The Listening Post

US film and TV ac­tors and writ­ers unite in his­toric dou­ble strike against stu­dios and stream­ing gi­ants.

Chi­na and the US say they want to im­prove com­mu­ni­ca­tions, but mu­tu­al sus­pi­cion runs deep. Plus, Kenya’s TV evan­ge­lists.

Af­ter the worst at­tack on the West Bank in 20 years, Is­rael falls back on pro­pa­gan­da. But to what ef­fect?

Af­ter Prigozhin’s brinkman­ship, Putin looks to re­assert his grip over the Ukraine war and the me­dia mes­sag­ing.

Mass drown­ing of refugees at sea – and the me­dia cov­er­age and pol­i­tics in its wake. Plus, the state of me­dia in Al­ge­ria.

The late Ital­ian politi­cian’s ca­reer was pow­ered by his me­dia might, and he pi­o­neered a brash brand of dem­a­goguery.

As tech boss­es raise the dooms­day alarm, oth­ers say it’s a dis­trac­tion from AI’s real, less sen­sa­tion­al dan­gers.

What the block­buster se­ries Suc­ces­sion tells us about the me­dia world we live in. Plus, In­di­an re­porters un­der pres­sure.

Syr­ia’s pres­i­dent re­turns to Arab League af­ter years of spin and war crimes de­nial. Plus cov­er­ing Ecuador’s nar­co trade.

Er­do­gan’s me­dia pres­ence helps him take a tight­ly fought elec­tion to a run-off. Plus, me­dia and the Sino-Amer­i­ca di­vide.