶️ youtu.be/UNiqvlp9sWE

Photographer, activist and chair of the London Southbank Centre has become the target of an intense media offensive after speaking about Gaza and the rise of the political right. The backlash says a lot about the state of public debate in Britain. @meenakshirv.bsky.social reports.

A wave of xenophobic violence has spread across South Africa, fuelled by a toxic mix of anger, disinformation and inflammatory mobilisation online. At its centre is Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma - who has emerged as the face of the new anti-immigration group March and March. Nicholas Muirhead reports.

This week: • The Cockroach Janta Party - the viral movement in India asking questions of govt • Anti-migrant protests and rising violence in South Africa • Belly of the Beast - Reporting on Cuba, from Cuba • How the ‘ceasefire’ has failed to halt Israel’s killing in Gaza ▶️ youtu.be/UNiqvlp9sWE

With around 50 million subscribers, Safaricom dominates Kenya’s mobile phone market - but its close relationship with the Ruto government is turning that user base into a key component of the state’s surveillance programme…illegally. Nicholas Muirhead reports. ▶️ youtu.be/agM2ZkGz1J4

On the show this week: • Trump’s claims of victory over Iran get questioned by a sceptical media • Narendra Modi’s Norway visit runs into an unscripted moment • The dark side of Kenya’s digital age • Israel’s government in crisis control mode after another damaging video ▶️ youtu.be/LYA2s2gM4Qo

A video of pro-Palestinian activists in Israeli custody being taunted by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir sparked immediate outrage this week — including from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who moved to distance himself from his own minister. Richard Gizbert reports.

As Cuba buckles under severe shortages and near-daily blackouts, Washington says the crisis is the fault of Cuba’s leadership. Havana blames economic warfare being waged by the USA. Alongside the sanctions campaign, a coordinated narrative war is escalating too. @meenakshirv.bsky.social reports.

Narendra Modi’s visit to Norway made headlines for all the wrong reasons after journalists confronted the Indian PM 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.

On the show this week: • Israel is spending $730 million on PR – but will it make a difference? • Israel’s ‘blood libel’ accusation against NYT • Are locals are paying the price fore data centres in rural Spain? • Eurovision - politics have drowned out the music ▶️ youtu.be/mnzPuVCyhpU

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.

This week: • Is Tucker Carlson’s anti-Trump pivot sincere - or just a savvy reinvention? • The media pile-on against Zack Polanski veers into anti-Semitic tropes • The 'Greater Israel' project: How a once fringe settler fantasy became mainstreamed in Israeli politics ▶️ youtu.be/5VgErk37hcI

Days after a knife attack in north London left two Jewish men in hospital, much of the UK’s political class looked to blame the pro-Palestine movement and the only Jewish leader in UK politics. @meenakshirv.bsky.social looks at the coverage of Zack Polanski making the rounds in mainstream media.

Employees at Google DeepMind’s decision to unionise is unprecedented for the AI industry – doubly so because it’s not over pay, but to stop their AI being used as a weapon of war. Elettra Scrivo reports.

On the show this week: • A week since the third assassination attempt on Trump and the conspiracy theories are still swirling • Russia’s internet crackdown is backfiring • Lebanese journalist Justin Salhani on Israel’s insidious information war there Watch ▶️ youtu.be/JmC5nrcUK4g

Russia’s effort to tighten internet restrictions and throttle Telegram have sparked a furious public backlash. The uproar forced Vladimir Putin to admit the measures went too far. Ryan Kohls reports.

On the show this week: • A tale of two strategies: Iran’s information war at home and abroad • The killing of Amal Khalil - @meenakshirv.bsky.social on the tactics of Israel’s 'journacide' • Amber Rahim Shamsi on Pakistan’s peacemaker moment and stories being overlooked ▶️ youtu.be/fVGSzTFtHTg

Three years after filing for bankruptcy, the 'most paranoid man in America' appears to be losing control of his own conspiracy site, Infowars. This past week, The Onion announced it would be moving forward with a plan to acquire the outlet and turn it into a parody of itself. Tariq Nafi reports.

