Transcripts For ALJAZAM Listening Post 20141221 : comparemel

Did it merit the news merit is received. The latest is the show down. A tabloid reporters revenge. A film with journalist behaving badly. A blackout that never happened and a light show we seldom see breaking news and live reporting often do not sit well together. When news of the hostage taking in sydney broke, reporters were scrambling for the scratch. They heeded requests to hold back some of the information. One exception was the Daily Telegraph. And screamed that the country would never be the same. Its opened by australias Rupert Murdoch. The siege in sydney and the coverage echoed what happened in ottawa about six weeks before. Both stories were about onearmed men acting alone as opposed it a wider conspiracy, and both accompanied by News Coverage disproportionate in editorial tone and volume. Thats what happens when the gunman is a muslim and the islamic terror narrative kicks. In. Our starting point is sydney, australia this we are. Sydney. Its a template. You only need 20 seconds of footage, you put it on a loop. We seem so have thrown out the social responsibility of journalism to give a 24 hour news cycle. We create a climate of fear and hysteria. The next time a story like this occurs journalists might want to start the reports with what has not happened. Like this was not a terrorist conspiracy. It was not the work of i. S. I. L. Or al qaeda. It was one man who happened to be mus lip, with a gun. It was not, despite the rhetoric reverberating across the air waves, australia 9 11. People have written in australia that it was australia september 11th, and that is its utterly ridiculous. Its offensive to the almost 3,000 people that died in september 11th, and hundreds of muslims that died after september 11th response. Sydneys seem was a lone gunman with a shotgun. If one lop gunman is our september 11th, that speaks frightened. When things happened. Its a quick rush to judge it as an islamic terrorist act. If someone goes up and shoots up a sun ma in the United States no one calls it terrorism. But for some reason, unfortunately the narrative has been that the religion comes into play if its someone from on islamic background if the actions from that person has nothing to do with this man. The u. S. Media was reporting on the seem in sydney, there was a far greater shooting happening within the u. S. , where a gunman killed five people and was on the loose. All the National Media in the United States focussed on sydney, even though the crime as smaller and distance far greater. The medias role is to report responsibly. You notice how they describe him as a selfproclaimed cleric. What is that . What does that mean. Hes a fake. Hes not a cleric. Hes a fake. He just goes around with this head gear, and a robe, and, you know, he has a black beard. He is a terrorist. And we confronted the same several weeks ago in canada, where the country changed in step. Again because of one man, one gun. The parallels between the siege in sydney and the shootings in ottawa are by no means exact. The canadian gunmen infiltrated parliament. Both were societyial missteps. Both were in trouble with the law. The canadian over drugs, and they shared a religion. The other parallel between sydney and ottawa was the coverage of the story in the confusing stages, both sets of journalists were excitable, reporting often inaccurate. In the course of this story many reported that the sydney air space had been closed, raids city. We were told there was one or two or three shooters. Conspiracy. I dont know what tell you. They reported that the harbour bridge had been closed. One of the head luns was a death cult in the sydney c. B. D. We were told the Intelligence Service was rounding up 90 other. How bent on sewing may him and destruction in canada. And that the canadian shooter was on a watch list. All the stories were wrong, of course. Theres a journalistic maxim of time worn as it is cynical. Never let facts get in the way of a good story or never let the established template go unused if you want to good story. Its the idea that everything changed on in, so anything that seems 9 11 related, even in the slightest way, will be reported allowing the same lines, using similar terminology. I saw a headline suggesting that sydney will change forever. Theres many mass shooting event ottawa. Put a bullet through the heart of the canadian state. There was Canadian Media outlets suggesting it was an informative moment. The fact that terrorist attacks have a psychological effect, where is in reality mostly they are unremarkable acts of criminals. The way the criminals report it view it is with greater significance. Population. The terror in the city formula really is about making money. And the best way to make money is to control people through something. And in this case its fear. Oh, oh, they are going in. The fear is ramped up, ratings are higher. When people feel the Mainstream Media does not speak for them, whether its tahrir square, or black americans in ferguson, missouri. They turn to social