Up, millions of children who have missed their vaccines in 20202021. It also means recovering immunization programs and sustaining that trajectory of essential immunization. Ah, this is al jazeera, these, your top stories shall angus parliament has begun the process of choosing the next president. Prime minister renella become a single serving as acting president until a new leader is in place, should happen within the next 7 days. Now fernandez has moved from columbia whole the protesters that said they wanted a system change. They wanted a clean sweep of the boards are, this is not a development they are relishing. They are in fact, really, really angry and frustrated that it has come to this. The irony is that gotta be a roger pock. So once at peak popularity are coming in with the 6900000 volts at that residential election has had to leave in the face of a Massive Public backlash and a protest. I centered on him while a man who was voted out of parliament did not have a single seat, and now sits in the seat of the acting president of this country. Joe biden is set to meet gulf leaders and other regional head. Some stays on the final day of his middle east tor years president s fis bump with the saudi crown. Prince has sparked criticism that biden is overlooking human rights. Israeli military says its launched and asked strike on a hamas target in garza onto rockets were fired towards israel. And says, a strike hit a weapons manufacturing site. Us authority say they will request the immediate extradition of a drug lord captured by mexican forces. Raphael kara, can tara was jailed in the 1980s for most mining, the killing of a u. S. Drug enforcement agent. He were released in 2013 and returned to drug trafficking. The unsecure to counsel has passed a resolution urging all countries to banned small armed deliveries to haiti, where Gang Violence has been soaring. Wine and crime is effected fuel distribution, crating shortages, which if prompted widespread protests. Oh, the headlines, the listening posters next talk to ill just 0. We can be more specific. How many talks are you asking for and what kind of military equipment we listen, ask the people of cuba industry. If there is a difference between donald trump and youll bite for them. We meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on algae sierra. Its been a while, but journalism is fine and showing signs of life. And shes working the local beat in india, the governance and corporations. But get in the way plot did he just said that as somebody who is health plan coo data dropping a bombshell on c n n. And the interviewer who just carried on ah, hello Richard Gilbert and youre at the listening post where we provide explanatory journalism about journalism and the global news media. Sri lanka, isnt a state of political upheaval. This past week Anti Government protests for the president called todd by a roger boxer to flee the island. After hundreds of demonstrators invaded his official residence and torch the house of his prime minister, they also stormed the headquarters of the state on broadcaster social media users and their smartphones have driven and documented the protests since they began back in march over a collapsing economy in the roger toxic plans, domination of the countries politics, posting and Live Streaming on platforms like facebook, has enabled protesters to mobilize Expose Police brutality and ridicule their rooters under roger boxer and his brother and the hinder. The former president. Traditional Media Outlets have tended to cow towel to government pressure. That, too, is beginning to change. Our starting point this week is the capital columbus. It is difficult to reconcile what is unfolding in sri lanka, how unprecedented historic and serious this story is. With those videos on social media, after protesters took over the president ial power, how farcical they work. Oh, i the hard dive into god. Tabaya roger park says swimming ah, protesting on his tread, working with amateur wrestlers and roger boxes bed with some professional commentary thrown it. I sat, this was a media moment, the likes of which weve never seen. We saw acts of journalism messages, text sports, saying an here look at whats happening. Come here, join us. This is important. This is historic. Many of us who are at the pretty site. We couldnt pause things on social media because the networks were getting jammed, but it was quite remarkable in the way you probably would just able to access and see the luxury the political leaders were leaving in. And so its a contrast to what many sri lumpkins are facing right now. Complete contrast underlying these moments of sort of levity enjoy. Oh, there is a very significant sort of continuity of state violence in terms of how the protesters themselves were attacked, shot at media workers who are assaulted. Theres been quite a lot thats happening in the background that has been immensely violent and hasnt been addressed in any form by the state. And no one really has been held to come to the social media is made for political uprisings like sri longs. When developments come, fast, mainstream news outlets struggle to keep up some loyal to governments dont, well get to that. But 1st the numbers, there are more than 11000000 Internet Users in sri lanka, about half the population. Facebook is the dominant platform, whats ap to talk and instagram are also popular. Since the movement to depose president called by roger pox, i got it start 4 months ago. And social media has been of vital organisation to protesters have used it to live stream demonstrations over shortage of the food to eat gas to cook and petrol to power car videos that have attracted record audio hash tags. And like, go to go home, turned into raleigh. The rest is history. As is the project we had an election in january 2015 when things had been patience. We love got lots of 25 percent. But by the end of 2021. Significantly the number of even if certain sri lanka exceeded 50 percent deep green, we have about 8000000 active facebook uses and are both social media use. So we have the tool now to be through social media and also to use it as an organizing tool, information sharing and discussion to the