on the i believe if we can catch up to a 1000 or so a year, we can bring back a balance, maintaining the biodiversity while reducing damage to agriculture, and bringing down the numbers while boy and trying to city would see that of the 5 we saw in cages most were juveniles. these for quite young, just a few months old and park ranger say from a population control point of view, that's a good game because what they wanted to do is catch the boar while they're still young. before they're able to reproduce. though not killed immediately, the hard truth is these bore will meet the same fate as those we saw on the hunt, though soon be slaughtered for the local market. adam rainy al jazeera rome. ah, it is good to release. hello adrian, for the good here it though, ha, the headlines and al jazeera, the leader of columbia largest drug cartel, has been arrested. the president, as described, the capture of darrow antonio sugar, also known as atanya,

as the biggest blow to drug trafficking in columbia. since the death of pablo escobar, in 1993. my cana reports from washington to go was indicted by a new york court way back in 2009. as since then, he's been indicted in a number of other courts than the united states in miami, as well as another set of charges within new york. these charges all relate to drug trafficking and certainly the state department has been on the search for a to go for a long period of time. at one stage or still at the stage. they have a bounty of some 5000000 dollars reward for information leading to his capture is he appears air force has conducted more strikes in to gripe as the government intensifies aerial bombardment of rebels who control most of the northern region. the government says that one strike hit a military manufacturing facility run by the to gray people's liberation front. in

the town of ad was the other target to the training center in western to grime, police and sudan of fire, tear gas to protest. us who are blocking a bridge in cartoon, they put up roadblocks and cut off the bridge, linking the capitol, central, and northern neighborhoods. people have been demonstrating the days calling for more civilian control over the government. libya's electoral commission says that it will soon begin candidate registration for december's elections. the countries to rival legislative houses have yet to decide how the vote work. at 2020 political deal between previously warring sides means that both must agree on a constitutional basis before the election can actually take place. a gun that have killed at least 10 people in molly and an attack on a base of a paramilitary group known as the gander e. so it happened in the northern region of gao. the group was formed in 2009 and is backed by the army when he is here and i'll 0 after the listing post next.

on counting the cost, the g $20.00 death release deal, which was supposed to help poor countries, but ended up lining the pockets of private investors. also, how to mom for goods is leading to arrive in force and child labor. and from exporting cocaine, cannabis columbia's ambitious to self medical marijuana. counting the cost on al jazeera, las routed gun, firing out to the street to the account with no glass. they wouldn't see the judge, judge carrie fritz, although not the denies. we investigated judge them statement, political dance about the ability to last a solution or label court haven't gone away. hello, i'm richard. kiss burton, you're at the listening post where we dig into the coverage and look at how news is reported. here are the media stories we're examining this week. accountability proves elusive in lebanon, and many of the journalists covering the country are not healthy. if you're the

russian government and you're tired of complaining about news coverage, you don't like. there are plenty of ordinary citizens who can do that for you. the death of former u. s. secretary of state colin powell, the coverage, the obituaries have been to contact and another country gets another news channel one. i see you talking about a quick glimpse of why british viewers are tuning out rather than tuning into g b news. 14 months after large parts of beirut were leveled in a cataclysmic double explosion that went off in the cities, port the investigation into what happened that day. and why has turned ugly the judge in charge of that investigation? target? but tar has made some enemies powerful ones in the political establishment. but taras, pursuit of justice and accountability, his interrogations of top government and security officials, have turned him into the target of a smear campaign in the media and online. on

a over 14th tensions over, but tars investigation spilled into the streets. what started as a demonstration, calling for the judge's removal, ended in a shoot out scenes, reminiscent of lebanon civil war. the narratives on what happened at that demonstration are conflicting. and i've only added to a polarized and often toxic media debate in lebanon at a time when its people are suffering. and the state is often unable to meet their most basic needs. our starting point this week is favorite oh my it's been just over a year since parts of downtown fe roof were obliterated. close to 3000 tons of ammonium nitrate stored in the cities port and left there for years. a ticket of time bow that despite all the warnings eventually went on hundreds of

bay rudy's paid with their lives thousands more with their horns and the injuries they suffered. it was one of the biggest non nuclear explosions in history and the reverberations including some of the media coverage of the investigation and the man leading it have been reviewed. but there are clear signs that some powerful people don't like judge tarik, but tar and his idea of justice. this is both again, that when you look, for example, at the new state that i know but it didn't a front page headline saying fear god be thought and believe what is that if it's not the best product, what is it? this is not journalism. this is a new levin even for lebanon, and it should not be okay. and as attached as i am to the principle of freedom of speech that i limits starting with the principle of do no harm. and this is simply hate speech therapy method. is it judicial investigator who promised to reveal the