Israel’s killing of Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil followed a now-familiar pattern: surveillance, strike, obstruction of rescue and denial. She is one of at least 263 journalists killed by Israel since October 2023. @meenakshirv.bsky.social reports.

On the show this week: • How the Strait of Hormuz landed right at the centre of the US-Iran info war • The rift between Israel and its European allies • The warped representation of Iranian voices in Western media • Hungary’s new PM moves to “de-Orbánise” the media ▶️ youtu.be/AVp80QJMy0Y

Israel’s relations with its allies are fraying. Increasingly sharp rhetoric from European leaders is playing out in messaging and on media platforms. @meenakshirv.bsky.social reports on Benjamin Netanyahu’s handling of European ties and instances of real anger towards Israel in European media.

In this special episode, we examine the US mainstream media in 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 ▶️ youtu.be/dCL553JcYuk

Despite constantly getting fact-checked and drawing sharp criticism for its content, the Israeli government’s official Farsi-language account on X has become a crucial part of its propaganda efforts. Tariq Nafi reports on the other front in Israel’s war.

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 to Iranians in their own language • Iran’s Info-war strategy: An interview with Trita Parsi ▶️ youtu.be/Wz0TOnt3M0s

Many of Trump’s most ardent supporters are challenging the president because of his war on Iran. Ben Lorber and Jamal Abdi spoke with us about the fallout and what comes next. Full report ▶️ youtu.be/igxhDWkVF5U

On the show this week: • A deep split in the MAGA movement threatens Trump’s Iran war • How Israel's potential death penalty bill has been promoted in the media • A closer look at the online memes coming from the US and Iranian governments Watch now ▶️ youtu.be/igxhDWkVF5U

With the eyes of international media firmly focused on its wars on Lebanon and Iran, Israel has moved a step closer to legalising the execution of Palestinian prisoners. Ryan Kohls reports.

“All wars empower authoritarian tendencies… US society could move to look more like our adversaries than ourselves.” Arta Moeini, Branko Marcetic and Mouin Rabbani spoke with us about information control in the US/Israeli war on Iran. Full report ▶️ youtu.be/Et9-CbYtLl8

On the show this week: • The fight to control the narrative from Washington to Tehran to Tel Aviv • The coverage of Israel’s assassination spree, negligible attention to the question of legality • Journalist Jean Kassir on how Israel is unleashing the Gaza model on Lebanon ▶️ youtu.be/Et9-CbYtLl8

Coverage of Israel’s killing of three more senior Iranian political leaders this past week followed a familiar pattern - awe at the Israeli intelligence operation’s ‘sophistication’ and little scrutiny of the legality of the actions. @meenakshirv reports on how these killings have been reported.

If Iran could raise the price of oil to $100 a barrel, it inflicts equal or more damage to the US than American bombs do to Iran.” – Vali Nasr on how Iran is waging asymmetric warfare against the US Full report ▶️ youtu.be/yD91rm3QdZU

On the show this week: • Censorship and propaganda are making Trump and Netanyahu’s chaotic war harder to track • Israeli media’s disinformation drive to pull Gulf states into the war • AI warfare isn’t new, but it’s becoming far more lethal — we speak with Matt Mahmoudi ▶️ youtu.be/yD91rm3QdZU

On the show this week: • Chaos, contradiction and Trump’s incoherent messaging on his war with Iran • Which Iranian voices are getting amplified in Western media and why? • Ameed Shehade on journalism under occupation in the West Bank Watch now ▶️ youtu.be/C8uzx9vuoeM

The US-Israeli bombing campaign has divided Iranians at home and abroad - and across much of mainstream Western media, one side is being significantly amplified. @meenakshirv.bsky.social reports on how wars get justified and legitimised through media.

