watch this media space.bvious global village voices on the latest developments on the media story in turkey. there is a lot of pressure. not only on oppositional but on affiliated media. one of them is the the zaman outlet, one of their journalists, a foreigner with all legal documentation in turkey was dispelled and had to leave and go to azerbajan. it's the last drop into something that is already very bad for the media. journalists are feeling uncomfortable in how they have to report about the recent events. the turkish one. there is as democratic test for him. is he able to guarantee democratic rights or >> every sunday night, join us for excusive... revealing... and surprising talks, with the most interesting people of our time. hip hop pioneer russell simmons talks with soledad o'brien >> i make mistakes everyday, i don't try to count them... >> about his music.... >> the artist should say what's on people's minds. >> his cause... dominion over the animals does not mean abuse... >> and his future... >>

television media. so it is very powerful instrument. >> the listening post contacted the creme lib and four other government offices for comment on this story. none replied. and neither the state owned russia or tv made anyone available. we did get interviews with journalists at two outlets. the editor-in-chief of russia direct. on government control of the media in general and sochi coverage in particular. >> i myself as editor-in-chief of russia direct have never experienced any form of pressure. i've never been told what to write or what not to write on the olympics. we've just published a whole series of articles, a special issue about sochi. safety, investment, the cost and the benefits to russia in the long run. we found experts and we put the questions to them. we didn't tell them what to write or what not to write. >> probably half a year ago, there were a lot of criticisms regarding preparation to the games but i think that the games focus of media coverage has started to shift toward -- peopl

watch this media space.bvious global village voices on the latest developments on the media story in turkey. there is a lot of pressure. not only on oppositional but on affiliated media. one of them is the the zaman outlet, one of their journalists, a foreigner with all legal documentation in turkey was dispelled and had to leave and go to azerbajan. it's the last drop into something that is already very bad for the media. journalists are feeling uncomfortable in how they have to report about the recent events. the turkish one. there is as democratic test for him. is he able to guarantee democratic rights or >> i'm joie chen, i'm the host of america tonight, we're revolutionary because we're going back to doing best of storytelling. we have an ouportunity to really reach out and really talk to voices that we haven't heard before... i think al jazeera america is a watershed moment for american journalism >> heavily armed, combat tactics >> every little podunk wants their tank and their bazooka... >> with s.w.

new york city media market. the media market has turned a traffic cone into a mountain and the level of exaggeration that he should resign over a traffic cone? it is a little overkill and after a few days the media are realizing, maybe they overbit on the story. >> juan, the online story in the "new york times" was written on deadline said that wildstein and i quote, "had the evidence to prove it," and the story was rewritten and that happens all the time. and stuck to the vaguer evidence. "new york times" posts the letter and everyone was writing and talking about it could have their own interpretation of what he was saying. >> that is legitimate. the headline was an overstatement. to think that people now perceive "new york times" as having an adversarial relation ship with christie is interesting. over the course of christie's career "new york times" has treated him pretty fairly. christie has been the darling of the new york media you were referring to. the bigger point is this is now death by a thousand cut

most of the media is exposed as fakes or old. the opponents accuse the president of muzzling the media and this isn't the first them that the government has accused opposition news out lets . venezuela state run channel had the president looking presidential and working a crowd of supporters. >> some people died and a lot of people injured in the cities. the coverage was timid and no explanations for this. i know that the journalists and the news channels have to verify in real time before reporting it. journalism is about keeping people informed. >> the only channel foreign cable channel broadcasting live this protest was taking over the air, and really this is a problem because it affected the right of venezuelians to be informed, to access to important information and i think obviously affected the climate, the environment in which journalists and the media are doing their work. >> o here is the government's response in venezuela. >> the president of the country is not objective or impartial. the international community should