media. That happened in australia with the ill ride with you campaign. As the news was breaking a muslim woman was seen on a bus removing her head scarf, she feared a backlash. Another woman saw that and as a solidarity, she offered to ride with the woman, growing into a hashtag. The message was if a troubled few and some in the Mainstream Media have their reasons to divide us, that will not happen. Social media is playing a huge role in the reporting of a lot of stories. The ill ride with you campaign had a huge effect on the muslim community. All of us people are doing something to change what sa reported. Put it up on twitter. Weve had so many reports of people given lifts home, and Amazing Things that happened. Social media, outh, is coming to the i think, is coming to the fore. Bringing out and touching people on a personal level, rather than the Mainstream Media. On the download our viewers on the coverage of the hostage taking in sydney and the challenges of covering breaking news. Responsible media during a terror attack, whether in sydney, boston, ottawa and Everything Else is to report accurately and fairly, not xajing what we channelling rating what we know and dont know. Too many flaunt the rules. Our role as journalists is to be critical, to analyse whether terrorism is because of our own actions and response to it. Examples like the Daily Telegraph article insinuates that there was religious motivation. I dont think australia changed forever. I think it shows that the media in general, and as a whole has a long way to go. Al Jazeera America presents somebodys telling lies. It looks nothing like him. Pan am flight 103 explodes december 21st, 1988 was the right man convicted . So many people, at such a high level, had the stake in almegrahis guilt the most definitive look at this shocking crime the major difficulty for the prosecution that there was no evidence al Jazeera America presents lockerbie part one the pan am bomber devastating climates. If we dont get rain well be in dire straits. Scientists fighting back. Weve created groundhog day here. Hitech led farming. We always get perfect plants everyday. Feeding the world. This opens up whole new possibilities. Tech knows team of experts show you how the miracles of science. This is my selfie, what can you tell me about my future . Can effect and surprise us. Dont try this at home. Tech know, where Technology Meets humanity only on al Jazeera America on our radar this week a media story coming out of turkey. On september 14th Police Forces sympathetic to a movement of a cleric Fetullah Gullen. The latest chapter in a power struggle between the akp party and the ghullanists. Ghullan supporters took to the streets after the arrest of two people, including the editorinchief of the largest newspaper, who has been released, and the chairman of tv. Both working for news outlets close to Fetullah Gullen, standing accused of conspiring to run a criminal organization and fabricating evidence. The the listening post spoke with a highlevel official saying the suspects had a direct or indirect relationship with the ghullanist movement and accused of being part of a parallel state. The turkish authorities issued an arrest warrant for Fetullah Gullen himself. This was not a surprise. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan indicated that the turkish government was going to take decisive steps to eradicate, in his words, the Fetullah Gullen with respect the state administration society. This is a bad brack up between two break up between two former bedfellows. When Recep Tayyip Erdogan came to power, Fetullah Gullen and the social movement worked together with the akp government. They have fallen out. When leaked audio files appeared showing corruption in the government ranks, Recep Tayyip Erdogan blamed Fetullah Gullen. Hundred of ghullenists were removed from the police department, judiciary and other department. Those in their jobs is imams columnist abdulee. This is not just specifically targetting the media group. I mean, all the critical independent media in turkey, whether they are representative of the center rite, it doesnt matter whether they are affiliate with this person or that person or whether they are writing for the government then you are on the target list. First as prime minister, now as president. Recep Tayyip Erdogan brought most of the Turkish Military to heel. Selfcensorship was right, laid bear during protests in 2013, which most turkish media ignored. Ghullanist noose outlets were among the few critical voces left. [ speaking Foreign Language ] and whether he is bashing the media in speeches, having dissenting voices arrested, it seems to be a winning formula for the turkish media. Ever since the corruption allegations erupted, it was part of the state, and if we take the results of the president ial elections, it shows that the majority of the public sided with Recep Tayyip Erdogan britain is dealing with the fall out of the phone hacking scandal. Some of the trials of tabloid journalists charged is going through the courts. Its a little more than two