truth, but the political class in general on his below, in particular, are trying to silence this investigation using a variety of tools, including media at the thief on half the what the need. and he was a look the had the attacker cost would be how much was thawed with a could be a bad may occur on my side. it has, will not employs during the live activists and social media who answers to right against judge b. tar. and accused him of being politicized, saying he will reveal fake information or not provide a true and objective report. so as a consequence, the investigation has now become a polarizing issue. and the where one stands is really dependent on their political affiliation. and then the absence of concrete evidence of what happened on august 4 . conspiracy theories now reigned supreme. the ever since 15 years of civil

war ended in 1990 and the rival malicious transformed into political parties. lebanon's power structure has been carved up amongst them. the president is always a christian, the prime minister assoni muslim the speaker of parliament a she the highest offices of institutions like the central bank and the courts are apportioned along the same lines. judge baton has interrogated or issued arrest warners against officials from across the political spectrum and has been getting blow back from all corners. the most aggressive and impactful counter messaging that's come from has both the iranian back that she a party has the tools, digital know how and social media following to make the judges life difficult. so how does this happen? it's easy. they get paid the way with a public speech to help people think someone should be eliminated. because they

pose a threat because they are a traitor. behind all the highly had my list of sabby y mintsy se, se, se, lab abeline daily. then that repeated my influences on social media using hashtags like baton, is playing with fire. baton is a pull. it decides judge in order to destroy his image. anyway, it's a character assassination. we see this play out on 3 different levels. it could be just an activist who supports political party in journalist with a column at main street media outlets. and then there is more serious and dangerous tools used by various political parties nowadays, which is the digital army. we've seen hashtags against judge funding very quickly on twitter and what looks like

a coordinated campaign by electronic our needs for the most part of these hashtags are used by accounts with either very small followings or exceeding the large followings anonymous. they come that appears sudden need to engage in these campaign. and this is an indication that there is an intention and core of the nation support and enter the investigation and all those who would like to see it come to fruition. because these definite peanuts continuous and definitely not the work of anna says, this is the judge who is trying to do his job. he is supposed to be completely independence and no one has to question what she is doing and absolutely should not become either the sweetheart or the enemy. didn't it only add to his vulnerability because in a country as divisive as lead on someone who is the fact or someone else's and in that campaign culminated a week and a half ago on october 14th with a protest that turned deadly supporters of hezbollah and the amal movement,

demanding the removal of judge baton headed for bay roots talis of justice when they were allegedly targeted by snipers from the saudi backed christian party. the lebanese forces not to be confused with the lebanese barbed forces who were also on the seat. what happened next is as clear as mud and was made muddier by the various accounts available on law. there are 3 theories, are conspiracies on what happened at that day in the unit. the 1st one is that the lebanese forces had snipers positions on residential buildings. and were taking aim on has the line and will support serves as they were marching for the palace of justice. the 2nd one is that the lebanese armed forces fired 1st at these marchers of protesters and then they returned fire. and the last one is that has bella and i'm a supporters were the ones who at that 1st entering sensitive neighborhood and that

a residence defendant themselves all 3 versions of the story. then some elements of the truth. but the full story remains incomplete. getting some of the players to defend their journalism on this story is a challenge. we tried the newspaper, alack power through its editor in chief ibrahim alameda, we contacted alman our television as well as correspondent alley, more tata, of our nadine and former m. p. and newspaper editor nasser candy, all either declined to be interviewed or failed to respond. the harassment and intimidation aimed at judge guitar is also being directed at outspoken lebanese journalists. and there are some history to consider to be wary of. look, man, sleep was a journalist and filmmaker, a prominent critic of his baba,

who said he was getting death threats over his work. earlier this year, when sleep was found dead after taking 4 bullets to the head, the has ball, a leaders, son, joe walden. i said i like tweeted the loss of some people is in fact an unexpected game hash tag. no regrets has bala has since denied it. had anything to do with the flames. murder, a case that liked the giant explosions that left much of a root looking like a war zone, remains unsolved. before the fascination of man asleep and his will. last supporters who's to intimidate him, a lot of social media. he has posters, blasters on his door telling him to stop taking his will. le hate speech is used to will the public opinion that just device destination because they make people think this person is worthless, violence to mortal and should be executed. actually that houses will lower x and

then the g. c. the more speech engendered in the country, even the most get aged amongst during the day at night, they go to their houses and they have to face the video that they are being threatened by establishment, by group that has a long history of that fascination. this is really very serious and it has the whole conversation in lebanon when it's ready to present because of how the whole country is taken hostage. everyone is picking colin powell who rows through the ranks of the american military right to the very top before being appointed us secretary of state died earlier this week. he was 84 years old. joanna, who has been going through the coverage of his passing his career, the obituaries, jo powers was always going to be a complicated story to tell. it wasn't absolutely and much of the coverage focused on paul as a trailblazer. the 1st black american to be named and the chairman of the joint