it's the media capital of the world. it was a normal day. >> media capital of the world? all the tabloid guys? yeah, well, you get -- that's new york city. football and entertainment are all in one now. so the tabloids are just like sports illustrated at some point. they all fold in and mold in to be the same thing. >> but this is what they were trying to do. michael, michael, over here. weren't they trying to get you to make some news, which means say something -- >> of course. they want a sound bite and i think it all depends on the player you handle it. if you understand that going in, you won't be goaded into making a comment that's going to come back to bite you. >> you never did that? >> no. i had fun with it. i was singing. i controlled the interview. that's something you can do, which a lot of players don't -- >> even when you started as a player? >> no. as i player, i would answer questions and get myself in trouble. but then i realized years later that you are only asking me questions and you can only get out of it what i give you. you ask the questions, but i c

but let me go back to the issue of the media.here may be pecular skepticism but al qaeda suspect selling any cars either, despite a communications campaign aimed at radicalizing home grown terrorists, inspiring terrorist attacks in this country, they may have created a virtual army, but thus far it remains virtual. we have no evidence offully deep reservoirs of support -- of any deep reservoirs of support for al qaeda. >>> uh thanks to all of our guests, david, brian and shahid. until next time waj and i will see you online. welcome to the news hour. the top stories on al jazeera. on trial for again side, rwanda's former intelligent chief is finally brought to justice in a landmark case. starve can police use rub bet bullets to disperse striking miners. sol dare tear across borders journalists send a message to the egyptian government. you silence one you silence us all.

we have different media.have different voices. >> the warrants issued against al jazeera included names of journalists in egypt now. some who have work for the network in the past and one name of a dutch journalists based in cairo who says she has never worked for al jazeera. she fled the country, politely declined our request for an interview but did go on the air in the netherlands with her story. tra tr [spee [speaking dutch.) >> the social media campaign hash tag free al jazeera staff has won international support which is no mystery given that cnn, the guardian and other global outlets have also been criticized and sometimes threatened over their coverage. >> three of my colleagues are in jail for doing their job. as you know very well. >> conspicuously absent from the social media are names of journalists from egyptian news outlets, the vast majority of which back the interim government. >> t.v. news in egypt today resembles america journalism post 911 right down to the graphic did. what u.s. outlets tr

to follow suit all media outlets t.v. radio print or otherwise should pili stop publishing the factual in accuracies of climate change deniers the debate is over climate change is real and it's probably worse than we thought it's time for the mainstream media to tell it like it is and stop treating wacko theories as if they're the truth after all the future of all life on earth is steak. and that's the way it is tonight wednesday feb twenty sixth two thousand and fourteen and don't forget democracy begins with you get out there get active tag your. wealthy british sign on. time. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max cons or for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds a report. and. i would rather ask questions to people in positions of power instead of speaking on their behalf and that's why you can find my show larry king now right here on r.t. question for. i know c.n.n. the m.s.m. b.c. fox news have taken some not slightly but the fact is i adm

watch this media space.bvious global village voices on the latest developments on the media story in turkey. there is a lot of pressure. not only on oppositional but on affiliated media. one of them is the the zaman outlet, one of their journalists, a foreigner with all legal documentation in turkey was dispelled and had to leave and go to azerbajan. it's the last drop into something that is already very bad for the media. journalists are feeling uncomfortable in how they have to report about the recent events. the turkish one. there is as democratic test for him. is he able to guarantee democratic rights or not? >> charl >> time for "listening post's" news bites. we got a look into editorial policy. on february 10th, the associated press, washington post and the "new york times" all ran similar stories quoting anonymous government sources saying that the obama administration was considering a drone strike to kill an american citizen suspected of planning an attack on the u.s. from overseas. the ap and the p

in terms of what the media's role is, the media was clearly involved in that to some extent. if they were a proponent and defender of free speech. there were also pockets of the media where there were interesting discussions going on with dialogue and interfaith. people were getting together trying to talk things down. that is not as broadly covered in a media that focuses on friction, differences of itnion, big news events, and is hard to sell and interfaith conference to news editors in a newsroom, though i do think one should try. in the back. >> is this working? ok. just to stick to that point, you covered religion in the states and europe. there was a time when people were enthralled with the notion of american exceptionalism. been talkingthey about european exceptionalism, when it comes to religion. say, you're busy only place where religion is bewildering. the rest of the world is like, yes, that is something people are into. europe is the only place where people are like, what is this? you are in a unique position to speak about that. could you speak about that and el

