Listening Post - Media freedoms - Nov 14 - Part 1

This episode of The Listening Post is a special show that explores some of the worst places in the world for journalism.

Every year, the French media campaign group Reporter Sans Frontieres (Reporters Without Borders) publishes its Press Freedom Index.

Looking specifically at press freedom violations, rather than broader human rights issues, the index represents an exhaustive survey of factors affecting the ability of media to operate in every country in the world, considering factors such as violence, censorship and corruption. The results make disturbing reading.

The Listening Post's Salah Khadr introduces the Index, and gives an overview of some of the 'unchanging hells' at the foot of the table.

The difficulties of reporting from some of the most closed countries that RSF describes are hard to appreciate from outside their borders. Over the last 12 months, The Listening Post's Simon Ostrovsky has travelled to a selection of the most paranoid and isolated nations. This week we present some of the 'highlights' of his trips: including Alexander Lukashenko's Soviet throwback, Belarus, General Than Shwe's junta in the jungle, Myanmar, and the restrictions still being imposed on the media in Russia.

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[UAPLNL]

Los Angeles looks like palestinian territory when to compare with the crime rate there, few kilometers only from the fucking Hollywood!!!

[jl931]

Holy macaroni this one of the best media outlets in the world... glad I stumbled across this.

[otef434]

Outstanding, we need more international media that can speak freely. Keep up the good work.

[justjeshb]

about the last part: Yes, because if you get to ask leaders a question then you'll learn something? Or maybe they will spin it and distort it or say 'no comment'? jeez

[badboypass]

Al Jazeera should bring out a daily newspaper here in the UK. The potential readership is massive for a international/daily newspaper aimed at Asian and Muslim readers. Plus liberal and intelligent people who want to read about news stories from around the World that are not reported!

[OrphanPaper]

failure of democracy,u mean the corruption of democracy through the media, or lack there of ,

[bp4k]

I agree with you but I think that you might be interested in watching a few of the previous episodes of Listening Post; they do exactly that.

[ThisBoyTV]

I do not see any difference in the western media. Any freelance journalist is simply "flooded Out" by the major media. Why be critical of one, and not look at the western media, from an independent point of view?

You only hear or see the corporate opinion in the western media. 999 channels of nothing is still nothing.

[covertcovenant]

Kohleauge we a had an agreement....lets be mannerable...whoa sounds like some Mafia run government in Belarus.

[sugarpuddin88]

Respect my Author-i-TA!