News coverage in the US of the Palestine-Israel conflict has always favoured Israel but that is beginning to shift. The question is - to what extent and will it last?

Contributors:

Linda Sarsour - Executive director, MPower Change; Author, We Are Not Here to be Bystanders

Omar Baddar - National Policy Council, Arab-American Institute

Lara Friedman - President, Foundation for Middle East Peace

Philip Weiss - Founder and senior editor, Mondoweiss

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Belarusian authorities went to extreme lengths to arrest opposition journalist Roman Protasevich. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Meenakshi Ravi to find out why.

Slovenia: The prime minister’s ‘war with the media’

Another European leader shows his authoritarian side; Slovenia’s prime minister, Janez Janša, says he is at "war with the media".

Contributors:

Marko Milosavljević - University of Ljubljana, Chair of Journalism

Anuška Delić - Editor-in-chief, Oštro

Blaž Zgaga - Reporter, Nacional.hr and investigative journalist

Boris Tomašič - Host and chief editor, Nova 24

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"Somebody said that football’s a matter of life and death to you. I said, listen, it's more important than that."

When the legendary Liverpool football manager Bill Shankly came out with his now-famous quote on TV in 1981, he might have been talking about the Algerian and Tunisian fans in this documentary. For many, football really is much more than a game. Some see themselves as not just supporters but part of a wider movement. They say that on the terraces, they find a sense of belonging and a camaraderie otherwise absent from their daily lives and that as supporters they also represent the dispossessed of the poor suburbs of Tunis and Algiers.

Sometimes, however, football passions can have life-changing consequences. In March 2018, 19-year-old Omar Labidi from the southern suburbs of Tunis clashed with police outside a busy stadium. The victim’s brother claims that police used tear gas to force Omar into a nearby river where he drowned. Three years after his death, his family continues to seek justice.

In Algeria, Raouf Zerka has only vague memories of the game that changed his life in November 2016. In the 70th minute of a local derby match in Algiers, a burning flare hit him in the face. After eight days in a coma, he discovered he had lost his left eye.

This film follows Tunisia’s and Algeria’s most passionate fans, buying tickets on the black market, travelling vast distances to away matches, and doing whatever it takes to support the teams they love. But it also highlights the price of football passion and asks if the cost of extreme fandoms is worth the risk.

Ceasefire in Gaza: As journalists in the Strip stop to catch their breath, Israel's media stand accused of inciting violence against Palestinians.

Contributors:

Yara Hawari - Academic and writer; senior analyst, Al Shabaka

Tareq Baconi - Senior analyst, International Crisis Group

Joshua Leifer - Assistant editor, Jewish Currents

Rami Younis - Palestinian journalist

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In Qatar, a Kenyan who blogged under the pen name "Noah" about his life as a migrant worker in the Arab Gulf state finds himself in custody. Richard Gizbert and producer Johanna Hoes discuss the case of Malcolm Bidali.

The Xinjiang whitewash

Meet the white Western influencers helping China contest claims of genocide in Xinjiang.

Contributors:

Mareike Ohlberg - Senior fellow (Asia Program), German Marshall Fund

Sophie Richardson - China director, Human Rights Watch

Amelia Pang - Author of Made in China

Shelley Zhang - Writer, China Uncensored

Gaza under assault. Bloodshed at the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Social media is the place to go for the coverage of this story except when the platforms take issue with what is being posted.

Contributors:

Marwa Fatafta - Policy analyst, Al-Shabaka

Yossi Mekelberg - Associate fellow of the MENA Programme, Chatham House

Mariam Barghouti - Writer and activist

Rami Khouri - Professor of journalism, American University of Beirut

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Three Myanmar journalists have been arrested in Thailand. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Flo Phillips about their possible deportation back into the hands of Myanmar’s military government.

Mammy, Jezebel, Sapphire: Stereotyping Black women in media

We discuss the stereotyping of Black women in the media and the push for change in an industry where diversity and inclusion have been too long in coming.

Contributors:

Kovie Biakolo - Culture writer and multiculturalism scholar

Francesca Sobande - Lecturer of digital media studies, Cardiff University

Naeemah Clark - Professor of cinema and television arts, Elon University; author, Diversity in US Mass Media

Babirye Bukilwa - Actor and playwright

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In Russia, the political stakes are rising in the run up to election season - journalists are being branded as "foreign agents" and an opposition figure is labelled an "extremist".

Contributors:

Ilya Yablokov - Academic, Leeds University

Lisa Alexandrova-Zorina - Journalist, Team 29

Ivan Kolpakov - Editor-in-chief, Meduza

Uliana Pavlova - Journalist, Moscow Times

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After months of deliberation Donald Trump’s Facebook account remains suspended. Richard Gizbert asks producer Meenakshi Ravi to explain the decision.