but let me go back to the issue of the media. there may be pecular skepticism but al qaeda suspect selling any cars either, despite a communications campaign aimed at radicalizing home grown terrorists, inspiring terrorist attacks in this country, they may have created a virtual army, but thus far it remains virtual. we have no evidence offully deep reservoirs of support -- of any deep reservoirs of support for al qaeda. the campaign has gained absolutely no traction among american muslims. the numbers of individuals who have been arrested for providing material support or more seriously plotting terrorist attacks in this country on behalf of this ideology is just a tiny -- a tiny turnout. >> i'm going ohave to pause you there brian because we are unfortunately out of time. thanks to all of our guests, david, brian and shahid. until next time waj and i will see you online. check check >> talking to the taliban - live in islamabad for the latest on a peace plan in pakistan. >> in is al jazeera live from doha. also ahead - a landma

the media ultimately underplayed it.re's larger relevance for the rollout of the health care law but very few people asked what it means for the businesses and the employees of those businesses which is really the real story here. >> when you're work og on this story and another delay in the mandate for a large group of companies, do you get pushback from the administration officials? >> immediately after we posted our story, we got an e-mail from the treasury department to me and to another reporter working on the story and they were quibbling with our headline which is common in washington, d.c. if you're writing about the news of the day, you're going to get pushback from one court or another. it was fascinating because it was the media. we shouldn't be calling it a delay, first of all. they wanted us to call it phased implementation. which is such a wonderful bureaucratic term, isn't it? when you think about it, there's no way to fit that in a headline. >> it is a delay for those companies. >> it's a delay. they also

has been traditionally the case however if the games in sochi have been treated differently western media has attempted to politicize the games at the expense of sports and the host country on this edition of crossfire we explore the true spirit of sochi. cross-talk media coverage of sochi i'm joined by my guest martin andrews he is our correspondent in sochi right now in london we have john good body he is a journalist for the sunday times who has been covering the olympics since one thousand nine hundred eighty eight and in washington we crossed him we can he is a comedian and an author i generally cross talk rules in fact that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it martin you're in sochi right now you've been there since the start here i'm going to ask you a very simple question what's it like and i know you were aware of what was being said about the games weeks and months before they opened up so please compared to me what you read in western media and what you've experienced to date in sochi go ahead wow well as you can see we've got the olympic park. at

in terms of what the media's role is, the media was clearly involved in that to some extent.f they were a proponent and defender of free speech. the liberal values the media really cherishes. but there were also pockets of the media where there were interesting discussions going on with dialogue and interfaith. people were getting together trying to calm things down. so that story, the interfaith peace conference, the dialogues is not as broadly covered in a media that tends to focus on friction, on differences of opinion, on big news events. it is quite hard to sell an interfaith conference to news editors in the newsroom, though think one should try. > in the back. >> is this working? ok. just to stick to that point, you covered religion in the states and europe. there was a time when people were enthralled with the notion of american exceptionalism. but recently they been talking about european exceptionalism, when it comes to religion. right. that is to say, europe is the only place where religion is kind of a bewilledering thing. the rest of the world is like, yes, that

many of them identified with media ninja's coverage.[crowd chanting] >> tens of thousands followed the brutal police attacks online. >> that is our best -- our aesthetic. the video stream is that of the demonstrators. it is characteristic of media ninja, and i don't think it makes us vulnerable, because we still have the responsibility to show what is happening and not distort events. on the contrary, i think that gives us even more legitimacy. >> using new platforms inventively, the climate is favorable for alternative media. in brazil's urban centers such as sÃo paulo, there is a need for more, and more diverse information. whether or not it is more balanced information, is that important? it is certainly important for the people who founded publica. their idea, an investigative journalistic agency with 11 reporters. their stories appear on the agency's website and in more than 70 daily newspapers and on popular internet services. the principal, publica donates its content and can do so because it is not governed by international bodi