chiefs of staff, the 1st black men to be secretary of state in the nation, paying its respects to colin powell, who spent a lifetime breaking barriers, somebody who would broke racial glass ceilings and who was a towering figure. however, powell is and should be remembered for what he said at the un security council in early 2003, when he parroted some of the bush administration's motion. a tory is life. the justifications for the war in iraq that were the alleged weapons of mass destruction. saddam who signed fictional links to al qaeda and paul even brought a vial to the security council, which contained what he said was an iraqi mate. and tracks which is a biological weapon. now the bush administration was always going to invade iraq with or without policy help. but what he did was he took those lies and presented them to the world through the un, no power later describe that speech as a blot on his record and not some block. but if you dig into that record,

it's not the only one. know there is, for example, vietnam, the, me like massacre in which american soldiers killed hundreds of young to me, civilians including children. paul himself wasn't present at that event, but he was involved in the subsequent investigation and the cover up in the end it took american journalists to expose what really happened. they're not colin powell . so that's what he really should be remembered for me like iraq, but many news organizations, not just in america, are glorifying his memory. instead, it's important to note though that those obits, most of them, they mention iraq, but the shortcomings width those obits with the journalism. as it so often is, is in the emphasis was that the emphasis but also tone. and there were a lot of critics online who pointed that out. for example, a professor at the university of london la la holly, who tweeted colon powers justification of the iraq war in 2003 was only one of the more recent times. he lubricated the machinery of imperial warfare and someone else

on twitter said that people were out here wishing a man to rest in peace, he deprived thousands of other people from is just unfathomable. and the american left leaning magazine jacobin titled his a bit to read this way, colon pow, politely, anguished war criminal dead at 84. okay, extra. as we reported last week, the awarding of a 2021 nobel peace prize to moscow based journalist. dimitri more art off was a clarion call on the challenges the 4th estate faces in russia. the authorities there have been gradually, systematically clamping down on journalism targeting outlets critical of the kremlin or that have revealed graft and wrong doing on the part of the rational eat . the very same day as the nobel announcement was made. another 13 journalist and media outlets were classified by the russian government as foreign agents. that's a classification that makes practicing journalism. they are difficult if not

impossible, and it's far easier for the authorities to justify that kind of crack down when they can argue that the initiative didn't come from them. that it came from a citizen, for instance. that's where so called patriotic activists come in. ordinary russians working for kremlin friendly organizations who make official complaints about journalists that start legal proceedings that government is happy to pursue and enforce the listening post topic. now for now, on efforts to criminalize critical news outlets in russia and the patriotic activists who are doing their part, 0, one on one design desirable. it literally means differently to the man and your family can. and from him

you must mean media completely split into 21 green carries it's workout, honestly and in good faith. i mean, i've run out for the other games and trying to show the country for a client. the client is well known, the usa department in the ca, lucy was coming in with the speed with which is unfolding. it was like someone high up simply said enough. someone who was done with independent journalists in russia. he just woke up one spring morning in 2021 and decided let's just put an end to this. this will show up in chef blue since then it's been open season on journalist. dozens of news organizations and reports have been blacklisted. classified as foreign

agents, undesirable or both. nobody nice for 1000. what spurred view authorities to act? it could have been the botched poisoning, but laughing about anybody now imprisoned, his opposition movement, outlawed, for which the kremlin faced. few consequently, perhaps the authorities were triggered by what the full in neighbouring bellow roof, where the government was hunting, john las down. or was it the larger context, the theory, the investigative bombshells that have exposed russian officials revealing rampant corruption of vladimir putin in a circle and beyond. we tried to touch the most doubled the most. under reported topics. we did a series of articles on the secret families of russian top rank officials

thought was mister putin. it was the story on his secret wife and his previously unknown daughter. we established that they had really enormous wealth. the story, it was like a big bump in russia, so we don't know for sure what was the immediate story, which made them angry. but i guess all of them in july pro act a non profit registered in the u. f was labeled an undesirable organization. rahman badani who was also labeled a foreign agent, learnt with new status on holiday with his family and made a decision not to return to russia. one of the more curious aspects of the case brought against products in other media organizations. if the role played by pro criminal activists like vitale but i didn't. but at the new, a former employee of russia's interior ministry, who once could vladimir putin have political idol?

