Boris Johnson takes a swipe at the BBC | The Listening Post

PartyGate in the United Kingdom: Boris Johnson, the BBC and the art of distraction.

Contributors:
Mic Wright - Media critic and journalist
Marie Le Conte - Journalist and author
Robin Aitken - Former BBC reporter and Author ‘Can We Trust the BBC?’
Marcus Ryder - Visiting Professor in Media Diversity, Birmingham City University and Former BBC News Executive Producer

On our radar:
Two more reporters working the drug and crime beat are murdered in Mexico - there's no more dangerous place to do journalism.

Breaking North Korea’s Radio Silence
Content from the outside world - news and entertainment - is finding its way to North Korean audiences.

Contributors:
Lee Kwang Baek - President and Presenter, Unification Media Group
Jeongcheol Lee - Defector and Editor, UMG Radio
Sokeel Park - Country Director, Liberty In North Korea
Jieun Baek - Fellow, Belfer Center and Author, ‘North Korea’s Hidden Revolution'

00:00 Intro
01:37 PartyGate in the UK
10:48 The drug and crime beat
13:08 Breaking North Korea’s radio silence
22:53 End Note