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it's in how we receive media. that's what's really important in one well, you have the business model, which is a big deal. but the lifestyle portion of this, because we have the technology and netflix has the business model in how to do it, people, it's changing way they watch tv. howie, this goes back to 1948 when prime time network television started. and somebody in rockefeller center said we're going to give you one episode a week. now that's blown up. >> we all grew up on that. but now netflix says 16% of its 30 million subscribers have watched at least one episode on this first weekend. that's impressive. with all the things i read about this, is this as big in georgia as it is in georgetown? >> nothing is as big in georgia as it is in georgetown. the media is in georgetown, absolutely. >> so why does this show get so much press? is it because the media elite all love it? is it because it's become a stand-in for people? >> i think that's part of it. it's got politics and it's got media. but the other reason

this is "media buzz." i am howard kurtz. it is hard to resist a with the phrase loony tunes talking about lewinsky and she described hillary clinton as ruthless and how hillary clinton viewed her husband's behavior. >> this is a trial. the idea that hillary clinton is ruthless is not news. >> republicans intend to reach back two deck aid -- two decades to tear down hillary clinton. >> hillary clinton didn't think too highly of monica lewinsky. wow! >> according to blair, it was a lapse but she says hillary clinton he tried to break it off, tried to pull away and manage someone who was clearly a loony toon but it was beyond control. >> however, its was consensual and not sex with any real meaning, stabbed up, lie down, oral, et cetera. is this news for 2016 or just a rehash by the media? we have fox news contributor who writes the top twitter column on fox website and anchor of "the hot lift" for the blaze and washington correspondent for the daily beast. how news worth they is this? >> applause to the author who wrote the st

to follow suit all media outlets t.v. radio print or otherwise should pili stop publishing the factual in accuracies of climate change deniers the debate is over climate change is real and it's probably worse than we thought it's time for the mainstream media to tell it like it is and stop treating wacko theories as if they're the truth after all the future of all life on earth is steak. and that's the way it is tonight wednesday feb twenty sixth two thousand and fourteen and don't forget democracy begins with you get out there get active tag you're. it. i would rather as questions to people in positions of power instead of speaking on their behalf and that's why you can find my show larry king now right here on our t.v. question or. primary name join me. for in-depth impartial and financial reporting commentary cancer news and much much. only on bombast and only on. clay. coming up on r t u.s. troops may soon be gone from afghanistan and the pentagon is preparing a full withdrawal of all troops after the u.s. and afghan

so about face works with girls and young women to help analyze media messages. so tell me how you got your start with this. >> the way i got my start is when i was in college at the university of michigan i essentially watched an amazing video by jean killborn called "killing us softly" that really changed the way that i thought about all of this. i had lots of friends who had eating disorders and body image problems in high school and all the pieces just cameer for me really. so i started working with about face a couple of years later and i just never have stopped. >> that organization has the same mission that you had. it was on a nice little parallel track for you. >> yes, all-around media messages. so giving girls, especially girls the tools they need to really understand media mess annuals that affect their self-esteem and body image so that they can prevent that for themselves and lead healthier lives and be happier people. >> so what are some of the ways that you've seen in your experience that the media messages affect the way we look at ourselves. >> w

the media coverage of this. i have to say if you look at president and the way he was interacting with bill o'reilly it was almost as if they were enjoying 9 intellectual exercise of duking it out and even prove said, you know, bill, this has been kind of fun and o'reilly i think your heart is in the right place. >> i think politicians do better when they are pressed, when they have play their "a" game or where he can filibuster forever. >> chris matthews. >> compare to this interview it was a left fest and the --ist was a love fest and the media have the responsibility to challenge authority. so what if we are asking a mill times about benghazi. there are still real questions no one has been fired or answered to. >> i didn't have a problem with the interview as a liberal, as a democrat, i thought o'reilly did a good job. he was obnoxious but he was pushing and that is what he has to do. >> you are hardly the first person to use that adjective. >> you said the media and the washington press corps, "new york time

