China’s president calls for all media to train journalists on “Marxist news concepts” – but what does that mean exactly? According to Tienchi Martin-Liao, the new move coincides with the recent crackdown on dissidents as the government attempts to handle economic anxiety.
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Political analyst or disruptive propagandist? A disturbing trend in newspaper editorials in Venezuela. “Analysts interpret. They don’t rebuke, punish, exclude, or explain; that is the job of a propagandist.”
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Bina Shah speaks with Canadian-Pakistani political cartoonist Shahid Mahmood. His work has been censored in Pakistan and he has received death threats from the Taliban. Mahmood gained notoriety in 2004 when he was stopped from boarding a plane for appearing on a “no-fly”list.
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This week: Turkish government cracking down on journalists, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s “Voice Tunnel” in NYC, and problems with the UK’s proposed internet filters.
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Bina Shah discusses Francesca Borri, a female journalist covering the Syrian War, and how war psychologically damages men and women in the same way.
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This week: Myanmar pledges to free political prisoners, Somalia puts age restrictions on journalists, and Turkey journalists abused by police.
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This week: concerns about press freedom in Egypt, journalist gunned down in Russia, and Iran to provide citizens with official state email addresses.
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