years since the leven than inquiry published their findings. When the tabloid editors working for rooub ert murdochs newspapers, they used the one rogue reporter defense. That defense crumbled in the face of more evidence that the hacking was on an industrial scale. A rogue reporter is the title of a film about british tabloid journalism, depending on how you look at it is a comedy, or vice versa. It was made by a reporter who knows the tricks of the trade, using them against the tabloids themselves. Rich peppiatt is a recovering tabloid journalist whose Rehabilitation Programme turned him into a film director. He spent time at two racy british tabloids before his him. He testified at the lefan stan inquiry. Industry. A story is not a story unless its knocking someone. In his film rich peppiatt gives tabloid editors a taste of one. Reporter are you on a diet . Detoxing. And navel gazing how a paparazzi would have. And ambushes a notorious tabloid editor Kelvin Mckenzie over extramarital text messaging, and he would have been labelled a love rat. That. One rogue reporter is an hourlong romp through the sordid world of british tabloid journalism. I sat with him in london. Thank you for joining us here at the the listening post. After you made Public Comments about the relationship between the press and politics in britain, one of murders key editors at the Sun Newspaper described your words as a grotesque picture. Did a light go off in your head and think it sounded like a souped of a film name. Its a turp of phrase. He obviously did headlines in his time. I liked the philosophy, as long as the right people are clapping and booing, everything is right in the world. You know, if a murdoch lieutenant is booing. Thats a victory. Grotesque carrick atture is film. Its onesided. I make no bones about that, its my film, my perspective, and authored by me. Now is my chance to be a real hack. Speak truth to power. Thats the same way that tabloids voice their own opinions, and their columnists and writers give one side of the story. My film sets out to voice my own opinion and agenda. Its unashamedly that. You could have played it strait. When you use the tabloid devices, it seems implicit in that is almost a marketing decision that you make as the filmmaker. Theres a better chance that more people will watch this film, if i use the kinds of devices that this film is meant to judge harshly. Philosophically, morally and without dancing too long on the head of that pin, are you in a itself. First and foremost its a comedy. The serious point is second to the alarm. Now, that may to some people not be the right way to approach a film dealing with serious topics, but to me, to the filmmakers involved in this, we made a decision that we want to engage people outside the media bubble who are not interested in the academic dry approach, the journalism that i want to do, going after the power to replace newspapers, that they are not prepared to go after. Which is, themselves if you are going to judge other people, hold yourself up, a lot of newspapers do, what are your morals. How are you living your life, and can you stand up to the scrutiny that you put on others. These are the questions we are raising. The answer is no, we believe its one rule for them, and one for Everything Else. If theres one thing people can take away, thats importance. They target all sorts of people, rich, famous, celebrities and women in the public eye. The tab loits need someone to blame. They like to blame muslims. That was something relatively new, wasnt it. They were never big on immigrants. Post 9 11 it became a big part of their story. Yes. I mean i think muslims became the cartoon caricature. The tabloid narrative works. Theres a goody, a body, black and white, no grey area. Those things became the easy tart for that. Thats an easier story to sell of. Do you know why, because the people are people who dont have a voice in the same way. They are the power. Newspapers often choose to kick downwards, rather than punch upwards, because its easier to do that. Its easier to sell, less risky. That got me down. I felt the job i was doing was about kicking downwards. Its about punching upwards and going after the newspaper editors, who are powerful and saying you are not above scrutiny yourself. I interviewed nick davis from guardian. And one of the things he said is nothing has changed. If you look at the cast of the characters editing the papers, the murdochs running the news corporation, the levinson incaring calling for statutory regulation that is not hopping. The industry is regulating itself. You came out because you presumably want to change things. The Bigger Picture is not much has changed and you come away with a feeling of futility. Its not easy to take down a pillar of british society, a powerful pillar that has tentacles that goes through politics and business. Theres billions of pounds of money when you talk about the future of journalism. For a few campaigners and journalists that take on a particular issue overnight is going to change everything, that will not happen. I