so, what the media consortium does it at the same time like six or seven media outlets broadcast thesame story. so then in that case if it is the government perpetrators warlord or whoever in the six media outlets what they do is come to for example [inaudible] we go from 8 a.m. and they says we got it from [inaudible] this is a very good way of going about the investigative journalism. >> let me ask you this because the audience that we are trying to address in this conference is of course in afghanistan, but it's also here. what kind of stories haven't you seen and what kind of stories would you like to see covered by the american media afghanistan from here on? >> i think the american public in afghanistan and iraq because the coverage seems very similar and we are both in the news business and on the panel in the news business. the news business is about the bad news. we don't cover hurricanes that don't have them, we cover hurricanes that did happen so we are inclined to cover bad news where that is news. i don't think it is fair to the american people to just give you one very

they ticked off the media. hotels didn't open on time and the rest, reporters are disgusted and sharing that with the rest of the world. sean walker tweeted, going got back to the hotel, lift broke.. trekked upstairs. door to my floor locked under farce. a lot of people are left out on the street. you risk being poisoned or trapped like the dogs. another tweet, miss you, hot water. another, my hotel has no water. if restored, the front desk says, do not use on your face because it contains something very dangerous. and there's more. nbc's richard engle says his electronic devices were immediately hacked and a russian official says there were security cameras monitoring the hotel bathrooms. that is seriously creepy. i know some of these complaints can sound whiney. but news organizations are spending a small fortune to cover the olympics and the challenge for nbc are to cover these and other issues at the olympics. along with a bizarre mention of soviet communism rather than offering the usual uplisting stories

it's a word you hear a lot when kids talk about social media. >> i think that social media... >> ..really has empowered me. >> it's a way of letting people know you're there. >> definitely gives me a voice. >> show my talent to the world. >> broaden who you're talking to. >> they'll just post whatever they're feeling. >> there's no one there that's saying, "you can't say that." >> rushkoff: once teens have created online identities, they have an array of tools through which to express themselves to anyone interested enough to listen. >> hey, everyone, it's tyler. i'm a vlogger on youtube. i got in trouble because i don't have a filter on my mouth. >> i talk about my life online. that's what i do. >> i went to an ugly sweater party... >> but i've been doing it since 2007. i had just gotten my first laptop, and i discovered youtube. >> i just wanted to do a really quick update while i'm at home doing my laundry. >> i had just gone off to college, i was 18, and my three best friends went to three different schools, and so i had facebook to keep in touch, but i also wanted to keep in touch in

in us your question regarding the media. this olympic mess shambles ridicule i think it's personally horrific and the answer to that is that in my opinion it's just the old cold war mentality of you know going back centuries ago decades ago i get a taxi to heathrow airport and the taxi guy as they do they say to me oh where are you off to your holiday or one work and the minute i say moscow the minute i say russia they say they have to apologize for it it has a negative attitude in the west and hopefully that the thousands and thousands of people who are here they've realized that salty is it beautiful. place the money you can see in the facilities in the mountain cluster in the transport that they've built here of course there's going to be issues with new hotels that haven't been built the happens in every single living limp example in every single city center of course is going to be problems with with brown water it happens every single place but the western media has gone on about certain events like it's never happened

in terms of the media world, the media was clearly involved in that to some extent has a proponent as a defender of free speech and the liberal values that the media really cherishes. but there were also pockets of the media with there were interesting discussions going on, dialogues, people getting together, trying to calm things down. of course that sort of story, the interfaith peace conference, the dialogue is not as broadly covered in the media that tends to focus on friction, differences of opinion, big news events. it is quite hard to sell an interfaith conference to news editors in the newsroom, though i do think one should try to read. >> in the back. [inaudible question] >> is this working? wanted to know, just to stick to that point, you have covered religion in the states and also in europe there was a point somewhere people were enthralled with this notion of american exceptional as an. those have been talking about european exceptional as and when it comes to religion. that is to say europe is the only place for religion is kind of a building thing. the rest of the world

