The media kat fight over what led to the downing of the russian war plane. Unapologetic, the british tabloid that karnt bring itself to say cant bring itself to say sorry that a sister paper backed down on. Beijing is on an anticorruption drive. Chinese media is not immune. If you are chinese, political and online, youll need to to be creative before getting shut down, shot down, by the cyber police. When a plane was brought down on the syrian boarder. The Media Outlets presented different versions of the fact. Ankara said the plane violates turkish air space and warned the pilot um teen times to change course. Moscow refuted that saying turkey shot down the war plane over syrian territory, and was a stab in the back by the accomplices of terrorists. The warring nar tifrs were outlined in the media. The two journalists at the turkish daily, jim hooul yacht accused of aiding a terrorist organization. They backed up Video Evidence that m. I. T. Tried to send a convoy of the weapons to syria the conflict in syria is a geopolitical minefield. Which is why the president is determined to keep a tight grip on the narrative. And all too often it comes at the expense of media freedom. The starting point is the Turkish Border with syria two leaders, both with a taste for ceremony. And the trappings of power. Both presiding over countries that were once empires. Both accused by their own citizens of having an authoritarian streak and using it against their own domestic media outlet. And using their own outlet, and have this story found their way. [ speaking Foreign Language ]. They are putting an ad. Both are powerful leaders and control their domestic Public Opinion through turkish and Russian Media. The turkish media is controlled by the turkish government. It became almost a nation in the turkish media. Vladimir putin is sophisticated and advanced media master manipulator than the others. Russias media system is largely controlled by the government, the kremlin and Vladimir Putin itself. Reporter the majority of russian people get information from all tv channels controlled by the government. Russia has the upper hand, it has a history of financing a strong and sophisticated propaganda machine. Russia is inundating with its message. Turkey does not have that. The first wave of coverage focused on technical questions was it in turkish air space or not, were the pilots warned or werent they. The next day the Russian Media were making it about president Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his family. Moscowbased channels, including the russian language and english language zeroed in on allegations that Recep Tayyip Erdogan, through his son bilal was profiting from oil deals with i. S. I. L. To back up the stories, they ran with this image, alleges it showed bilal erdo wan with two i. S. I. L. Leaders. Turned out the two were not war lords, they were waiters. There was a ukranian website dedicating work to dismantling artist propaganda. The website published a story rebutting everything said. It turns out that its not i. S. I. S. Warlords, its a turkish restaurant in which bilal was seen once. Translation there has been a lot of contradictory information. When it comes to turkeys links to i. S. I. L. , journalists including those in the west have reported on this, its not a new topic, just new in the Russian Media. That is not a quoins dense. It started after the fighter yet was shut down. Russia started talking critically about the various issues. Both russia and Recep Tayyip Erdogans turkey brought large parts of the media to heal. There are differences in the approach and degree. If russia had an edge it would take its narrative in the outside world. The kremlin funnelled the the network in english in 2005. In arabic in quo 07. And spanish in 09. Turkish equivalent is a news website. Running test transmissions, but is yet to launch on television. Followers on twitter and jewers on Youtube Number in the thousands. It is in the millions. Advantage moscow. Russia put an enormous amount of money in launching russia today. Now rt. As the channel that will give the russian message to International Audience using English Speakers and treating in various languages, turkey, again, didnt have that. Turkey has fewer resources. Their resources don compare with rt. Maybe after the incident turkey will strengthen its presence in the international media, just as russia has done journalists in both countries who contest the respective narratives can pay the price. The two governments go about it differently. Both have the primary focus on tv news. However, the turkish authorities go after critical print journalists, like the editor and ankara correspondent of jim hooul yacht. Several months ago the pailer published a story about shipments into syria. On november 26, two days after the plane was shut down and after the Russian Media reported on links, the journalists were gaoled, following a critical complaint foldoed by Recep Tayyip Erdogan himself. They reported how turkey sent weapons to some opposition fighters in syria. This is