Goods your own, are the galu. What . You must understand that the 2 great people are at risk, both internally and externally, eritrea on one and Ethiopian Forces on all sides. This move was purely a selfdefense measure of small countries when they feel the risk of a stronger enemy which is about to destroy them. They often carry out a preemptive strike like this. One of the middle Ethnic Armenians have been torching their own homes as they leave villages just outside nagornokarabakh, before sundays handover of land to azerbaijan. Many of lived there for more than 20 years, and nephew areas the ceasefire deal, forcing them to give up the territory. The us is set yet another record for new covered 9000 cases, reporting more than 180000 infections. In 24 hours, deaths are also rising fast with hospitalizations at the highest levels. Yet some states have now imposed and near complete shutdown. Lebanon has just started a 2 week lockdown after shop rising cases in recent weeks. There are a nighttime curfew is in place, and driving is now completely banned on sundays. Lebanon registered more than 1500 new cases, and 21 deaths on friday. Supporters of u. S. President donald trump are staging a mass protest in washington back in his claims of election fraud. Them watching close to the white house a week off to joe biden was projected to be the winner of the president ial election. Similar events have been planned across the United States. Search and rescue teams in the philippines is still trying to reach flood victims after typhoon vanco back to the country on friday. Floodwaters have started to recede, but thousands of people remain trapped in the guy and region 53. People died in this as the headlines this hour, the listening post is coming up next with richard quest. But i have been elected president. Id say we think theyll be a lot of litigation because we cant have elections. President donald trump logical assault tech with you for your election. I dont want to fox news that is saying, this is crazy that theyre responsible. This is dangerous. Hello, im Richard Gilbert of youre watching the listening post working from home. Here are some of the media stories were covering this week. Breaking up is hard to do. Donald trump and fox news go way back and the Network Still has feelings for the man. President trump continues to take a pounding on social media news. Thank you. Because theres still time and ethiopia erupts the ethnic on the rest. That has the makings of a civil war. The television encounter that may have cost the interviewee his life, and the Prime Minister, whose reputation has suffered, along with the country. When the u. S. Networks finally decided 4 days after the polls close to call the president ial election for joe biden, they did so almost in unison. Anchors, reporters and commentators, voices that president , trump labeled the enemy of the people, could not hold back their glee. In some cases, their tears, the continuing refusal of donald trump and Senior Republicans to concede the election, their evidence free attempts to cast doubt on the electoral process. Pose a problem for news networks, not least for fox news, which despite calling the election for biden, cannot quite seem to let trump go. There is clearly an internal editorial debate underway at the murdoch own network, and its playing out on the air for all to see. And fox isnt the only news channel due for a record in other Media Outlets have issues they need to confront. But weve yet to see signs of that happening. Are a starting point this week, fox news headquarters in new york city. If schatten froid is your thing, theres never been a better time to watch fox news. We want and we want every, every level, i just have to be very clear that shes charging up the other side of welcoming fraud and welcoming illegal voting on. What else to back that up again, showing you that after years of defending the indefensible. Now that donald trump has made America Great again, time after time that and so much more all lives and scandal after scandal. Some voices of fox are clearly edging away from donald trump, his administration, and his allegations, the baseless ones of an election, somehow stone. And weve said numerous times we have not seen evidence clear evidence of massive, widespread fraud enough to change the votes in these states. Others that the channel or whole malign democrats in the media mob. They just want to try and block any and all on it. What are now growing examples of ballot irregularities and outright illegality . It can make for confusing if you have it. As the americas most watched 24 hour news channel has some kind of multiple on air personality disorders. What kind of editorial direction does the fox news going to take . When will the line come down from the top . Rupert murdoch that says its over the conversation about an election being stolen needs to stop. So right now we are going to watch and see what those decisions look like. A Truck Campaign has made it an evidence of voter fraud. They have to make a choice though. Do they want to live in the world of complete fantasy, or do they want to still be somewhere on the spectrum of c. N. N. And other large legacy outlets. Were big on a shared set of facts. So this is a view, theres a difference among different person now that theres different shows on fox because they want to look at the cost of the very in the candidates on. You cant simply tell people to accept an outcome because force doesnt work in a democracy, thats dictatorship where some are reading the writing on the wall that the election has been decided one way or another. It clearly shows an institutional crisis. Im not a crisis, but something going on within fox about whether or not they really want to tie a lifeline to donald trump an e more. But also turn on c, n, n r m s, n b c, and see how much criticism youll