in terms of what the media's role is, the media was clearly involved in that to some extent. if they were a proponent and defender of free speech. there were also pockets of the media where there were interesting discussions going on with dialogue and interfaith. people were getting together trying to talk things down. that is not as broadly covered in a media that focuses on friction, differences of opinion, big news events, and it is hard to sell and interfaith conference to news editors in a newsroom, though i do think one should try. >> in the back. >> is this working? ok. just to stick to that point, you covered religion in the states and europe. there was a time when people were enthralled with the notion of american exceptionalism. but recently they been talking about european exceptionalism, when it comes to religion. that is to say, you're busy only place where religion is bewildering. the rest of the world is like, yes, that is something people are into. europe is the only place where people are like, what is this? you are in a unique position to speak about that. c

course is going to be problems with with brown water it happens every single place but the western media has gone on about certain events like it's never happened before and it's a simple attack on russia all right lee if i go to you in washington you know if you've been watching t.v. for the last week or so with the sound down you'd think this was about some kind of toilet exhibition. yeah you absolutely would i mean i've blown away and i'm pretty cynical and yet i've been blown away with the coverage of every toilet every you know you got to consider that in the olympics there are there's a fifteen year old girl who's flying through the air doing triple back flips and landing on ice and meanwhile they're talking about the thread count of her bed sheets on her bed it it's amazing and what's interesting is the corporate media is generally over here in the u.s. is generally about ratings it's all about ratings celebrity crap and fear stories but in this rare case it's not about ratings no one wants to click on a story about a toilet but clearly there is some other you know dynamic which i

ministry of information and culture to punish and pry media workers who are seen as violators of mediaviolators of the profession. i must say that this is not system i can attempts of the government to pressure the media but there are a lot of individuals in the afghan government who are not very, who can not tolerate them, the freedom that the afghan media is enjoying. well in terms of the future of, after this government, the future government, it depend on who gets elected but, so far we see that the top candidates, they're all media friendly and they all believe in the concepts of freedom of expression and expansion of media as the constructive component for state building and for for strengthening democracy in afghanistan. >> danish, forgive me if i put you on the spot here. that is the nature of a discussion like this. do you think pajhwok can survive? will it have funding in three, four, five years time? in a way you're an example, an important one, you know. you're the canary in the coal mine. will you survive, do you think, three, four, five years from now? >> in the last 10 y

this is a media lead us so we leave the media. by the scene closest to in the play your party years ago. this is that no one is asking with the guests that you deserve answers from it's all on politicking only of our t.v. . i. think i. do we speak your language as i think about the war not a day in. the news programs and documentaries and spanish what matters to you. a little turn it if angle is stories. here. in the spanish to find out more visit actuality that. will combine this is that we can all see what others have been counted in switzerland following a referendum on proposals to limit the number of immigrants allowed to come and walk in the country the bill could pits was amended at all as would be easy on free movement with critics a warning the measure might also might also harm country's economy as all he's in this account for enough reports. well today is the day that swiss voters decide whether to put up new immigration barriers to their european neighbors a vote that could trigger the country's exit from the single eu

universal which in turn owns a myriad of other media properties such as and that's n.b.c. and universal studios now it's important note that this is not yet a done deal the merger must first be approved by the justice department in federal communications commission to make sure it doesn't violate antitrust laws which could take as long as a year but if the deal goes through it will be an absolute disaster for the. public jon burge mayor an attorney for the consumer rights group public knowledge even went as far as saying that this deal will further cement comcast as quote the bully in the schoolyard able to dictate terms to content creators internet companies and distributors who must access its content by raising the cost of its rivals and business partners and in large comcast would raise costs for consumers would be able to keep others from innovating while facing little pressure to improve its own service and of course this latest merger only tightens the stranglehold of the big six you know the old goblet of companies controlling everything you read here and watch so

