How Western media chooses who they champion and vilify | The Listening Post

With Alexey Navalny’s death and Julian Assange’s extradition appeal happening within a week of each other, we look at the selective treatment of the two dissenters in the Western media.

Lead contributors:

Chip Gibbons - Policy Director, Defending Rights & Dissent
Matt Kennard - Chief Investigator, Declassified UK
Branko Marcetic - Writer, Jacobin

Rebecca Vincent - Director of Campaigns, Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
On our radar:

Usually silent in the face of the suffering in Gaza, Israeli TV channels broadcast segments on the abuse of Palestinian captives - with a positive spin. Tariq Nafi reports.

Namibia’s (mis)remembered genocide

Germany’s genocide in Namibia early in the 20th century has long been a misremembered episode in colonial history. Despite efforts to correct that record, many are yet to hear the testimonies of the victimised communities: the Herero and Nama peoples.

Featuring:

Christina Haritos - Communications Scholar
Suzie Ndaundika Shefeni - Researcher and Journalist
Jephta Nguherimo - Herero Activist and Poet

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