important because there are questions about how turkey is helping the opposition fighters. And according to international law. May create problems. Therefore, it was portrayed as betraying the turkish state. They were reported as an internal imagery. Reporter this arrest are the latest in a line of arrest. On very similar charges. For Recep Tayyip Erdogan. This is not an exception. Its the rule. Oftentimes he goes in a public forum, and he takes the time to single out particularly journalists that he doesnt like, whose coverage he doesnt agree with. And cpj as a fresh freedom criticized the appearances repeatedly. An interview with the journalist of the newspaper. They said watching jim hooul yachts video is enough to draw suspicion. It was really funny, because back in russia, you know, theres a crackdown on russian independent media. This is a story about high crimes and what happened in the sky that day and media misdemeanours. Theres punditry aplenty about the new sultan. With the media. The general secretary than tsar. Moscow had the long history that ankara has not. And on the coverage of this story it shows. On the download now, the viewers weigh in on the dualling narratives on the conflict between turkey and russia. This is part of classic russian strategy to go for the jugular. To see the most outrageous thing. It is possible. No one is bringing it to account. We shouldnt forget about this victory against turkey. It can be turned on at the drop of a hat and turned off at the drop of a hat just as easily. The channels are very professional and experienced in propaganda making. And the agency and trt levels are beginning to learn the croft. This is part of the code with the propaganda making. What the anna tollia newsagency and the channels do is that they emphasise ankaras point of view, in an overt way. The turkish opposition ourselves is under the influence of spud nick. It wasnt science at all. Theres a lot of lives at stake, a lot of innocent people. How many are still locked up . The integrity of the criminal Justice System is at stake, plain and simple. Faultlines. What do we want . Al jazeera americas hardhitting. Today they will be arrested. Groundbreaking. Theyre firing canisters of gas at us. Emmy awardwinning, investigative series. We have to get out of here. Other media stories that are on our radar this week, egyptian journalists living outside the country wonder iring if its safe to go home should take note of this cautionary steal. Tale. This man is based in turkey, freelancing for newspapers. He was critical. Egyptian Government Security policies in sinai. When he flew in on november 29th for family reasons he was arrested on charges of disseminating false information and being affiliated with the outlawed muslim brotherhood. Hes in pretrial detention for 15 days, which lawyers said could be renewed indefinitely. The new york based committee to protect journalist issued this statement for the second time in three months part of the front page of the International New york times printed in thailand has been left blank for political reasons. This is what the newspaper looked like. The story was entitled thai spirits sagging with economy, and touched on the declining economic performance, as well as the Failing Health of the thai king who at 87 is the longest raining monarch. The timess printer deemed the story too sensitive and blanked it out. Three months ago the papers printer did the same thing on the story over the monarchy, presented from criticism over strict laws last week we reported on all the cox plaints that the british tabloid the complaints that the british tabloid the Shalom Suniula received over a poll the sun received. This week an apologise not from the sun, but the times. It says that the Polling Company that did the city went public saying the headlines was misleading or backed up by the dada furnished to the newspaper. The times report on the story pigging backing on the suns coverage. The sun is sticking to its story, the times abandoned it. The regulator ipsos said it will investigate the sun and the story. Given the toothless mandate and the history of murdoch owned newspapers playing fast and loose with facts and getting away with it, not much is expected to come of that three years ago chinas leaders xi jinping launched an aggressive aint Craft Campaign dying to crack down on tigers and flies. Everyone from high ranking officials to Civil Servants expected of corruption. The media has not been spared. A handful of journalists from c c. T. V. Channels to wellknown Business News websites have been arrested under the orders of the communist party sids anticorruption body. Some welcomed the campaign arguing that low salaries in the media sector, and a lack of a proper legulatory body created a climate in which corruption is rife. Theres concerns over the way the campaign is carried outed. Authorities revealed little on why journalists have been arrested and some have been forced to make pretrial confessions on tv. The listening post correspondent on an anticorruption drive that