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how about this journalist with a declaration calling for an enhanced pressure on the media. he said the censorship of squeezing the journalists pressure censorship and also censorship is burning the media the prime minister's interfering with live reports and even subtitled i think a minute to take. many of the miners red color prime minister. it's enough. it was one of the protests have reignited the debate about turkish government restrictions on press freedom mule. venezuela has expense for us consider officials accusing them of conspiring against the government. in a televised both cars tested the contest but who said this week at the un to sustain its so cool mom. the move comes as madeira is coming under increasing pressure from demonstrations calling on him to resign. opposition lead and outspoken madonna could take leopold lopez has vowed to continue holding rallies despite police threats to arrest him. also in hiding he said the social media he would risk of arrest and what not to contact us on tuesday he authorities accused opponents of mecca and terrorists in conn

in screw news have you paid any attention at all the american media's coverage of this year's winter olympics in sochi russia you might have noticed something very interesting very little of the early coverage had to do with the olympic games themselves instead it's been about internal russian politics so tell door knobs rumors about killing street dogs vague terror threats some coverage on the other hand like a report on hacking threats has even been flat out false similar threats exist everywhere in the world including the united states at all it's common for the media to use the olympics as a chance to dig deeper into the culture of the host country there does seem to be something unusual about the coverage of this year's olympics everyone knows the president obama and russian president vladimir putin don't always see eye to eye but the media's coverage of the sochi games does raise some interesting questions i mean if the media can't get the story straight when it comes to the olympics what else are they getting wrong when it comes to covering russia joining me now for more on th

is back in the media spot lit. george zimmerman runs to television after the trayvon martin verdict. cnn is hammered online for giving him a platform. >> do you have regrets? >> certainly. i think about that night. my life would be tremendously easier if i stayed home. >> another cnn anchor spreads over the mistrial of michael dunn on a murder charge for killing an african-american teen for playing loud music. why do they turn these into mellow dram has? >> everyone and watching the entire season of "house of cards." >> not the beginning of the story i fear but not knowing how it ends. everyone is fair game now. including me. >> does this really deserve all of the great press? >> do business new channels help viewers make smart investments or do they just go for their favorites? this is "media buzz." >> george zimmerman was back on television this week refusing to express much in the way regret for the killing of trayvon martin and spoke to several stations including cnn. >> what do you say to those who believe you

the blame game the western mainstream media play it repeat as if hell bent. friends all over their current chaos and. deadly appetite government clashes in kiev have turned into yet another reason to obsess over who else russia for coverage of ukraine fits a larger picture of the american media having cold war attitudes about russia he doesn't represent anything except. for an authoritarian state this a drumbeat they have marched to for decades to blame for everything that the american media from the threat of terrorism in the world to global warming. the media are determined to criticize one man as if possessed the united states is looking to propagandize the population as much as possible in making russia and specifically puts in into the enemy never mind the fact that putin is essentially on the outside looking in especially considering the fact that they have tremendous financial investment on the line in ukraine actual facts have left the building context and in-depth analysis are brushed aside it appears that putin is stifling ukraine not reported. why

some media outlets here quite hard to make. smell like cold war and look at why the games have become the targets of what some are calling a media smear campaign. and anti terror units are on high alert in greece after a radical anticapitalist group admits to opening fire on the german ambassadors and calls for a violent uprising against europe's financial elite. you're watching r t ensor national with me marina call survivor warm welcome to now another big day in salt she where artsy is continuing its special coverage of the winter olympics. russian fans are in high spirits after a spectacular victory yesterday in the figure skating pairs now the host nation on both gold and silver the first time that's happened in over a half a century so they though the speed skating and biathlon are some of the big highlights but those are seasoned performer explains there's another contest that could solve all of those. well i have to say it was a fantastic because he was in it for trying coffin polish but if there is one gold medal that r