dont think theres inspection of that. If you look from the other perspective, what campaigning has done has forced the levinson inquiry. When is the last time you had the editors, people like Rupert Murdoch compelled, forced to answer questions. Okay. So theres theatre and Television Moments that are seared into the memory banks. Levinson wanted a new set of rules, parliament wanted a new set of rules, the newspapers said we dont. And we dont have the rule. If thats not a knock out, in decision. I would like to thing those that want cheap are on the ropes, but theres no white towel going into the ring. Theres a few rounds, we need a swinging. Youll try to make a similar film in the u. S. What do you think needs to be said about the media landscape over there . Its a different eco system being out. It is. I suppose the equivalent of british tabloids are channels like fox news. I think that one thing that is interesting is you have sort of almost a distraction of channels like fox news, that wear their heart on the sleeve, and you are clear where the bias lies. Perhaps the more insidious form of propaganda comes from those that preten there is balance, when there is none. Good luck with the project. Thank you for talking to us at the listening post. Finally, this next video comes from london. The idea came out of los angeles. In 1994 l. A. Had a power blackout. After the lights went out a lot of people called 911 to report strange clouds floating in the sky. They were, in fact, the way. City folks are not used to seeing the night sky because they are obscured by the Light Pollution of the city. U. K. Based photographer wanted to see how the london sky would seem, he created his own and put together a time lapse film. See you next time here at the listening post. The sun isnt up yet, but david godeski is. Godeski has been homeless in washington d. C. For nearly 7 years. Last night, like most, he slept outside. With Affordable Housing getting increasingly scarce here, theres been a spike in the number of homeless. Churches, food pantries, the city, are all scrambling to meet the demand. At the public librarys main branch, Daily Telegraph<\/a>. And screamed that the country would never be the same. Its opened by australias Rupert Murdoch<\/a>. The siege in sydney and the coverage echoed what happened in ottawa about six weeks before. Both stories were about onearmed men acting alone as opposed it a wider conspiracy, and both accompanied by News Coverage<\/a> disproportionate in editorial tone and volume. Thats what happens when the gunman is a muslim and the islamic terror narrative kicks. In. Our starting point is sydney, australia this we are. Sydney. Its a template. You only need 20 seconds of footage, you put it on a loop. We seem so have thrown out the social responsibility of journalism to give a 24 hour news cycle. We create a climate of fear and hysteria. The next time a story like this occurs journalists might want to start the reports with what has not happened. Like this was not a terrorist conspiracy. It was not the work of i. S. I. L. Or al qaeda. It was one man who happened to be mus lip, with a gun. It was not, despite the rhetoric reverberating across the air waves, australia 9 11. People have written in australia that it was australia september 11th, and that is its utterly ridiculous. Its offensive to the almost 3,000 people that died in september 11th, and hundreds of muslims that died after september 11th response. Sydneys seem was a lone gunman with a shotgun. If one lop gunman is our september 11th, that speaks frightened. When things happened. Its a quick rush to judge it as an islamic terrorist act. If someone goes up and shoots up a sun ma in the United States<\/a> no one calls it terrorism. But for some reason, unfortunately the narrative has been that the religion comes into play if its someone from on islamic background if the actions from that person has nothing to do with this man. The u. S. Media was reporting on the seem in sydney, there was a far greater shooting happening within the u. S. , where a gunman killed five people and was on the loose. All the National Media<\/a> in the United States<\/a> focussed on sydney, even though the crime as smaller and distance far greater. The medias role is to report responsibly. You notice how they describe him as a selfproclaimed cleric. What is that . What does that mean. Hes a fake. Hes not a cleric. Hes a fake. He just goes around with this head gear, and a robe, and, you know, he has a black beard. He is a terrorist. And we confronted the same several weeks ago in canada, where the country changed in step. Again because of one man, one gun. The parallels between the siege in sydney and the shootings in ottawa are by no means exact. The canadian gunmen infiltrated parliament. Both were societyial missteps. Both were in trouble with the law. The canadian over drugs, and they shared a religion. The other parallel between sydney and ottawa was the coverage of the story in the confusing stages, both sets of journalists were excitable, reporting often inaccurate. In the