On the show this week: • Trump's Iran gambit: is the chaos a strategy or is it just chaos? • What Modi’s trip to Tel Aviv meant for Netanyahu and the Indo-Israeli alliance • How Brazil’s young, evangelical influencers are becoming powerful force in politics ▶️ youtu.be/TRmW2phMkSE

On the show this week: • Big AI, the hype machine and what major tech companies stand to gain from all the fear mongering • The smear campaign against Francesca Albanese for speaking out about Gaza • The campaign to shape coverage of Israel in African media Watch now ▶️ youtu.be/Y7W9Sbu1lYQ

“This idea that because these two monsters are now one is locked away and one has died, that the entire apparatus has been brought down. It hasn’t. It did not just disappear… We know that somebody picked up the mantle.” – Danielle Moodie on the Epstein files cover-up Watch ▶️ youtu.be/g1nj0clWEMY

On the show this week: • How the US Epstein class is evading accountability • The renewed wave of repression in Iran • How the Super Bowl became the US military’s ultimate propaganda showcase • “The world is in peril” - Former Anthropic employee’s stark warning about AI ▶️ youtu.be/g1nj0clWEMY

In the month since Iran’s crackdown on anti-government protesters, authorities have raided and arrested scores of journalists and reformist politicians. Tariq Nafi reports.

“It’s a way then for Americans to feel patriotic without seeing the ugly side of war.” – Retired Lt. Colonel Gregory Daddis on the patriotic spectacle of the NFL. Full report ▶️ youtu.be/X9KOyRlyQlM Also featuring Kavitha Davidson and Howard Bryant.

On the show this week: • The most significant stories missing from the mainstream media in the Epstein files • No eyes on Gaza: How selective framing and restricted access are helping turn the media’s attention away from the ongoing horrors in Gaza Watch now ▶️ youtu.be/JQ5vqgPbeAs

While mainstream media downplays Epstein’s numerous links to the Israeli government, more tenuous links to Russia are becoming increasingly conspicuous. @meenakshirv.bsky.social and Drop Site News’s Murtaza Hussain take us through the story.

Mexicans are currently witnessing the latest showdown between President Claudia Sheinbaum and media mogul Ricardo Salinas Pliego - who has accused the government of “political persecution.” Elettra Scrivo reports.

On the show this week: • The lies following the ICE killings in Minnesota • TikTok under the control of American owners is as censorious - maybe more - than it was under Chinese ownership • Disinformation-driven violence in Bangladesh ahead of its elections Watch ▶️ youtu.be/nmqjsZWMGa0

Days after Trump allies took control of TikTok in the US, users have reported widespread censorship of content that mentions sore subjects for the administration like ICE, Palestine and Jeffrey Epstein. Tariq Nafi reports on the allegations, the backlash and the rise of UpScrolled.

On the show this week: • Trump's imperial tantrums spiral beyond all control - the rants, the posts and the delusion • Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ initiative and the colonial vision for Gaza's future • The unconventional team of investigators digging into the Epstein files ▶️ youtu.be/dfh_QCFijnk

On the show this week: • Internal revolt and external pressure collide in Iran and the battle of narratives intensifies • The White House is using AI bots to respond to the ICE killing of Renee Good • Cory Doctorow on how scrutiny has taken a backseat in the AI arms race ▶️ youtu.be/RQc5WhffayY

On the show this week: • How Trump flooded the media zone with their Venezuela talking points • Iranian protests spread like wildfire and Trump says the US is “locked and loaded” to intervene • José Luis Granados Ceja on the abduction of Maduro and the future of Venezuela ▶️ youtu.be/bnKw8jPTuLo

Richard Gizbert reports on the major news outlets being locked out of military briefings and the US’s brutal act of war in Venezuela.

The Trump administration has doubled down on its threats to the Iranian government - saying it has its eye on the protests that are sweeping the country. @meenakshirv.bsky.social reports

This past week, Reporters Without Borders released its annual report on violence against the media. Nearly half of the 67 deaths this year were at the hands of Israeli forces in Gaza… contributing to a total of at least 278 media workers killed since October 7th. Richard Gizbert reports.

