Is different and the same. In mexico, an audience of 15,000 listeners is not enough to keep this journalist in her job. Never mind the frolics, its the interpreter. Stealing the show its close to two years since Edward Snowden blew the lid of surveillance not just at the Security Agency in u. S. But britains g. C. H. Q. It has taken that long for the i. S. C to tig figure out what to make of it so an informed debate can take place on balancing the individuals right to privacy. A couple of reports i. S. C reporters are appointed by the government. No one gets on the Committee Without the prime ministers approval. Committee members were to know what the spies were up to. It took Edward Snowden to tell them that. The i. S. C. s make up and track record are part of the context of the stories, and the conclusions that the g. C. H. Q. Did not break the law, but the law is not fit for purpose, that the collection of data is not a form of mass data. They did not go down well with people close to the story, including Edward Snowden, who having provided the british jury with the evidence watched as the jury came in. Campaigning for collection and advocateing is a win for the terrorists. Some of the mediaminded outlets seemed to agree. If the politicians and bureaucrats dealt in the tshirts instead of sound bytes theyd probably say keep calm and dont worry about mass collection. The starting point this week is [ ] what we found is that the way in which the agencies used the capabilities that they had proportionate. Authorised although the committee overseeing intelligence in the u. K. Admits it did not know about it. Lawful although the Committee Says the law is out of date and need replacing. Necessary and proportionate. Any evidence of that in the committees report was redacted. In terms of the terminology, according to the committee, mass surveillance is out. Collection is in. They tried to erelent a distinction erelent a distinction between the two. Its a false distinction that they are trying to make because what they are doing is detecting literally billions, in excess of 50 billion, 600 million telephone calls. Theres a difference between mass and bulk. Its everyone versus some numbers slightly less than everyone. The difference between the two terms is mostly it means that supposedly not everything is scanned. We have no realisation of what bulk means. What the government is doing is mass intersection of every communication in this country. Now, that interception is affected by a computer, yes. It doesnt make it less invasive or terrifying. The computer can do what a human cant do. It can draw assumptions about you, analyse movements, relationships, political preferences. That is what the technology is doing, its a detailed attempt to normalize mass surveillance. Thats the real question that is being answered. G. C. H. Q. Tried to get out front of the story. The day before the committees report came out, the publicity shy organization acted out of character, putting out a handy guide on thou catch a terrorist with the help of technology, the times owned by rupert murd act published it. The liberal guardian wrote of a committee in a democratic country telling citizens that it lived in a surveillance sit, the times zeroed in on civil libertys groups accused of dealing privacy over security. When Glenn Greenwald appears on testy. You say when eight politicians who are part of the british government, they are members of Parliament Get together and say something, that its improper or makes you strange or conspiratorial. Media coverage of snowden has been dire. The guard yap, of course, led on the story to start with, stuck with it. Bbc came into it late. A couple of newspapers stuck to the line that Edward Snowden is a traitor. Now, its taking a lot of trust. I think what Edward Snowden showed is that we cant entirely trust them. Transparency. Its disheartening to see the u. K. Media take the side on that debate. When oversight has been weak, there are so few means for to us hold the government to account. We rely heavily media to provide an element of accountability. This is an opportunity to do that. They failed in that, seriously. When Glen Greenwald was contacted by Edward Snowden, the journalist considered the credibility of the source. Media consumers would be wise to do the same. A committee which admitted it was out of the loop on surveillance, and which in its report, professes surprise at something that most understood for a while now. Revealing. Comment. It doesnt feel like its been written by people engaged in the issues or know a great dal about what is at stake. That is worrying. Theyll fill in the gaps and knowledge by talking to the defense sources, meaning theyll hear what those want them to hear. They are certainly lacking insight, and to understand what is really going on. I dont know that this has been that credible. They have been supportive. People are looking for them to take the lead on these issues and this debate. They are looking in the wrong place. A credibility challenged Oversight Committee failing to oversee what its spies were doing until Edward Snowden told them where to look produces a report that exposes little apart from the committees limitations. The value of mass surveillance, and under three examples that the Security Services gave. For how they use the information. Its all blanked out. Security Services Keep the data for, and we are told not to worry because g. C. H. Q. Is acting in the best interests of the