S2018 E1 • Blaze of fire and fury: Trump insight or fiction?

A look at the book that has set tongues wagging across the media landscape. Plus, Egypt's Sisi talk show bias.

Première diffusion : 13 janvier 2018

S2018 E2 • Facebook's promise: A news feed with less news

Will Facebook's reforms deal with hate speech, fake news and the need for moderation? Plus, South Korea's 'Defector TV'.

Première diffusion : 20 janvier 2018

S2018 E3 • Duterte vs Rappler: Media on notice in the Philippines

As Filipino news site Rappler battles with authorities, media feel the chill. Plus, climate sceptics and the news media.

Première diffusion : 27 janvier 2018

S2018 E4 • Russia: Pre-election media manipulations

The Kremlin calls the shots on Russian media, so how do critics get their messages out? Plus, Cambodia's media blackout.

Première diffusion : 3 février 2018

S2018 E5 • Kenyan media: Under pressure and in crisis

Screws are being tightened on Kenya's media, but many outlets also have credibility issues. Plus, Macron and the media.

Première diffusion : 10 février 2018

S2018 E6 • Pyeongchang 2018: Sport, politics and the media game

The media get caught up in North Korea's diplomatic games at the Winter Olympics. Plus, journalism in post-coup Turkey.

Première diffusion : 17 février 2018

S2018 E7 • Arrested, banned, exiled: Egypt's dissenting voices

With presidential elections due next month, dissent has all but disappeared in Sisi's Egypt. Plus, Hungary's media.

Première diffusion : 24 février 2018

S2018 E8 • Media in the service of Xi Jinping

China's ruling party moves to remove presidential term limits. Plus, the case and coverage of Palestine's Ahed Tamimi.

Première diffusion : 3 mars 2018

S2018 E9 • #NeverAgain: Teenagers, Twitter and the US gun debate

How US school shooting survivors spar with gun rights activists on air and online. Plus, media strangled in Eritrea.

Première diffusion : 10 mars 2018

S2018 E10 • Headlines and hyperbole: Covering the Sergei Skripal story

The Skripal affair and the battle of narratives between Russia and UK; plus, Google and Facebook's censorship tactics.

Première diffusion : 17 mars 2018

S2018 E11 • Lifting the lid on Facebook's surveillance machinery

A whistle-blower revealed how Facebook enabled politicians to exploit personal data. And India's fatal WhatsApp rumours.

Première diffusion : 24 mars 2018

S2018 E12 • Murder in Brazil: Covering the assassination of Marielle Franco

The murder of Franco puts a spotlight on the Brazilian media's treatment of the slums. Plus, Honduras' Radio Progreso.

Première diffusion : 31 mars 2018

S2018 E13 • Newsreaders in chorus: The monopolisation of local news in the US

A viral video raises concerns about America's biggest TV news network. Plus, Britain's poverty porn industry.

Première diffusion : 7 avril 2018

S2018 E14 • Geo goes dark: Media and the military in Pakistan

Media mystery in Pakistan: who ordered Geo News off the air? Plus, covering the world's largest biometric database.

Première diffusion : 14 avril 2018

S2018 E15 • Red lines and military strikes: Media coverage of the Syrian war

We map the politics and aesthetics of the Syria news coverage. Plus, what's behind enduring sexism in the Italian media?

Première diffusion : 21 avril 2018

S2018 E16 • Democrats vs WikiLeaks and the implications for US media

The saga continues as US Democrats file suit against Russia, Trump and WikiLeaks. Plus, reporting the Rohingya story.

Première diffusion : 28 avril 2018

S2018 E17 • Kabul bombings: The perils of being a journalist in Afghanistan

Ten journalists were killed in the deadliest attack on Afghanistan's media since 2001. Plus, Winnie Mandela's legacy.

Première diffusion : 5 mai 2018

S2018 E18 • Afghanistan: When journalists become targets

Ten Afghan journalists were killed in Kabul bombings. Plus, the human rights issue of solitary confinement in the US.

Première diffusion : 12 mai 2018

S2018 E19 • Israel-Palestine: Split screens and dissonant narratives

A ceremony in Jerusalem, a massacre in Gaza and how the media covered both. Plus, spies on air in the US.

Première diffusion : 19 mai 2018

S2018 E20 • Reform in Saudi Arabia: Image versus reality

The jailing of female activists makes the story of reform in the kingdom harder to tell. Plus, political ads in Mexico.

Première diffusion : 26 mai 2018

S2018 E21 • Cobrapost sting: Indian media outlets and paid news

An investigation exposes Indian media giants willing to peddle propaganda as news. Plus, the US global media operation.

Première diffusion : 2 juin 2018

S2018 E22 • Playing dead: Arkady Babchenko and post-truth conflict

The Russian journalist faked death - causing problems for the media. Plus, the Iranian diaspora reviving Shah nostalgia.

Première diffusion : 9 juin 2018

S2018 E23 • Spectacle over substance: Trump, G7 and the Singapore summit

Trump's theatrics at the G7 summit and his meeting with North Korea's Kim Jong-un. Plus, the fixers' role in journalism.