The Turks turning to YouTube

Independent journalists in Turkey, like Cüneyt Özdemir, are taking refuge online. Özdemir’s daily YouTube program has become a staple for Turks, especially among younger viewers looking for journalism of a different kind.

Contributors:

Cüneyt Özdemir - Creator and host, Cüneyt Özdemir Show

Cansu Çamlibel - Editor-in-chief, Duvar English

Emre Kizilkaya - Turkish vice chair, International Press Institute; author, The New Mainstream Media is Rising

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While India’s healthcare system lies in total collapse, the government is leaning on social media companies to protect its own image.

Contributors:

Vineet Kumar - Author and media scholar

Pratik Sinha - Co-founder, Alt News

Pragya Tiwari - Political and cultural commentator

Sangeeta Mahapatra - German Institute for Global and Area Studies

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Having imprisoned leading opposition figure Alexey Navalny, Russian authorities are now looking to put his entire organisation out of business. Producer Johanna Hoes tells Richard Gizbert why the group is being targeted by the state.

Paul Rusesabagina: The trial of the 'hero of Hotel Rwanda'

Dissident or "terrorist"? The many-sided story of hotel manager turned Hollywood hero, Paul Rusesabagina.

Contributors:

Michela Wrong - Author, Do Not Disturb

Gatete Nyiringabo Ruhumuliza - Political analyst

Tom Ndahiro - Genocide scholar

Terry George - Director, Hotel Rwanda

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COVID-19 has brought India to its knees and, in many ways, the mainstream news media are failing to do their job.

Contributors:
Atul Chaurasia - Executive Editor, Newslaundry
Paranjoy Guha Thakurta - Journalist & Author
Sandhya Ravishankar - Journalist, India Ahead News
Kapil Komireddi - Author, Malevolent Republic

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Host Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Flo Phillips about doctored footage coming out of Russia. Kremlin-backed channels would have you believe it is not just Ukrainian and Russian forces building up at the border but American as well.

Attacked on the streets, typecast on TV: a media history of being Asian in America

How Asian Americans have been othered in the media; the tropes and the rise in hate.

Contributors:
Kimmy Yam - Reporter, NBC News
Takeo Rivera - Assistant Professor, Boston University
Amanda Nguyen - Civil Rights Activist & Founder, Rise

Some of Brazil’s biggest media companies have come together to combat COVID-19 misinformation – a lot of which is coming from President Jair Bolsonaro’s office.

Contributors:

Luciana Coelho - Head of COVID task force, Folha de Sao Paulo

Cristina Tardáguila - Associate director, Poynter

Laura Guimarães Corrêa - Associate professor, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Marcelo Lins - Journalist, GloboNews

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Nicholas Muirhead and Richard Gizbert discuss a curious case of photo colourisation (and distortion) that has landed American media outlet Vice in hot water.

Wikipedia: The internet’s unlikeliest experiment turns 20

How has a free online encyclopedia built through crowdsourcing, open editing and volunteers managed to maintain its relevance and preserve its credibility? We look at what makes Wikipedia tick.

Contributors:

Katherine Maher - CEO, Wikimedia Foundation

Sandister Tei - Co-founder, Wikimedia Ghana User Group

Shane Greenstein - Professor, Harvard Business School

This week, we are veering out of the mainstream and looking at journalism that broke the rules, pushed boundaries and, in some cases, redefined them.

We explore the work and the legacy of three such innovators: Tom Wolfe, Ghassan Kanafani and Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Their journalism defied convention and categorisation and continues to inspire people to consider new ways of presenting stories.

Contributors:

Dan Bischoff - Art critic, The Star-Ledger

Emily Witt - Writer, The New Yorker

Refqa Abu-Remaileh - Professor of modern Arabic literature and film, Free University Berlin

Elias Khoury - Novelist and literary critic

As’ad Abukhalil - Professor of political science, California State University

Juanita León - Director, La Silla Vacía

Jaime Abello Banfi - Director, The Gabo Foundation

María Jimena Duzán - Journalist and author

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Facing scrutiny over working conditions and a union’s drive to get employees organised, Amazon’s PR pushback seems to be doing more harm than good.

Contributors:

Ken Klippenstein - Reporter, The Intercept

Jonathan Capriel - Writer, Washington Business Journal

Alex Press - Writer, Jacobin Magazine

James Bloodworth - Author, Hired: Six Months Undercover in Low-Wage Britain

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The WHO released the findings of its investigation into the origins of the new coronavirus. Producer Meenakshi Ravi talks to Richard Gizbert about Western doubts on the credibility of the report and Beijing’s grievances with the news coverage.

Framing the self: The rise of the bookshelf aesthetic

With so many pundits working from home, creating a backdrop has become an exercise in self-branding; bookshelves have become the background of choice.

Contributors:

Tamar Garb - Professor of art history, UCL

Bernie Hogan - Senior research fellow, Oxford Internet Institute

Hussein Kesvani - Culture and technology journalist

Alex Christofi - Editorial director, Transworld Books

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