his active on instagram way shows photos of himself rubbing shoulders with rushes. elite breton made the complaint the kickstart had proceedings against private in it . he cited verbatim an article from stater and broadcaster r t. which alleged project had received foreign funding will follow. we saw the investigation on r t. we saw the trauma, mcdaniel does not hide his links with a u. s, and decided to consult the prosecutor's office to check project funding and list these journalists as foreign agents. these people who are trying to create a so called revolution in this country are completing an order from the american intel services. and they aren't hiding the fact. they say what they're doing. the mafia examined the close relationship between the director of russia, the foreign intelligence service, again and escal, and been in their property,

develop a god, nathan, much of fine monitor theme pumping. the business of taking a swim in his personal pull, but incense data, investigation crossed a line different. we're going to story about the head before and intelligence are almost the same as terrorists. show me one country where people are deliberately running around filming heads of state, filming the intelligence chiefs. but then the end is lucky that are authorities for special services. let him and journalists like him leave in peace. the russian authorities, they need to have a youthful who makes a complaint that we are breaking the law. these guy was mr. but i did in our case, he does something for the russian authorities. and he received some benefits from that. some money with angela and

i run in a nation which represents the interest of the community of our citizens. what does it mean that for some kinds of snitches for the kremlin who calls me that position? media? why doesn't army give me that? the trunk men, they are just frontman, put forward to create the illusion that there is a big group of actively fighting for freedom of information and information sovereignty only. great, i'm not sure the scheme has worked and if you meet them, you realize that these people want one thing power. and they use these strange methods of complaining about independent media to get power for them. so that was me, lillia, you're part of the mosque base correspondence for medusa, whose headquarters aren't landscaping. and the consequences of being a foreign agent thing designed to slowly kill off the business model that allowed medusa to become russia most popular independent media outlets. medusa sold

advertising to funded journalism, including to stay turned company through bolted, after lifted as a foreign agent. the outlet last more than 95 percent of advertisers in a week. foreign agents are required to post this warning along fight whatever they publish. this also needs to be included on personal posts on social media. the label foreign agent, not only to turn advertisements, but also exhaustive and contributing. however, it doesn't appear to have put off medusa as audience. donations from a 100000 readers have kept the outlet afloat for now. visually, immigration to listen to the i'd say our audience even got slightly bigger because everyone was suddenly interested in this. russian fought an agent twice. this repression made people have compassion for us. and we had

a successful crowd funding campaign. if this whole story of enemies of the people, foreign agents, and undesirable organizations had been put in motion 5 years ago. when people still trusted the government, it would have had an effect. but now i think it's very limited. english initially leads russian youth consumers with the choice journalism produced by what the kremlin fees as loyal patriot or that produced by trade. the foreign agent law 1st adopted in 2012 and expanded federal type thing is being used against almost anyone or money from abroad and both a political opinion. ah, but many of the critically minded newfound, it now emerged off the previous government control tv, the press. they know how to adopt to survive based on my experience, based on soviet experience. i believe that russian

journal isn't counts of the future and survival of rational independent investigative journalism is in potential collaboration. we're all on the attack, and the only way to survive this attack is to be altogether. there is a lot of media outlets or surviving on the subscription model. and as far as i can tell, medusa isn't about to close despite the depression, enough subscribers. so i can only conclude that russians are prepared to pay for the news to keep informed, to get insight into what was, looks like. as long as they have this wish, i think we will definitely survive. and finally, there's a relatively new player on the british broadcasting landscape g b news. just with the u. k. needs in a country where most of the newspaper sold already lean to the political right.

helping sell politicians like boris johnson and policies like breakfast to voters. now there's a 24 hour news channel that does the same. it's mission was described as being a counter voice to the walk warriors and the establishment media in britain. g b is launched in june, kind of, it was more like it blew up on the launch pad. it's early broadcasts were a technical disaster advertises, fled the channel, as did the journalist. it was building its brand around x b, b, c hand, andrew neal. now that it's up and running, giving british the over is a taste of the fox news formula. we've put together a few clips of what g b news looks like. so you have to, we'll see you next time here at the listening post. telling me now is s a s b squadron veteran rusty firm and welcome roughly to talking pads. ah, has not years. very good to have you here. i've learned a very important lesson in the last few minutes,

which is when you're doing research live during the program, just don't just type port hobbit, just if your freedom means i might catch covered from you, then. so be it. if my freedom means you might catch covered from me, then so be it. for the sake of freedom, yours and mine together, i will cheerfully risk catching coolard bars. johnston's not a bad role model actually because we know that he's a bold viva. he likes to drink, he likes a bite to eat, he's highly libidinous, the amount of appetites, basically, i'm legitimate concerns about islam and many of the cultural practices in community tonight. media watch special. we ask companies boycotting d v news for peddling haines? one another you talking about? the corona virus has been indiscriminate in selecting this victims. it's devastating effects of plague, every corner of the globe,

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