business. Trust us, we are doing what is good for you. Britains waited 18 months. Phillip hammond said it was time to move on from the debate before it was issued. The former head of g. C. H. Q. Said the same thing. We should have a list of supporters. Theyve been running a Guerilla Campaign against british intelligence. Harming their own security. Its about time they stopped that. Perhaps they dont watch the bbc in moscow. Two days later, there he was skyping into the future fest conference. No matter what they tell them, how the media reports the story, its time to call a spade a spade. We cant let the governments redefine and weasel out of it by saying this is bulk collection. All of my communications are secretly intercepted. They are being sold, but we have to say its happening. We cant wish it away or say its something that its not. On the download our viewers on the coverage of the britain. A majority of people have concerns about the over reach of surveillance, accountability. And the issue. The ifc report does nothing to allay peoples fears. That they have carte blanche, and that they are weak and ineffective. People are aware that the phone is subject to scrutiny and reasons are eroded in the name of safety and security. Its not up to the job. They dont have the knowledge and unders of others in order to provide oversight that is critically important. There was a surprise that g. C. H. Q. Used metadata. Surprised why. We have been telling them. They need reform and replacement for what they are doing. Intel geps and knowledge. Tonight. You have to look at the suffering of these children. Director of unicef, anthony lake. Every one of those numbers is an individual child. Helping the innocent victims of war. What can unicef do . Theres a very short answer. Our best. Every tonight night. I lived that character. Go one on one with americas movers and shakers. We will be able to see change. Gripping. Inspiring. Entertaining. Talk to al jazeera. Tonight, 6 30 eastern. Only on Al Jazeera America. 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They were killed as 2014 drew to a close as their car was hit by a missile. The channel reported the miss ill was fired. The Research Shows that Government Forces have targeted journalists in an attempt to sensor the reporting. Shes one of mexicos journalists. She has ratings to kill for. Now shes out of a job. And the question is why. Carmen was fired this past week for her news and talk show on nbs radio. The reason given that she wanted two colleagues rehired after they were asked for breaking the rules and using the radio logo in connection with mexico leaks, a website collecting tips and leaks. The back story is interesting. She was fired briefly in 2011 after accusing the former president calderon of having a drinking problem. Nbs admitted this was pressured over the story with calderons star. And she recently was investigating a story with the current president and his wife. 2,000 staged a protest outside the radio. And she has been quoted saying let no one doubt this is a battle for freedom, speaking of an authoritarian wind blowing through the country. The ombudsman described the firing as a sad night. Protesters in ossetia and the democratic government 30 people, including an american diplomat and six journalists were arrested at a prodemocracy meeting. They were accused of plotting. Four foreign reporters working for a. F. P. And b. B. C. And two congolese journalists have been released. 40 were killed in antigovernment demonstrations, and there were plans to postpone elections keeping Joseph Kabila in power here at the listening post we have been chronicling the media storey coming out of argentina. The center is a media law passed by the government of Cristina Fernandez de kirchner. It was sold as correcting a media concentration problem, allowing new voices to compete for attention. An aspect is that it ruled the market should be divided into three parts, a third for privately owned media, a third for that owned by the state and remaining third for nonprofits. Some accused Cristina Fernandez de kirchner of bringing down enemies. It is the biggest Media Company in the country and its not close. Those in favour say its bigger than that. Its about democratisation, and changing rules that go back to argentinas days. Its been more than five years since the law was passed, and the group was as big as ever. The listening post on a media law that is more than a battle between the government and big business. It was never going to be easy to implement, but argentinas media reform law is easy to understand. A director of the media regulate junior regulator in charge of putting the law in faith, saying splitting into three parts will pave the way for freedom of press. Another will say its an attack on the company he works for. Translation its one of the most debated and controversial lawyers, aiming to demum rattize speech so everyone can be heard to represent the diverse country that argentina is. Translation i think its a genuinely rich topic that hadnt been addressed in argentina. In recent years, there hasnt been a place for genuine discussion. The government settled, for denouncing fallacies and encouraging antidemocratic behaviour chlorine is the biggest conglomerate. Dominating the cable tv market and opened the satisfaction and controlled the paper. That makes it the most Influential Media Group by far. She was once a government ally. The relationship turned sour. In swathe when the government