course of this story many reported that the sydney air space had been closed, raids city. We were told there was one or two or three shooters. Conspiracy. I dont know what tell you. They reported that the harbour bridge had been closed. One of the head luns was a death cult in the sydney c. B. D. We were told the Intelligence Service<\/a> was rounding up 90 other. How bent on sewing may him and destruction in canada. And that the canadian shooter was on a watch list. All the stories were wrong, of course. Theres a journalistic maxim of time worn as it is cynical. Never let facts get in the way of a good story or never let the established template go unused if you want to good story. Its the idea that everything changed on in, so anything that seems 9 11 related, even in the slightest way, will be reported allowing the same lines, using similar terminology. I saw a headline suggesting that sydney will change forever. Theres many mass shooting event ottawa. Put a bullet through the heart of the canadian state. There was Canadian Media<\/a> outlets suggesting it was an informative moment. The fact that terrorist attacks have a psychological effect, where is in reality mostly they are unremarkable acts of criminals. The way the criminals report it view it is with greater significance. Population. The terror in the city formula really is about making money. And the best way to make money is to control people through something. And in this case its fear. Oh, oh, they are going in. The fear is ramped up, ratings are higher. When people feel the Mainstream Media<\/a> does not speak for them, whether its tahrir square, or black americans in ferguson, missouri. They turn to social media. That happened in australia with the ill ride with you campaign. As the news was breaking a muslim woman was seen on a bus removing her head scarf, she feared a backlash. Another woman saw that and as a solidarity, she offered to ride with the woman, growing into a hashtag. The message was if a troubled few and some in the Mainstream Media<\/a> have their reasons to divide us, that will not happen. Social media is playing a huge role in the reporting of a lot of stories. The ill ride with you campaign had a huge effect on the muslim community. All of us people are doing something to change what sa reported. Put it up on twitter. Weve had so many reports of people given lifts home, and Amazing Things<\/a> that happened. Social media, outh, is coming to the i think, is coming to the fore. Bringing out and touching people on a personal level, rather than the Mainstream Media<\/a>. On the download our viewers on the coverage of the hostage taking in sydney and the challenges of covering breaking news. Responsible media during a terror attack, whether in sydney, boston, ottawa and Everything Else<\/a> is to report accurately and fairly, not xajing what we channelling rating what we know and dont know. Too many flaunt the rules. Our role as journalists is to be critical, to analyse whether terrorism is because of our own actions and response to it. Examples like the Daily Telegraph<\/a> article insinuates that there was religious motivation. I dont think australia changed forever. I think it shows that the media in general, and as a whole has a long way to go. Al Jazeera America<\/a> presents somebodys telling lies. It looks nothing like him. Pan am flight 103 explodes december 21st, 1988 was the right man convicted . So many people, at such a high level, had the stake in almegrahis guilt the most definitive look at this shocking crime the major difficulty for the prosecution that there was no evidence al Jazeera America<\/a> presents lockerbie part one the pan am bomber devastating climates. If we dont get rain well be in dire straits. Scientists fighting back. Weve created groundhog day here. Hitech led farming. We always get perfect plants everyday. Feeding the world. This opens up whole new possibilities. Tech knows team of experts show you how the miracles of science. This is my selfie, what can you tell me about my future . Can effect and surprise us. Dont try this at home. Tech know, where Technology Meets<\/a> humanity only on al Jazeera America<\/a> on our radar this week a media story coming out of turkey. On september 14th Police Forces<\/a> sympathetic to a movement of a cleric Fetullah Gullen<\/a>. The latest chapter in a power struggle between the akp party and the ghullanists. Ghullan supporters took to the streets after the arrest of two people, including the editorinchief of the largest newspaper, who has been released, and the chairman of tv. Both working for news outlets close to Fetullah Gullen<\/a>, standing accused of conspiring to run a criminal organization and fabricating evidence. The the listening post spoke with a highlevel official saying the suspects had a direct or indirect relationship with the ghullanist movement and accused of being part of a parallel state. The turkish authorities issued an arrest warrant for Fetullah Gullen<\/a> himself. This was not a surprise. