How to sell a massacre
Al Jazeera infiltrated the NRA, and exposed their PR playbook on mass shootings.
A three-year undercover investigation into the world’s most powerful gun lobby ended last year with an explosive report by Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit that revealed a link between the National Rifle Association and Australia’s far right.
Journalists from the unit walk us through how they got the story – which is the focus of a newly published book.
For more:
How to sell a massacre: NRA’s playbook revealed
In this episode:
Peter Charley, executive producer for Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit, and Al Jazeera senior producer Jeremy Young.
The team:
Amy Walters and Dina Kesbeh produced this episode with Priyanka Tilve, Alexandra Locke, Ney Alvarez, Abigail Ony Nwaohuocha, and Malika Bilal. Natalia Aldana is our team’s engagement producer. Alex Roldan is our sound engineer. Stacey Samuel is The Take‘s executive producer, and Graelyn Brashear is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.
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