raised taxes on landowners. She turned. Aligning itself with business as protests swept through the country. A year later the law was passed, on air, in print and in the courts. Where they challengele constitutionally of the war. They have given preferential treatment. To the conglomerates which owns the widely watched tv channel. This law was created by the community to get even with a critic. Instead of aiming to update the administration. The law creates a framework, rather than following standard. It aims to bring the media and centralized regulation. Disabling many. Shaping a media landscape that is favourable to the status quo. Translation no, the law is not against one group or two groups. In order for the voices to be heard, we must confront monopolies. The law says they can have cable channels. Tenfold, 237. We talk about them. They refuse to comply with the law, not because the law was made for them. From the current perspective, it was understandable that they decide to target a very powerful political matter of the country. A Natural Power of this country. The downside of that is an obsession which looks like a cartoon. Rather than a political conflict. This became the law in 2009. A lot of ink and air time. A conglomerate relationship. Theres less coverage on a media component of the law, designed to give communities underrepresented a voice. News. Tune in. A radio station. 1500km away from the capital in the northwest. Its one of more than 1,000 radio stations. Outlets which have different agendas and stories to tell. The different kinds of news that they receive here, by cable or antenna do not show us who is going on in the region. We feel like we are watching something nothing to do with our experience. We think we need outlets that give more information about what is going on here. The new media law has given us a chance to regain voices and communities to proclaim practicing matrix in the media of the country. Then in buenos aires, a Community Outlet broadcasting out of a factory occupied by workers, a precarious outfit covering news and social realities in a way mainstream journalism does not. What we, like others in the country are proposing is another kind of tv. It represents voices that are twisted in the mainstream media. Failing to tell people about stories that are unheard or lead to strikes or protests. We try to understand the processes and context ulis them. Reporter reforming a media landscape doesnt happen in a night. Armiy, intelligence and the media taking back to the dictatorship. The media law is a result of some struggle on the part of prochem okay rahsy most. The law that regulated the media decreed dictatorship. That law outlived the dictatorship, and intensified the amount of licences that can be exploited. The impact of media concentration is not only a problem in argentina, but around the region and the world. Groups have extorted and injured democracy in order to condition it. With the popular government. The media is a social conflict. Because, you know, the Media Corporation also start to attack the government. Blaming them for not reporting the speech. In this conflict. Its how we can see or understand why we are debating so much about eye finally, one of the first rules of show business, one that i have to demand our producers of, never show off talent. That means that the back up singer should stay in the background. Dont steal the show. Peep on the internet dont care about that. When millions watched and shared a song from the euro vision contest, it was not about the singer. The track went viral because of sign Language Interpreter who was fantastic. He is tommy, and theres an Online Movement to send him to the euro vision finals in vienna. We leave you with him and his backup band. See you next time at listening post. I took the chance to get out of that prison camp and with a few others went out to work in another camp. Mary ann yakabi reads her fathers words about his time here at the kooskia internment camp in north idaho. It housed just 265 inmates, all male, mostly volunteers from other camps. It was the only camp of its kind in the united states, it was really kind of an experiment. Is this gonna work . The men were of japanese descent but were not american citizens, some kidnapped by the u. S. Government out of latin america and brought to this country after the attack on pearl harbor. Arturo yakabi was from lima peru. Because kooskia was under Justice Department jurisdiction, these men were considered prisoners of war. They had Geneva Convention rights, they knew it and they exercised those rights. Their food was better, their accommodations were better, the attorneys at the kooskia camp could even get beer. Summertime digs have produced thousands of objects from the two years kooskia operated during the war. Artifacts include art carved from local river rock and so much more. He would have loved that theres more studying going on now. He was free to have all that experience. Isnt that ironic he was free. I said he was free to have all that experience. My father liked it. For 300 years, the most powerful nations on earth grew richer and stronger on the profits of the slave trade. Over twelve million men, women and children were forcibly transported from africa on slave ships like this, to the colonies and plantations in north and south america. Today slavery is illegal on every country on the planet. But the truth is, slavery did not die in the 19th century. It is alive, it is thriving, and