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan<\/a> indicated that the turkish government was going to take decisive steps to eradicate, in his words, the Fetullah Gullen<\/a> with respect the state administration society. This is a bad brack up between two break up between two former bedfellows. When Recep Tayyip Erdogan<\/a> came to power, Fetullah Gullen<\/a> and the social movement worked together with the akp government. They have fallen out. When leaked audio files appeared showing corruption in the government ranks, Recep Tayyip Erdogan<\/a> blamed Fetullah Gullen<\/a>. Hundred of ghullenists were removed from the police department, judiciary and other department. Those in their jobs is imams columnist abdulee. This is not just specifically targetting the media group. I mean, all the critical independent media in turkey, whether they are representative of the center rite, it doesnt matter whether they are affiliate with this person or that person or whether they are writing for the government then you are on the target list. First as prime minister, now as president. Recep Tayyip Erdogan<\/a> brought most of the Turkish Military<\/a> to heel. Selfcensorship was right, laid bear during protests in 2013, which most turkish media ignored. Ghullanist noose outlets were among the few critical voces left. [ speaking Foreign Language<\/a> ] and whether he is bashing the media in speeches, having dissenting voices arrested, it seems to be a winning formula for the turkish media. Ever since the corruption allegations erupted, it was part of the state, and if we take the results of the president ial elections, it shows that the majority of the public sided with Recep Tayyip Erdogan<\/a> britain is dealing with the fall out of the phone hacking scandal. Some of the trials of tabloid journalists charged is going through the courts. Its a little more than two years since the leven than inquiry published their findings. When the tabloid editors working for rooub ert murdochs newspapers, they used the one rogue reporter defense. That defense crumbled in the face of more evidence that the hacking was on an industrial scale. A rogue reporter is the title of a film about british tabloid journalism, depending on how you look at it is a comedy, or vice versa. It was made by a reporter who knows the tricks of the trade, using them against the tabloids themselves. Rich peppiatt is a recovering tabloid journalist whose Rehabilitation Programme<\/a> turned him into a film director. He spent time at two racy british tabloids before his him. He testified at the lefan stan inquiry. Industry. A story is not a story unless its knocking someone. In his film rich peppiatt gives tabloid editors a taste of one. Reporter are you on a diet . Detoxing. And navel gazing how a paparazzi would have. And ambushes a notorious tabloid editor Kelvin Mckenzie<\/a> over extramarital text messaging, and he would have been labelled a love rat. That. One rogue reporter is an hourlong romp through the sordid world of british tabloid journalism. I sat with him in london. Thank you for joining us here at the the listening post. After you made Public Comments<\/a> about the relationship between the press and politics in britain, one of murders key editors at the Sun Newspaper<\/a> described your words as a grotesque picture. Did a light go off in your head and think it sounded like a souped of a film name. Its a turp of phrase. He obviously did headlines in his time. I liked the philosophy, as long as the right people are clapping and booing, everything is right in the world. You know, if a murdoch lieutenant is booing. Thats a victory. Grotesque carrick atture is film. Its onesided. I make no bones about that, its my film, my perspective, and authored by me. Now is my chance to be a real hack. Speak truth to power. Thats the same way that tabloids voice their own opinions, and their columnists and writers give one side of the story. My film sets out to voice my own opinion and agenda. Its unashamedly that. You could have played it strait. When you use the tabloid devices, it seems implicit in that is almost a marketing decision that you make as the filmmaker. Theres a better chance that more people will watch this film, if i use the kinds of devices that this film is meant to judge harshly. Philosophically, morally and without dancing too long on the head of that pin, are you in a itself. First and foremost its a comedy. The serious point is second to the alarm. Now, that may to some people not be the right way to approach a film dealing with serious topics, but to me, to the filmmakers involved in this, we made a decision that we want to engage people outside the media bubble who are not interested in the academic dry approach, the journalism that i want to do, going after the power to replace newspapers, that they are not prepared to go after. Which is, themselves if you are going to judge other people, hold yourself up, a lot of newspapers do, what are your morals. How are you living your life, and can you stand up to the scrutiny that you put on others. These are the questions we are raising. The answer is no, we believe its one rule for them, and