Première diffusion : 16 juin 2018

S2018 E24 • An unworthy war? US/UK reporting on Yemen

As the assault on Hudaida makes news, we examine flaws in coverage of the war in Yemen. Plus, chemical attacks in Syria.

Première diffusion : 23 juin 2018

S2018 E25 • Turkey's elections: One nation, one media, one voice?

President Erdogan wins Turkey's vote with the media singing from the same hymn sheet. Plus, polarised media in DR Congo.

Première diffusion : 30 juin 2018

S2018 E26 • The making and breaking of the West Africa Leaks

Inside the biggest media collaboration in the region's history, exposing the offshore dealings of the rich and powerful.

Première diffusion : 7 juillet 2018

S2018 E27 • Grappling with the far right on the UK's airwaves

Do the media help manufacture far-right movements? Plus, Ethiopia's new prime minister and the hope for media reform.

Première diffusion : 11 août 2018

S2018 E28 • Speaking the unspeakable in Bangladesh

Protests in Dhaka are about more than road safety. Plus, how the late Tom Wolfe inspires journalists today.

Première diffusion : 18 août 2018

S2018 E29 • Bowing to Beijing? Google's Project Dragonfly

Google's planned Chinese search app comes under fire. Plus, censorship in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

Première diffusion : 25 août 2018

S2018 E30 • Catch & Kill: Could Trump's media allies hasten his downfall?

The National Enquirer was once Trump's most strident cheerleader, but now it's his latest headache. Plus, Radio Dabanga.

Première diffusion : 1 septembre 2018

S2018 E31 • Myanmar: Journalists Paying the Price for Reporting Genocide

The sentencing of two Reuters reporters in Myanmar. Plus, the British media and their monarchy.

Première diffusion : 8 septembre 2018

S2018 E32 • Lessons from the crash: Media and the 2008 financial crisis

A decade on from the 2008 global financial crisis. Plus, Twitter bots manipulate online debates on Iran.

Première diffusion : 15 septembre 2018

S2018 E33 • Xinjiang: The story Beijing doesn't want reported

A special on the under-reporting of China's treatment of Uighur Muslims and the tale of the Southern Media Group.

Première diffusion : 22 septembre 2018

S2018 E34 • British tabloids on Brexit: Eurosceptics or Eurohaters?

As Brexit talks drag on, UK right-wing media ratchet up negative coverage. Plus, Mahathir and Malaysia's media revamp.

Première diffusion : 29 septembre 2018

S2018 E35 • Brazil's elections: Is social media overtaking the mainstream?

Is social media driving the campaign of far-right frontrunner Jair Bolsonaro? Plus, online abuse of female journalists.

Première diffusion : 6 octobre 2018

S2018 E36 • Covering the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi

Conflicting narratives and the mystery of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi's disappearance. Plus, native advertising.

Première diffusion : 13 octobre 2018

S2018 E37 • Media and climate change: Why we need a total overhaul

We examine the alarming UN climate report and the state of climate reporting today. Plus, exporting Orban's media model.

Première diffusion : 20 octobre 2018

S2018 E38 • Jair Bolsonaro: A wrecking ball for Brazil's media?

A look at hate speech and misinformation ahead of Brazil's election runoff. Plus, Jeremy Corbyn and the UK media.

Première diffusion : 27 octobre 2018

S2018 E39 • Donald Trump: America's editor-in-chief?

What's behind Trump's attacks on the media before the US midterms? Plus, Trump and the Christian Broadcasting Network.

Première diffusion : 3 novembre 2018

S2018 E40 • US sanctions on Iran and the messaging battle

After months of rhetoric, the US re-imposes sanctions on Iran. Plus, historical revisionism in Israel's archives.

Première diffusion : 10 novembre 2018

S2018 E41 • Saudi Arabia post-Khashoggi: Business as usual?

After Khashoggi's killing, Saudi Arabia tightens grip on media and public discourse. Plus, South Korea's 'Defector TV'.

Première diffusion : 17 novembre 2018

S2018 E42 • Julian Assange: Charges in the US, trial by media?

An apparent cut-paste error confirms a US indictment against the Wikileaks founder. Plus, patriotic cinema in Russia.

Première diffusion : 24 novembre 2018

S2018 E43 • Raed Fares: Murdered on the front line of Syrian journalism

Syrian activist, journalist and founder of Radio Fresh, Raed Fares, is assassinated in Idlib. Plus, border security TV.

Première diffusion : 1 décembre 2018

S2018 E44 • Marc Lamont Hill and the limits on the Israel-Palestine debate

The taboo around the Israel-Palestine debate on US airwaves. Plus, Quechua news and the politics of language in Peru.

Première diffusion : 8 décembre 2018

S2018 E45 • Resolutions vs reality: Facebook's disastrous 2018

Facebook's end-of-year wrap glossed over most of its own bad news. Plus, US immigration raids caught on camera.

Première diffusion : 15 décembre 2018

S2018 E46 • Noam Chomsky's Manufacturing Consent revisited

A Listening Post special marking 30 years since the publication of Manufacturing Consent and its relevance today.

Première diffusion : 22 décembre 2018