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 of government in the united states. and 0, this government insider, was posting his secrets on a little know
called for calm in libya. a three day meeting of religious and tribal leaders in afghanistan has ended with a call on the international community to recognise the taliban government and lift all sanctions on the country. the male only meeting also declared that any armed resistance against the militants would be considered a rebellion. now on bbc news, the media show. hello, and welcome. this week, we re talking about the return of q. and if that doesn t mean anything to you, don t worry. you ll be hearing a lot more in this programme about one of the world s most notorious conspiracy theories. we re also looking at why bristol s mayor is facing a boycott of his press briefings and what it says about the often fractious relationship between councils and journalists. 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 s
hello, and welcome. this week, we re talking about the return of q. and if that doesn t mean anything to you, don t worry. you ll be hearing a lot more in this programme about one of the world s most notorious conspiracy theories. we re also looking at why bristol s mayor is facing a boycott of his press briefings and what it says about the often fractious relationship between councils and journalists. 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 follow
are gathering on the streets on london for pride as the lgbt+ community marks 50 years since the first march. now on bbc news, the media show. hello, and welcome. this week, we re talking about the return of q. and if that doesn t mean anything to you, don t worry. you ll be hearing a lot more in this programme about one of the world s most notorious conspiracy theories. we re also looking at white bristol s mayor is facing a boycott of his press briefings and what it says about the often fractious relationship between councils and journalists. 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 fantast
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