one for Everything Else<\/a>. If theres one thing people can take away, thats importance. They target all sorts of people, rich, famous, celebrities and women in the public eye. The tab loits need someone to blame. They like to blame muslims. That was something relatively new, wasnt it. They were never big on immigrants. Post 9 11 it became a big part of their story. Yes. I mean i think muslims became the cartoon caricature. The tabloid narrative works. Theres a goody, a body, black and white, no grey area. Those things became the easy tart for that. Thats an easier story to sell of. Do you know why, because the people are people who dont have a voice in the same way. They are the power. Newspapers often choose to kick downwards, rather than punch upwards, because its easier to do that. Its easier to sell, less risky. That got me down. I felt the job i was doing was about kicking downwards. Its about punching upwards and going after the newspaper editors, who are powerful and saying you are not above scrutiny yourself. I interviewed nick davis from guardian. And one of the things he said is nothing has changed. If you look at the cast of the characters editing the papers, the murdochs running the news corporation, the levinson incaring calling for statutory regulation that is not hopping. The industry is regulating itself. You came out because you presumably want to change things. The Bigger Picture<\/a> is not much has changed and you come away with a feeling of futility. Its not easy to take down a pillar of british society, a powerful pillar that has tentacles that goes through politics and business. Theres billions of pounds of money when you talk about the future of journalism. For a few campaigners and journalists that take on a particular issue overnight is going to change everything, that will not happen. I dont think theres inspection of that. If you look from the other perspective, what campaigning has done has forced the levinson inquiry. When is the last time you had the editors, people like Rupert Murdoch<\/a> compelled, forced to answer questions. Okay. So theres theatre and Television Moments<\/a> that are seared into the memory banks. Levinson wanted a new set of rules, parliament wanted a new set of rules, the newspapers said we dont. And we dont have the rule. If thats not a knock out, in decision. I would like to thing those that want cheap are on the ropes, but theres no white towel going into the ring. Theres a few rounds, we need a swinging. Youll try to make a similar film in the u. S. What do you think needs to be said about the media landscape over there . Its a different eco system being out. It is. I suppose the equivalent of british tabloids are channels like fox news. I think that one thing that is interesting is you have sort of almost a distraction of channels like fox news, that wear their heart on the sleeve, and you are clear where the bias lies. Perhaps the more insidious form of propaganda comes from those that preten there is balance, when there is none. Good luck with the project. Thank you for talking to us at the listening post. Finally, this next video comes from london. The idea came out of los angeles. In 1994 l. A. Had a power blackout. After the lights went out a lot of people called 911 to report strange clouds floating in the sky. They were, in fact, the way. City folks are not used to seeing the night sky because they are obscured by the Light Pollution<\/a> of the city. U. K. Based photographer wanted to see how the london sky would seem, he created his own and put together a time lapse film. See you next time here at the listening post. The sun isnt up yet, but david godeski is. Godeski has been homeless in washington d. C. For nearly 7 years. Last night, like most, he slept outside. With Affordable Housing<\/a> getting increasingly scarce here, theres been a spike in the number of homeless. Churches, food pantries, the city, are all scrambling to meet the demand. At the public librarys main branch, Homeless Individuals<\/a> rush in when the doors open, some are even dropped off by a shuttle bus from the homeless shelters. Once inside, they log onto computers to job hunt or check email. They meet friends or just read, protected from the elements. For many years we would sort of open our doors and say okay, weve done our job, because were providing them a warm place to go if theyve got no place else to be. Now, social worker Jean Badalamenti<\/a> will help provide information on Homeless Services<\/a> and will sensitize staff. While government, residents and local businesses argue over the role of the libraries, david godeski is just glad theyre here. Having a place like this where things are controlled, its a godsend. So godeski will be back every day he can. Today ray like back at 2014. I was not a ham. I am ham and cheese serve odds a platter. I was ridiculous. In the last year, you have heard from icons pool is a makers and people creating National Debates<\/a> debates. The war on drugs has done more than anything we can think of. 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