Three years after the October 7 assaults and the beginning of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, there have been a slew of books, podcasts and media appearances revisiting what occurred.
A lot of that is coming from former Biden officers who’re making an attempt to whitewash the administration’s help for Israel and rehabilitate their reputations. They’re being welcomed throughout mainstream media, while these with extra essential accounts proceed to wrestle with invites and entry.
Presenter: Richard Gizbert
Contributors:
Connor Echols – Managing editor, Accountable Statecraft
Sarah Leah Whitson – Human rights lawyer
Laura Albast – Fellow, Institute for Palestine Research
Akbar Shahid Ahmed – Diplomatic correspondent, The Washington Solar
On our radar
Hollywood’s massive 5 studios turned the massive 4 this week. Skydance sealed one of many largest media offers in historical past, shopping for Warner Bros Discovery, merging it with Paramount and taking management of a variety of different shops, together with CNN.
The Listening Publish’s Elettra Scrivo seems at how the deal will reshape the information enterprise.
Nigel Farage constructed his profession on hardline anti-immigration rhetoric and has change into one of the vital recognisable names in British politics. The UK’s Reform chief has been in a position to capitalise on what critics say has been a disproportionate quantity of consideration from the mainstream media.
The Listening Publish’s Meenakshi Ravi seems on the media that helped make Farage and the right-wing broadcaster that has change into a platform for his political ambitions.
That includes:
Banseka Kayembe – Founder, Bare Politics
Carol Cadwalladr – Co-founder, The Nerve
Oliver Dean – Assistant editor, Conservative Residence
Printed On 11 Oct 2026