agency of what was unfolding like every minute are allowed for a platform such as twitter to be used to video and they were couple of effort to block social media for instance, which student has done before. And the outrage against it was so immediate and the blocks were lifted in an hour a couple of hours. Whats been really interesting is the public skepticism towards media that hasnt been critical of roger boxes and indeed been instrumental in sort of popping them up which resulted in scenes like these. Protestors arguing their way into the studios of the roof of buffalo corporation, telling the state on broadcaster, its days that the government piece over got to go to what it was going. It was good. Yeah. But the, the, the demonstrators also confronted some privately owned, but equally serve while Networks Like data in which they surround, until its reporters gave them apply them obviously must be done. And let me grab my coffee table even if you get a bit of money. Oh, were more than 15 years now. Go. Todd by japan has been bringing journalists to have it started in the mid to thousands during the civil war in the north. The pitted, separate as camel rebel, against the forces of the Central Government in columbus, dominated by sri lanka, sing lees, majority. Roger foxes, older brother market was president at the time, but got todd by over saw that operation. He used the war, the pretense to crack down on freedom of the friday. Journalists were killed, arrested, intimidated into silence, and many fled. The country by roger pox, was elected president in 2019. And until recently, Critical Coverage of the Us Government was hard to find. Go down, be boxing, but tickler has had a very dark legacy in relation to the media. At least 14 journalists were murdered or ent meeting. When he was the secretary and elected secretary to the Defense Ministry and around when the other journalist led the concrete and went into excited to say of the sum up, do i do journalism or do i my life by doing it . That was a fairly, by choice that many journalists phase under different departure. And so they real anger among people that some of the main stream media have use that platform to push particular political agenda. The anger targeting very and i didnt come as a surprise because theyre seen as very much party towards the particular political position. The networks that have been promoting the raj box of family and the raj box, the regime both when they were in government. And when they were not a government, they have been on ways anchored to raise div lama for this information and missing permission. In the typical large box, i hated the labor of the haters of the conservative establishment. The guys who support i fees and now that produce is also supported by the catholic church. Not really that signature, that hes the brand, but suddenly you have a woman been people have taken a step back and im questioning why is that . Lets examine that. And so this is media literacy, real time. The some news outlets have finally figured out or been forced to know that the type is turn. See this a t v s news 1st has been large streaming the demonstrations on its youtube and has grown its audio. As a result of all those turn, fletcher you will find poetic justice in the fact that now its got caught by roger pack who has gone into exxon. Jumping on a military, jack to singapore, parliament will choose the countrys next president. No one really knows where this story is going, but it is difficult to see sri lanka separate for the kind of the time news coverage. Theyve lived for the last 15 and the news organizations having been reminded by those on social media of what real journalism looks like. Nobody can realize that finally there was a really mean of the city spending tree long. And that translates to the reporting as well on the ground at the critics say, what has talented hes not going to stop now. Just to start over many new ways of speaking and expressing what is happening and effective tooling, holding the leadership accountability. What was extraordinary about what happened was back, it was not something that the government could get away with that act of the acts of journalism provide a template and a model for how the country may move forward in holding. What comes next accountable for what they do or daughter michelle, that was in the city of electro last week on a highly symbolic visit that provided the syrian media with plenty of photo opportunities. Target nava is here with the details. Richard, this is sharla 1st trip to alaska theory, the 2nd 50 since the revolution of 2011 and subsequent wall photos published by the presidency on instagram and telegram showed i said, and his family going for a casual walk through the old city and taking selfies with locals. The trip also got a lot of play on theory and state tv. Lamar, the mother, would you say the one who would be able to see the message is pretty clear. The effort in control uncertain cities like a left or on the road to recovery. What youre not seeing in these images is the use of destruction visited on a lap by assets forces a rushing back siege. Turn the city into a living. Hell, according to the un, large parts of a leper were heavily damaged by aerial bombing in which civilian infrastructure like hospitals and schools, where routinely targeted these kinds of sanitized, photo ops are part of the wider, pushed to normalize relations with other countries. And bring serious diplomatic isolation to an end. And number of middle Eastern Countries have quietly reviewed bilateral relations with syria. Some of them, no doubt, eyeing up lucrative reconstruction projects and trade deals. And if the listening post recently reported the Syrian Government has also been inviting foreign travel log to country, many of whom produce government for the content that shows a different side of syria, guys, and welcome to the mascot area. I dont know what to expect from the mask. Its really, but it really is like big feel like any of a nice tory and its to whitewash its image. Syrian government can clearly use all the help it can get. Thank start, like their counterparts across the water in sri lanka, journalists in india, have the