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Season 11 · Episode 5

The UK Snoopers' Charter: A threat to press freedom?

0.0January 24, 2016

We look at Britain's controversial surveillance reform and its impact on journalism.

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Episode 1Radio La Colifata: Argentina's 'loony radio'
Episode 2Saudi Arabia vs Iran: Beyond the Sunni-Shia narrative
Episode 3Poland: The EU's media freedom conundrum
Episode 4Egypt's media: Revolution and reality
Episode 5The UK Snoopers' Charter: A threat to press freedom?
Episode 6Killing the messengers: Afghan media under fire
Episode 7What happened in Iowa: Bursting the US media bubble
Episode 8Telling Syria's story: Media across the battle lines
Episode 9Patriot or traitor: Dark choice for Indian journalists
Episode 10Spinning the occupation: Israel and the media
Episode 11The Donald Trump show
Episode 12Tightening the grip: Turkey's media takeover
Episode 13Brazil's Petrobras scandal: Dilma Rousseff's Watergate?
Episode 14Brussels attacks: Hijacking terror for political points
Episode 15Russia vs the West: The information war over Palmyra
Episode 16Panama Papers: Have the media censored the story?
Episode 17The murder of Giulio Regeni: The politics of coverage
Episode 18New York: Primaries, politics and the press
Episode 19Brazil: Behind the Dilma Rousseff impeachment story
Episode 20Trade Secrets: Covering the TTIP leaks
Episode 21Turkey: Media showdowns and legal breakdowns
Episode 22Silencing the critics: Iraq's media muzzle
Episode 23Decoding your Facebook newsfeed
Episode 24Peru's election: Media, money and manipulation
Episode 25Brexit or Bremain? Covering the EU referendum
Episode 26Orlando: Media narratives of mass shootings
Episode 27Brexit: The UK referendum, the rhetoric and the result
Episode 28Did the UK media help make Brexit a reality?
Episode 29Turkey: From failed coup to media crackdown
Episode 30Kashmir: Tortured politics, fractured media
Episode 31Facebook vs ad blockers: It's all about the money
Episode 32Omran Daqneesh and the limits of war photography
Episode 33Zimbabwe unrest: Media triggers, media controls
Episode 34New politics, new journalism in Hong Kong
Episode 35US elections and the media: How did we get here?
Episode 36Venezuela's Maduro: Fighting a losing media war?
Episode 37Clinton vs Trump and the role of the moderator
Episode 38India-Pakistan: The media turns up the heat
Episode 39Viktor Orban and Hungary's faltering media opposition
Episode 40WikiLeaks: Neutral reporter or political player?
Episode 41Mosul and Aleppo: A tale of two besieged cities
Episode 42Outnumbered outlets: Turkey's post-coup media crackdown
Episode 43Trumped: The abyss between reporters and the reported
Episode 44Normalising Trump: The US media whitewash
Episode 45Face-off at Egypt's Press Syndicate
Episode 46Fidel Castro: Contested legacy, competing narratives
Episode 47Dakota Access Pipeline: Protests, politics and coverage
Episode 48Secrets and hacks: Russia's role in the US election