On the show this week: • So much money. So much drama. Is Netflix the better buyer for Warner Bros — or is it Paramount? • No more social media for under 16s in Australia. How's that going? • From jail, Pakistan's Imran Khan is a thorn in the side Asim Munir ▶️ youtu.be/wCQ-rA2bS28

On the show this week: • Will Netanyahu get the pardon that he says will "unite" Israel? • Hillary Clinton sticks by her argument that TikTok - not genocide – is the root of Israel’s PR crisis • Is South Korea's Kim Ou-Joon helping or harming its media discourse? ▶️ youtu.be/B3mwZFdxg-Q

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 ▶️ youtu.be/kANz99X3I-c

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 on #COP30 and the hold Big Oil has on our information systems Watch ▶ youtu.be/QuXlRamOlzc

On the show this week: • Trump’s war on news media goes global as BBC becomes his latest target • Syrian President al-Sharaa makes a landmark trip to the US filled with photo ops and political theatre • ‘Italian brainrot’ and the AI slop taking over our feeds Watch now ▶️ youtu.be/BNAPd_ur4-s

On the show this week: • Outrage in Israel: where war crimes 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 William Ruto has so many nicknames Watch now ▶️ youtu.be/OnGUp41nHSc

“They understand the potential damage of journalists going in there…the protests and the objection to what Israel did will only grow.” – Oren Ziv on why Israel is still blocking international media from going into Gaza. Full report ▶️ youtu.be/icNWmHjbDJs

On the show this week: • The double standards that lay bare how the genocide in Gaza was allowed to go on for so long • Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado dedicates award to Trump • How conservative women are rebranding Trump's politics for a female audience ▶️ youtu.be/icNWmHjbDJs

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 ▶️ youtu.be/BUNFnZBXVhM

“As more journalists were being slaughtered and there were no consequences for Israel, their response became increasingly brazen.” — Sharif Kouddous (@dropsitenews.com) on Israel’s systematic targeting of Palestinian journalists in Gaza. Watch Smear. Kill. Repeat. ⤵️ youtu.be/kUSx9znXXYM

“This is utter hypocrisy.” Inès Abdel Razek, Michael Lynk and Séamus Malekafzali spoke with us about the countries continuing to aid Israel’s genocide in Gaza despite recognising Palestinian statehood. Full report ▶️ youtu.be/W78mjsGF4RE

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.bsky.social has the details.

On the show this week: • After Charlie Kirk’s killing, a crackdown is underway in the US • Israel accuses the UN of sympathising with Hamas...again — and very few people are buying it • How Donald Trump injected unpredictability into Russia’s war on Ukraine Watch now ▶️ youtu.be/S2l0czCH7G8

“I’m chair of the most important public finances committee in parliament [and] I battle to get protection. What chance does an ordinary South African have?” Songezo Zibi on the lack of protection of whistleblowers covering corruption in South Africa. Full report ⤵️ youtu.be/sZJdhdMsYLY

What did Trump know about the Doha bombing? As the White House struggled to form a coherent response to Israel’s strike on Qatar, Trump’s credibility began to take a hit. Full report ▶️ youtu.be/BoDxk8ZPCM0

On the show this week: • Israel's attack on Qatar reveals a state out of control...has the narrative caught up with that reality? • A conflagration years in the making - Nepal's uprising • Whistleblowers paying with their lives for calling out corruption in South Africa ▶️ youtu.be/BoDxk8ZPCM0

On the show this week: • Expulsion and ethnic cleansing in Gaza as Israel launches a lethal offensive in Gaza City • An absurd Israeli AI smear campaign against Palestinian journalists • The cyberpunk dystopias inspiring Big Tech elites Watch now ▶️ youtu.be/atVgHwOVH8s

A new AI-generated website unveiled by an Israeli minister claims to “uncover the hidden ties” between Palestinian journalists and Hamas. Sloppiness aside, it follows a pattern of dangerous smears against Palestinians. Tariq Nafi reports.