odds stacked against them. Many are simply not paid enough and their salaries are often linked not to the journalism they produce. But to the advertising revenue, they attract reporters, especially regional ones operate, knowing that should they get into trouble with the authorities or large corporations. Their employers wont necessarily stand by them, and that has a chilling effect. This year, india fell 8 places on the reporters without borders. World press Freedom Index down to 150th, out of 180 countries. The Organization Called that a reflection of increased violence against reporters, the intimidation they face. The listening post spoke with 2 journalists working under those conditions in 2 states that are often stereotyped, poorly represented in the national media. And who ride a bus seen is in jama in kashmir, are region long contested and controversial in india. But 1st well hear from commercial club in chatham car, a mineral rich state where the environment for both citizens and journalism is threatened by corporate interest. Me a bit the mom, but give me a thought, a nice job job when you are pulling those go oh, i just got to take 120. We got the handle. Youre going to have the most. Im not going to leave but i was in many, but it takes me is he not even started off nicholas till anything when im looking for the company, but on the mom i was lucky to him because i had to go get them on the company. But when you walk down the wont be covered any of the. Busy me move. Mm hm. A maybe a blissful holiday. Maybe this out the game on buddy. Okay. Well with those upset java thought a lot of this with a list where he provided what the hell we were gonna pick up. Ah literally yeah. Looks like a guy saying he will cut that. Im well, what is it you will cut rod thats going to handle smuggler hail. Do a couple of any sub said what i got that i will get on the only yes. On tunnels in june for door to control the key mileage. Well, he bought the car up dealing with well see. But the guy was on the oh wonderful the my pedro peter. Oh wow. I mean yes. And sometimes a clue less than i could do. The whole with the weight is under margaret whether it 11. 00 thing is that it got it. It was a big deal. Huh. E mails one month to get love with our finance out. When else will cover tonight, i guess he does have that i have. Ready a couple of when it was a wellness off sub back in police, police could be come with a heap of sure thing if and yeah, got i got it. I got, i got the mom put it on. Can you please a i did this with a when the national media, theres a huge gap between the ground reality engaged me and what is being depicted, a joke which god will know what i, ive done is done. Know what i would then gosh me to my deal is that i brought up how body wash. Im got such a bit over here and that it has created a certain kind of an additive to demonize. Kish meets a little guy because he or not the law not to treat kish metes as 2nd. Its not working for me to me. Its like ive been lucky. Im while odd to me, whitby. Ah ah. It completely froze journalists. Journalists were operating without internet without telephones. What has changed since 2019 is that we see media is less and less free. It is more controlled. There is an overwhelming sense of feel that most kesh metes are undergoing. And that didnt do this journalist its impossible to do a story today about human rights. Say anything critical about Security Forces to look at a militancy related incident beyond the official state. Its just become impossible to do that. Mm. I went to court because the situation was unprecedented. This was violated a fundamental rights. Well, it took another 5 months, but the board would, it was by and large white board that they fell, shot off declaring internet as, as the fundamental right. But it laid out that the government can not go tail internet for prolonged periods. Now, how it is being implemented is another matter bluff. It leaves a little ambiguity about what the prolonged period means. Ah, this was located like many on the newspapers in a gover building bought. We seemed to have been singled out until one fine day. They just gave the all the stuff to move out and locked up the Office Building belong to the government, bought the infrastructure belonged to cash. Meantime, weve been completely robbed of that. Our offices, which had more than 100 people today, be hardly have 2 or 3 people just managing to keep it alive. Ah, ah, no kind of journalists are undergoing huge crisis. That is the garden of the military. And there are sometimes mobs that go out of control and start some kind of a model policing. And you have a state trying to completely control media, summoning journalists to police stations for any little uncomfortable story. Some of them are arrested, sometimes for bro long period. And this is something that we hardly hear about in the national narrative. And finally, a Television Moment that revealed a thing or 2 about the Us Government real politic and american journalism. In an interview with cnn focusing on the january 6th hearings former us diplomat. John bolton casually mentioned that he has helped plan food, a toss in other countries. That is something that washington has always sought to deny. His interview with jake tapper somehow failed to find that news worthy. He carried on with his other questions 2 of them. It took 4 and a half minutes and presumably some prompting from a producer in his ear piece before tapper came back to the newsy part. About the us helping to overthrow democratic governments will lead you now with that clip. And some of the reviews that tapper and cnn have attracted online was the next time here at the listening post, or with all due respect, one doesnt have to be brilliant to attempt to co. I disagree with that as somebody who is help planned coo data, not here, but you know, other places it takes a lot of work with. Ah, i do want to ask a follow up and use you can say to your expertise having planned to, im not going to get into specifics. Ah, the ah, ah, ah, ah ah, ah, ah, ah, for half a century indigo die is all bottled up. What can i say . What did the law stick . 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