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On the Listening Post this week, the divisions in the White House being leaked to the press, and the new law dividing the media in Argentina.

As the administration of Brack Obama, the US president, tries to come up with a plan for Afghanistan there are clear divisions in Washington, between the military and political establishments, on whether the US should send in more troops.

A big part of the debate is being waged in the media and not just through conventional news conferences or press releases, rather through a series of anonymous leaks.

We analyse how the anonymous, tactical release of information to news outlets, is being used to subtly shift the media narrative and further one side’s agenda over the other's.

Clarin call

In part two Salah Khadr explores the implications of the new law dividing the media both figuratively and literally in Argentina.

Christina Kirchner's government has passed a law that would completely transform the Argentinean media landscape and force dominant media player Grupo Clarin to shed many of its media holdings.

We examine if this is a necessary overhaul of archaic media rules and a model for other countries to look at or this just an attempt by the Kirchner government silencing its biggest, most powerful critic?

This episode of The Listening Post can be seen from Friday, November 20, at the following times GMT: Friday: 1230; Saturday: 1030, 2230; Sunday: 0300, 1930; Monday: 0030; Tuesday: 0630, 1630; Wednesday: 0130, 1430; Thursday: 0330, 2330.