“This is my duty…reporting the suffering of a people that I am living amidst, suffering that I am experiencing myself.” – Reporter Anas al-Sharif in what would become his final interview with us just weeks before being killed by Israeli forces in Gaza. Full report ⤵️ youtu.be/YeQD6spHyEU

“if anybody should be awarded for excellence in journalism, it is all of those Palestinian journalists in Gaza who have risked their lives to live stream a genocide” – @dianabuttu.bsky.social on journalists like @Anas al-Sharif covering Israel’s genocide in Gaza Full report ▶️ youtu.be/YeQD6spHyEU

On the show this week: • Famine has been turned into a weapon of war in Gaza and journalists are as hungry as those they are reporting on • The wave of post-war nationalism sweeping across Iran • Ghana's most dangerous beat for journalists - illegal gold mining Watch now ▶️ youtu.be/YeQD6spHyEU

Since its 12-day war with Israel, Iran’s TV channels, news bulletins and newspapers have been in patriotic overdrive. @meenakshirv.bsky.social reports on the wave of nationalism sweeping across the country.

On the show this week: • In a presidency rife with scandals, the Epstein crisis is in a class of its own • New York Times finally uses the term 'genocide' to describe Gaza • The crackdown on pro-Palestinian speech in Germany ▶️ youtu.be/AWp0DgSuP1I

“On Fox and CNN, their advertisers and shareholders want a pro-Israel line – and if they don’t get it, they will take their money elsewhere.” – @mjplitnick.bsky.social on the challenges major news organisations face if and when they report on Gaza. Full report ⤵️ youtu.be/HAo3XwHUxHs

On the show this week: • Netanyahu cranked up his flattery of Trump with a Nobel nomination but cracks are starting to form in MAGA’s stance on Israel • The escalating criminality of the GHF in Gaza has prompted increasing scrutiny • The political power struggle in Georgia ▶️ youtu.be/HAo3XwHUxHs

Many of the same operatives behind the so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation - a joint US-Israeli venture - are now cooking up new plans for the Palestinians in Gaza. Details of these are now coming out in some key reporting. @meenakshirv.bsky.social reports on the revelations in the FT & Reuters.

“The BBC does not have a backbone. It gives into influence from lobby groups, complaint campaigns and the government.” Karishma Patel and Peter Oborne spoke with us about the BBC and its coverage of Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Full report ▶️ youtu.be/ZjaEjI-G4CY

On the show this week: • UK outrage as chant in Glastonbury is deemed too far, yet genocide in Gaza deemed not far enough • Mainstream media goes all-in against Dem candidate for New York mayor Zohran Mamdani • How anti-Palestinian abuse became normalised in Israel Watch ▶️ youtu.be/ZjaEjI-G4CY

“Iran has behaved in a pretty pragmatic way through this crisis… the idea it is the most crazed actor in the Middle East is not the truth.” — Séamus Malekafzali on how Iran’s actions have undercut its portrayal in Western media Watch the full report ▶️ youtu.be/MUknejMSoak

On the show this week: • Trump struggles to control the narrative on how much damage US bombs did to Iran’s nuclear programme • Massacre of Palestinians in Gaza's aid hubs is becoming a bigger story • Assal Rad on the contradictions rife in news headlines Watch now ▶️ youtu.be/MUknejMSoak

Over the last two weeks, at least 169 Palestinians have been killed while trying to get food from aid distribution points in Gaza. Nicholas Muirhead reports on the sites UN officials have began calling “death traps”.

