hello richard ginsberg and you're at the listening post where we don't cover the news. we cover the way the news is covered. here are the media stories we're examining this week. his name is carr, he's as big as they come in the indian film industry. we look at the drug bust that tells a story of the conflict between the authorities there and hollywood, facebook and the continuing fall out from that whistleblower. a consortium of news outlets is now on the company's case here at se alarm fall the hotline in the mediterranean, that refugees are using to get their stories out. and just scroll, you scroll, we all scroll. what's it going to take to get us off our phone? on paper, it looked like a routine drug bust, a group of 20 somethings, partying on a cruise ship off the coast of moon, by charged with possession and trafficking. it was anything but routine among those arrested was audience con, the son of one of india's and the world's biggest movie stars. shuttle con, the circumstances suggest this case was never just about the son or the narcotics allegedly involved. t

hello, i'm richard ginsberg and 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. so dan's flirtation with democracy ends in a qu, they top how far will the, who to go to control what we know about the story. the journalists arrested in the aftermath of the qu, in me and mar, finally get their day in court. the jury is still out on the justice system that a far right journalist turned presidential contender, frances eric. so moore and the t v. news channel behind his rise and the met averse is the next frontier, the mash up that exposes the fine line between face books attempts at p r. it's completely immersive and parody. this past wednesday, november 17th was supposed to be the day that sudan, after more than 30 years under various forms of dictatorship, returned to civilian rule. that never happened just 3 weeks before the country's military was due to return to its barracks, handing over its share of power to civilians. the generals deposed the transitional government. they had been

hello richard ginsberg and 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, climate change, news organizations, fossil fuel companies, and audiences all need to do better on the story that could mean the end of us. ethiopia enters a state of emergency and the government's controlling of journalism, there has turned aggressive violence against muslims filmed by the perpetrators, the latest ugly trend among india's hindu vigilantes. plus the chance roaring in downtown pale al jazeera turns $25.00. we looked back at a quarter century of a different kind of news coverage. we begin with the biggest story on the planet, which is about the planet and climate change. a topic that somehow still doesn't get the news coverage it deserves. there are plenty of news cameras at the cop $26.00 climate conference taking place right now in scotland. our focus is on the coverage at other times when world leaders aren't gathering. among the issues, the privileging of perspectives and interests of wealthy nat

so to the language low, i'm richard ginsberg and you're at the listening post where we don't cover the news . we cover the way the news is covered. here are the media stories we're examining this week. heathy opium is staring down the barrel at a possible civil war. there is not nearly enough news and information which is how the authorities like it. you will not come into this building and insult me. a shouting match between a journalist and the greek prime minister at issue the treatment of refugees at sea . back from the brain still on the air, the polish 24 hour news channel that remains in the government's crosshairs and the summit that may prove to be our last chance to avoid climate arm. a get skiing, honest would mean admitting that we're failing. the internet comics who unlike our politicians, are telling the story straight to africa's 2nd most populous country, ethiopia is entering a 2nd year in a state of war. it is a conflict about power pitting, prime minister ob eoc med and his allies on one side and the to gripe people's liberation front, the t p l f. on the other. accor