A global consortium of media outlets blew the lid off a huge surveillance scandal revealing how the hacking tool Pegasus has been used by governments around the world to spy on dissidents and journalists via their mobile phones.

Contributors:

Rohini Singh - Reporter, The Wire

Bradley Hope - Co-founder, Project Brazen

Laurent Richard - Founder, Forbidden Stories

Eva Galperin - Director, Electronic Frontier Foundation

On our radar:

American media outlets have been feasting on a story – the billionaire space race. Richard Gizbert and producer Meenakshi Ravi discuss how the mass of coverage squares alongside another story about the planet that is far more consequential - climate change.

Bild's battle for political influence in Germany

There is a crucial election coming in Germany, and its biggest tabloid, Bild, is trying to preserve its place at the heart of German politics.

Contributors:

Julian Reichelt - Editor-in-chief, Bild

Günter Wallraff - Investigative journalist & author, The Lead

Moritz Tschermak - Editor-in-chief, BILDblog & author, How Bild divides society with fear and hate

Margreth Lünenborg - Professor of journalism, Free University Berlin

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