“He doesn’t understand foreign affairs, much less anything about the Middle East…I’m not surprised the Israel lobby has got to him.” – Chris Hedges on Donald Trump bringing the US into Israel’s war with Iran. Full interview ▶️ youtu.be/a8dzL3biesA

“The Israeli argument is that the mouthpiece of the Iranian regime is a legitimate target to be bombed…would anybody consider [Israeli] channels legitimate targets? Of course not.” Assal Rad on Israel’s targeted bombing of Iran’s state broadcaster this past week. Watch ▶️ youtu.be/juxvNOwfSsI

On the show this week: • How Benjamin Netanyahu set the stage for Israel’s war with Iran • Israel’s military censors tighten their grip on local and foreign media outlets • Chris Hedges on the media coverage of Israel’s war on Iran Watch now ▶️ youtu.be/juxvNOwfSsI

In the same week that Israel waged war on Iran, it targeted and cut off communications systems in Gaza. What might unfold under the cloak of a communications blackout? @meenakshirv.bsky.social reports.

After months of political turmoil in South Korea, President Lee Jae-myung says his government wants to bring some calm to the country – starting by trying to ease tensions with North Korea. @meenakshirv.bsky.social reports.

Were Israel’s strikes against civilian and military targets inside Iran this past Friday really “pre-emptive”? Negar Mortazavi spoke with us about how justified that claim is. Watch the full interview ▶️ youtu.be/i0JOlh6yZg0

On the show this week: • Why did so many news outlets go along with Israel’s ‘pre-emptive strike’ narrative when reporting its attacks on Iran? • Phone lines down, internet cut off. Gaza faces near-total comms blackout • Trump’s made-for-TV federal intervention in LA ▶️ youtu.be/i0JOlh6yZg0

Another tortured round of Gaza ceasefire negotiations, another set of headlines laying the blame solely on Hamas. Julie Norman and Tahani Mustafa spoke with us about the collapse of the talks and the media narratives surrounding them. Watch the full report ▶️ youtu.be/pusIlN5bgHA

On the show this week: • What explains the pattern of blaming Hamas for every ceasefire collapse? • 'Operation Spiderweb' - a military push with significant messaging benefit for Ukraine • How Gen Z are reevaluating their relationship with digital technology Watch now ▶️ youtu.be/pusIlN5bgHA

This week's show: • Will Israel’s allies do anything more than pay lip service to stop Israel’s genocide? • For doctors in Gaza, the mission goes beyond medicine • @jeremyscahill.com on Israel’s aid-washing and the “facade of humanitarianism to enable a genocide” in Gaza ▶️ youtu.be/Jgzli-g24TU

On the show this week: • ‘Gideon’s Chariots’: Israel dispenses with euphemisms and intensifies the ethnic cleansing of Gaza • Why has the BBC kept a Gaza documentary from airing for more than three months? • The Pakistani military’s big PR push amidst a wave of nationalism ▶️ youtu.be/DKGKB4prpHE

On the show this week: • Trump’s gilded tour of the Middle East as bombs rain on Gaza • The assassination of Hassan Eslaih by Israeli forces • Hartosh Singh Bal on India’s tensions with Pakistan and how the media are covering it Watch now ▶️ youtu.be/SDcWwMf1KbE

Are Ghana’s courtroom shows going too far? We spoke with George Sarpong, chief executive of Ghana’s main media regulator, Oheneni Adazoa and Zakaria Tanko Musah about the issues around these wildly popular programmes. Watch the full report ⤵️ youtu.be/dqF5WkZ7-MY Produced by Soumaya el Filali

On the show this week: • Is Israel capitalising on Western media’s ‘Gaza fatigue’? • An explosion of disinformation in India and Pakistan • The questionable ethics of Ghana’s courtroom radio shows Watch now ▶️ youtu.be/EGti9zZ-7oc

“Painting these almost cartoonish scenarios of how India is going to invade Pakistan is not what responsible journalism is meant to be.” Sreenivasan Jain, Anuradha Bhasin and Swasti Rao spoke with us about the response in India to horrifying attack in Kashmir. Full report ▶️ youtu.be/dR3Up90zYUg

On the show this week: • An incessant clamour for war on Indian news channels since the Kashmir attack • Pakistan's army dominates the country's messaging on Kashmir • The man behind the memeification of cruelty by the White House Watch now ▶️ youtu.be/dR3Up90zYUg