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The Listening Post

Season 10 · Episode 45

San Bernardino shooting: How not to cover breaking news

0.0December 12, 2015

We look at the divisive and sensationalist media coverage of the mass shooting; plus, the rise of social news videos.

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Episode 1Media trends to watch in 2015
Episode 2The reaction to the Charlie Hebdo attack
Episode 3The return of Charlie Hebdo
Episode 4Reporting the Baga massacre
Episode 5Greece: Syriza, austerity and the media
Episode 6Syriza and the new economic narrative
Episode 7The Swiss Leaks
Episode 8The provocation of ISIL propaganda
Episode 9The death that divided Argentina's media
Episode 10Israel elections: The media battle
Episode 11Screening rape: India's debate
Episode 12UK surveillance under scrutiny
Episode 13Nigeria's delayed elections
Episode 14Challenging coverage: The conflict in Yemen
Episode 15Bangladesh: Politics, religion and the limits of speech
Episode 16Spain's new 'gag law' and the media
Episode 17South Africa, xenophobia and the media
Episode 18Reporting Baltimore
Episode 19The perilous life of journalists in Iraq
Episode 20Examining the British election drama
Episode 21Seymour Hersh: Challenging the Bin Laden story
Episode 22Mass surveillance under the microscope
Episode 23Erdogan, elections and the future of Turkish journalism
Episode 24Beijing's media damage control
Episode 25Behind the Sunday Times Snowden saga
Episode 26Azerbaijan and the European Games: Did the PR pay off?
Episode 27Politics and polemics: Europe's immigration story
Episode 28Under scrutiny: Selling the Iran-US nuclear deal
Episode 29Muzzling the media: Egypt's new 'anti-terror' laws
Episode 30The Pentagon's rules of media engagement
Episode 31Egypt: Journalism on trial
Episode 32Spinning the refugee crisis
Episode 33Inside Turkey's media battleground
Episode 34Disrupting the media with disruptive politics
Episode 35Mecca and the media
Episode 36Air strikes and media misses
Episode 37Turkish media on tenterhooks
Episode 38Israel-Palestine: The conflict and the coverage
Episode 39Trump and the media: A marriage made in ratings heaven?
Episode 40Turkey's 'free' press
Episode 41The Russian plane crash and the battle of narratives
Episode 42Double standards in the Paris attacks coverage
Episode 43National anthems: beating the drums of war?
Episode 44High crimes and media misdemeanours
Episode 45San Bernardino shooting: How not to cover breaking news
Episode 46Behind the headlines: Was the climate deal a success?
Episode 47The Murdoch empire strikes back