see of a democratic candidate on any of those networks you just wont show bidens. Character is such that it may well be that man and moment were made for each other. It became a matter of character and values. You look at joe biden, and that is who he is. Demand of them. The relief at those networks is i feel i its, i almost cant talk right out because of the emotion not much time was devoted to joe bidens record over almost a half century in federal politics. He spent decades on the Senate ForeignRelations Committee and its chairman in 2002, biden didnt just vote for the iraq war. He helped pave the way for the lies that sold it to the American People by controlling which voices his committee would allow to testify the long suffering iraqi people need to know the regime change will benefit them. Biden has voted to cut Social Security 6 times and consistently backed crime bills disproportionately affect black americans. As Vice President , he was a key player in an Obama Administration that deported more undocumented immigrants than the trumpet, ministration to and built those cages. Now holding those children along the border, the ones who cant find their parents, its easier to tell your kids, character matters as joe biden reform. Its a pertinent question, but the talking heads at c. N. N. And m s n b c. Just dont seem to think that nows the time joe bidens telling point as a politician, as an elected official cant be that hes not trump. What we need to be doing is holding him accountable. And that means holding him accountable to the record that he built up over his 8 years as Vice President , you know, on things like immigration. And that means holding him accountable to the record that he built up over his decades in the senate on things like criminal justice. So its past time really for us to start reckoning with joe biden. Now that the more immediate danger of trump seems to be out of the play is frankly, a lack of kind of sophistication is in many ways lazy to just be like, oh my god, joe biden, you know, is going to save everything. Brock obama was an extraordinary president. He was also the deporter in chief, and joe biden stood by and let that happen. The notion that one man, one older white man can be the savior of everything that is happening in the United States is problematic. And so i watching very closely at how the journalists are responding to that particular narrative that the Democratic Party right now is pushing if there was a clear majority in this election, it was in the number of a stablished news outlets on the air and in print united in their conclusion that donald trump was unfit for office. Still more than 70000000 americans took that consensus and rejected. One half of the country is choosing to see and hear one message, the other, another chance. And even as fox news slowly distances itself from trying other Online Elements in the right wing media bubble are still hard at it. President trump the cavalrys coming. Conspiracy theorists like alex jones in for calling on trumps true believers to descend on washington this weekend to stop what he calls the final assault, the takeover. Were all living in different information. And a lot of people believe things because they want to believe them. Rather than based on how much evidence there are of them. So a lot of people want to believe the election was big. Youll find more than enough sources tell them of us. Or lot of people simply rejects what they hear or important industry we hear. By virtue of the back thats coming from its incredibly effective. The right has an incredibly effective december mation misinformation apparatus through fox news through their various websites, aided by facebook, who seems more than willing to spread disinformation on their behalf. Whatever screen youre in front of there is kind of Information Available to you that is going to get in my eyes this election when they are sitting, even here and at your computer, or youre on your own. And i think thats incredibly dangerous. Back to the ongoing sideshow that is fox news. The question of its future fox has reason to fear the president s base. What with all the talk now of trump starting his own news channel after fox called the election for biden. And then had a temporary ratings drop. Trump tweeted the network had killed the golden goose referring to himself so far and walks that fine line between journalism and self interest 1st. Tonight, Many Americans do not believe that the selection was fair. Every american has a right to feel that way. I feel that way locating its audience in one time slot, rightest, a danger to our republic and the future of our country. Are these unfounded claims of voter fraud and giving it the bad news in another election . Balancing act is foxs way of keeping trump voters sweet. A slice of america that still seems to mystifying other Corporate News outlets. The biggest failure of introspection, introspection we have in the, in the news media right now is that most people who work in the Corporate Press are upper class. They tend to and gone to very good schools. Theyre almost exclusively urban people. And they just do not live in all those red areas that voted for donald trump. If you dont know who the people are, who are voting for, dont trump, then they become this like mysterious, this almost like an alien race. And thats the biggest thing that i worry about is that theyre just going to write off. This whole section of america youve been with these institutions exist and drawing large audiences. If a significant, the people do not believe in the narrative or do not believe in their mission or in that any more than enough to undermine, you know, our ability to have a democracy in such a being without being told were its been just over a week since the Prime Minister of ethiopia, abbey ahmed ordered troops into the Northern Region of