migrant boat in the english channel. at least 27 people drowned. the suspects are believed to be a part of the people smuggling network. now come on bbc news, it is time for the media show. you be hearing a lot more in this programme above one of the worlds most conspiracy theories. white bristles mayor is facing a boycott in the press briefings and what it says about the fractious relationship between councils and journalists. i guess on the topic and 20 a7, and green who was a local democracy reporterfor and green who was a local democracy reporter for the evening news. martin, welcome to the media show. what is your big story in bristol today? i ve been visiting the newly repainted rainbow crossing just painted in time for the pride celebrations so, we have a brand new rainbow celebrations so, we have a brand-new rainbow crossing. charlotte. brand-new rainbow crossing. charlotte, what brand-new rainbow crossing. charlotte, what have - brand-new rainbow crossing. charlo
editor of bristol 24 7, and charlotte green, who s a local democracy reporter with the manchester evening news. martin, welcome to the media show. what s your big story in bristol today? so, today i ve been visiting bristol s newly repainted rainbow crossing, just painted in time for our city s pride celebrations. so we ve got a brand new rainbow crossing on wine street. sounds fantastic. charlotte, what have you been covering in tameside? so, in tameside, we ve just got a new council leader, after the last one was deposed following the local elections, and so i have been speaking to them about what their plans are for the borough and what they are going to do differently. so that is the full spectrum of localjournalism right there. thank you. and we will hear more from both of you and others in a bit. but we are going to start with an extraordinary story from the other side of the atlantic. qanon is the conspiracy theory that says donald trump has been waging war on a cabal of satanic
by significant numbers. qanon supporters were amongst the mob that stormed the us capitol last year. the movement has been fuelled by the online postings of a user who signs off as q, and last week, after nearly two years of silence, 0 posted again. gabriel gatehouse is international editor at bbc news and the presenter of the radio a documentary series the coming storm that looks at the rise of qanon, and dr irene pasquetto is assistant professor at the university of michigan school of information. irene, gabriel, welcome to the media show. hi, katie. hello. thank you. most welcome. gabriel, when we say 0 is back, how do we know this? what s happened 7 ok, so, 0 was this supposed figure who was supposed to be a government insider with high level security clearance who was revealing secrets about this cabal of satanic paedophiles that had supposedly captured the levers
among our guests on that topic are martin booth, editor of bristol 24 7, and charlotte green, who s a local democracy reporter with the manchester evening news. martin, welcome to the media show. what s your big story in bristol today? so, today i ve been visiting bristol s newly repainted rainbow crossing, just painted in time for our city s pride celebrations. so we ve got a brand new rainbow crossing on wine street. sounds fantastic. charlotte, what have you been covering in tameside? so, in tameside, we ve just got a new council leader, after the last one was deposed following the local elections, and so i have been speaking to them about what their plans are for the borough and what they are going to do differently. so that is the full spectrum of localjournalism right there. thank you. and we will hear more from both of you and others in a bit. but we are going to start with an extraordinary story from the other side of the atlantic. qanon is the conspiracy theory that says donal
yeah, ijust want to add that we also think it s the same 0 or the same person because he used the same short code that is used on the image boards by q. that s why the community kind of recognised q as the real 0. why now? that s a good question. i think it has to do with roe v wade overturn. it s a good political moment. you know, the audience, q s audience, is paying attention to what s happening at a political level. yeah, that s one of the theories why it s happening right now. and he posted three things, i think. shall we play the game once more? it had to be done this way, and, are you ready to serve your country again? gabriel, there is of course a lot of speculation about who 0 is. your fabulous podcast goes down that route, but tell us who you think he is. well, i mean, most people who have looked into this and there are people who have dug into it who know a lot more