to gray. Now theres talk of a civil war with accompanying accusations that the media are fomenting the unrest. Johannah whos has been following the story. Joe, what kind of reporting if youve been seeing on the ground . Well, theres actually not that much to go on richards, and that is because the abbey government, in the capital addis ababa has completely cut off any form of communication into grey, including phone lines and the internet. And it is barring journalists from entering. So it is really difficult to verify any sort of information. What we do know, however, is that hundreds are dead and the result of escalating tensions between the federal government and the tea grace Peoples Liberation front or t p l f. Not a t p l s. Leadership belongs to minority ethnic group, the tea grey, who used to dominate ethiopia as military and government. However, since the current Prime Minister who belongs to a different ethnic group, the oromo took office in 2018 and introduced sweeping political reforms to to grey are saying that they are being marginalized. Now that region has since held its own elections, which the federal government deems illegal. And abby has now vowed to get rid of the 2 great leadership. Misinformation is rife just to give you a couple of examples. Abi supporters have been spreading fake images of t p l. S. Fighters using heavy anti aircraft weaponry, while videos purportedly showing the fighting into grey, are actually from the conflict between armenia and azerbaijan. Ok, so that strong line, but what about the accusations coming from the government in mainstream Media Outlets are somehow fueling some of the slider. Well yes, at least 2 journalists have ended up behind bars as a result on november 4th, because of the lumber out of the privately owned allo media center was arrested for allegedly disseminating false information. Smearing the ethiopian government, and inciting, civil war. Meanwhile, may be high on a coup by miquel, an editor at news magazine. The other standard was also taking into custody for and i quote, attempts to dismantle the constitution through violence. Now when abi came to power 2 years ago, he was widely celebrated for opening up what used to be a heavily censored media landscape . Ok, thanks joe. Sticking with ethiopia back in 2018, the country was making news with its new Prime Minister. Met the International Media were giving him grade a reviews, his reforms seemed real and were fast in coming. Political Prisoners Released media bans lifted a Peace Agreement with bordering eritrea in 2019. Less than 2 years into the job. Abi won the nobel peace prize. How times have changed . The current conflict in 2 grey is unfolding as the ethiopian Justice System conducts a murder investigation, a killing that appears to have also had an ethnic component to it. The victim was a popular musician and or a mole named her child to whom desa one week before he was murdered her child who took part in a television interview, always outspoken. He said something. Flo phillips now on the last interview, had shallow whom desa gave, and why investigators are poring over the tape, looking for clues in their search for who killed him. And i dont know what are you the journalists who were interviewed . Or im not in doubt about it. I mean, on june 22nd, 2, big personalities from ethiopia is our Remote Community suck down for an interview. I think chuck, to whom this is an interview with me, did it work . Sure. Is true feelings to the nation as it is developing to live and get all the little digital get what it needed. A muslim religion. As the presenter of army, a media networks, flagship interview program, that is known for asking tough questions of an important figure. But his interview with the trial of condesa sacked, new recruits for the channel, tens of thousands queued into the live stream of the the following week was mud. So who was weak and why was he killed . Was beyond his artistic or musical career. He was also an activist of the almost rag. These walks actually political people he was vocal against all of ethiopia. He inspired on a lot of young people to join the songs, provided the soundtrack to be ethnically driven protests that swept ethiopia in 20153 years later. Abbie ahmed became the 1st all remote to be appointed Prime Minister. Abby was making major changes and quickly ending a border war with eritrea that had dragged on for 20 years. To mark that moment, the Prime Minister invited her to perform at a concert held in honor of the eritrean president , a public platform that the singer used to highlight the are in my struggle fast forward to june 2020. And then the parents on another public platform to charlies interview with our a man media network. It was one of the most anticipated interviews he left nobody and to just he was vocally critical of the government. He was vocally critical of the Prime Ministers priorities. Done that, im going to nothing of the but 2nd movie, i know you would get that. He was vocally critic kind of the or room political elites. Are you also he was vocally critical of the civil war, which involved was the, or a more liberation army. And the government, the other controversy in regards to his interview was the one where he mentioned about past and person and especially specifically and permanently where he said that hes not a great leader. And that i mean, had book. Its a common narrative among the almost callers who claim that normal people were subjugated to much grief and a lot of abuse during the era. So he touched up on almost every aspect of things that you could critically look. But there was nothing controversial about that interview. If her job was not assassinate. Just one day after her child, his interview went out, calls for his death spread on social media. A week later he was gunned down in addis ababa in the armrest that followed hundreds were killed and more than 1000 people, including journalists, politicians, and activists, were arrested security measures. Ethiopians might have mistaken for things of the past not be honored, took office in 2018. The headlines coming out of the country signalled a significant departure, repressive laws overturned journalists and activists released from jail. Political reunification in the region. Landing abby, a nobel peace prize. Those days are gone and the reaction to her child is dead. And the hunt to find his killer directly tied to the volatile political situation in the country. A constant tension between its largest ethnic groups are almost on horrors and to ground. After her child is murder, politicians, activists on the network itself. Went back to that interview on iman, to look for clues as to who may have killed him. Following his assassination, the government will accuse all human being behind. Assassination of the artists they said, actually, oil men omitted something, a section of that interview too high. That was receiving threats. I dont know. Do not get out of tell you my feet are not going to be somewhere. Its kind of government or because orchestrated kind of you know, media propaganda. Theres always 2 sides to a story. Theres the governments narrative and there is 0 minutes. Not of everybodys saying that i was right or the other party was wrong. It is up to an independent investigation to determine whether people are right or whether the government is right before an independent investigation could make that call was shut down. The main reason, according to the authorities, oh, immense, live broadcast of her child. They also confiscated the child who interviewed sticking to the line that our man had deliberately emitted a section which may have further incriminated the 2 suspects the government already had in custody. The administration also chose to its own versions of the interview in which it was a more selective editor than iman was. They had it on 2 channels and both versions included the angle the government wanted to get across. Then the authorities arrested the interviewer. My last word is i never i never meant after the divorce i was mourning the death of my friend and i dont have information about autonomy, donnybrook, because im not. Right. So who is the right person . Were trying to find somebody, anybody who will give us an answer. We started with the Prime Ministers press secretary. She passed us on to the attorney generals office. The attorney general ignored us. His deputy hung up the phone. And when we finally managed to reach the spokesperson for the department, he said it was actually a matter for the ethiopian broadcasting authority. The head of that organization promised us a response. Fire email. Were still waiting and we are not alone. Ethiopians are waiting to put the promise of 2018, the early days of the abbey ahmed era to be filled for a legal case in which the o. Man interview could prove to be exhibit a and for justice after the murder of her child. And thats to be served. We have no more man, we dont need to work after he says, as an issue. We have new, more vocal political actors after he says, as a nation, they are now behind bars. The Political Landscape has completely changed. We have returned it back to that kind of authoritarian grip that we fought so hard. We dont know how we can maintain some of this rough tear we are experiencing politically. d socially, religiously, individually, i come to have my people come to my people, but i ended up in prison. So many problems for me. We lost very, very bright. And finally, we do realize that yes, this is the 3rd week in a row that were ending the program with a satirical video on donald trump. Usually Diversity Matters to us. We talk about representation all the time and who needs more rich old white guys on television. But while American Voters have in record numbers shown that theyre prepared to move on from trump, we in the media just arent ready to really think that bloggers like christian von viewer will ever have raw material like this to work with. Again, from joe biden. Van buren from australia, his video is called by by don, well see you next time youre listening to drake told us to make it was your age and give your concession speech to everyone. Its a conspiracy blew all fall on american democracy. They would go tell more lies do what you do best and propagandized be fine because it is also crazy that you want to teach me some of the r. s they did not seem to do this is 2 days of tax by golf and golf course. You support the guilt of putting kids in cages. In 266 all misconduct accusations. You dont like 4000. 00 active lawsuits. End up dani and hang out. The both finally succeeded in the white house. Someone who is much easier to lock yourself down in a dude. I used to decline the latter. Everything else no longer matters between the world with no regret and your 100000000 dollars debt down low. If you know what a main like you night jeffrey, abstain. Now youll be 2200. People die just like daddys money but youll fired from the for veterans of caracas. So the battlefields are wrong. Also, our job is to get to the truth and empower people through knowledge of the or the, or i know i marry a minimizing london quick look at the main stories this hour. Often days of denial, an official in ethiopias to grey region has admitted its forces carried out the attack that spawn the countrys war. He said, the tigre a Peoples Liberation front, launched a preemptive strike against a military base last week. That also says it was behind rocket attacks on 2 airports in the neighboring. Im horrid region. Meanwhile, if you open soldiers have captured him, put into a gray 11 day conflict has already killed hundreds of people with reports of massacres, both sides of the queues of atrocities against civilians. Thousands