critics say lacks its own transparency and feels more than a little critical. This journalist of a chinese tabloid has none been seen in two years. His last appearance was in october 2013, converiesing. A reporter held by the police converiesed to writing unspecified stories. He was arrested under the c. C. D. I. The arm of the government managing the Anticorruption Campaign. He had reported extensively on irregularities on the stateowned scp. His paper, the new express defended him in print. Within days of his arrest. They capitulated. Apologising and promising to strengthen supervision over the workers and publications. It was one of the first investigations into the media to result in a convision, and more would conviction, and more would follow. The president proactively introduced a series of policies when he took office a few years ago. The Anticorruption Campaign attracted attention. And you could see there was a crackdown which is very effective. I would say that it is counter corruption campaign. Its kind of unprecedented. It can be felt at every sector. At every part of the society, and from the top to the bottom. Its been after the 18th Century Committee went to power. That the committee came under investigation. This never happened before. Except 1989. I dont think theres a single outlet that is untouchedible now. The 1989 crackdown took place along the mass demonstrations. Students demanding reform and an anticorruption were cracked down upon, and Media Coverage was suppressed. In the more than 20 years since. The landscape was transformed. The huge growth was fuelled in the outlets. When xi jinping took parliament. Although government controls were in place, he inherited a media landscape and increased media tension. The corruption issue raised in tianna man square remained. The Anticorruption Committee took on powerful politicians and institutions. Like the partys mouth piece. The peoples daily newspaper, criticized in october for misuse of funds. And then theres chinas central information, cc tv. A large state owned department in the world. Investigations into the media is more intensive than years before. After all senior managers in the media are journalists or editors or party officials. All media. Other partys media. Big bosses like those, and c c. T. V. Win the titles and fall under the category of the it. The c. C. D. I investigation. The kind of pervasive corruption among the journalists, the news media. They see what we call pre ipo extortion. Which means especially among Business Media to newspapers respecting the website. They will extort the companies who are going to the initial public area on the stock market. When the Company Wants to get listed, they want to provide an area. Journalists have access to everything. The good and the bad. How does it turn in. They used the negative explanation to threaten the companies. The Central Television page was mostly during the sum of 2014. And more than 10 journalists and executives were arrested and investigation. If the tv is a weird existence, on the other hand it is a staterun Central Television, but on the other hand, c c. T. V. Is highly commercial, and sometimes they will take advantage of the fact that c c. T. V. Is state run television. So when the when they are taking bribes or doing the extortion, they will feel more powerful for chinas media theres more than the c. C. D. I and Anticorruption Campaign to work out for. This year two journalists have been sentenced on charges of obtaining and publicising state secrets. They were televised. Scant details were provided. In july, the government passed a sweeping law introducing mechanisms that have or may have an impact on national security. Between the pressure of state security, and the anticorruption drive, chinese journalists have good reason to be nervous, especially since the c. T. Is transparency leaves much to be desired. Reporter in this system no one is clean, its a matter of relative levels of corruption, the media has deep connections and are controlled by officials and interest groups. Its not difficult to understand why we have problems such as paid reporting, censorship. Its all about money. The system is corruption. Media cannot be clean, its impossible. Is it wrong for the c. C. D. I to investigate the media. I dont think its that simple. In cases of inappropriate media conduct. We have to correct them. The question is when the c. C. D. I investigates an outlet, how much space and autonomy will be taken away, and can it lead to self censorship . This Anticorruption Campaign is being carried out without revealing enough details of mismisdemeanours, and that has done more harm to the journalists than preventing them being corrupt. They are afraid of doing bad things, but will be afraid of doing good things, and that is worse. Teaching the youth on the front lines. Working towards a better future. This is one of the most important sites in the century. Proudest moment of my life. Finally, in China Internet users with a political bend can find themselves in a constant game of cat and mouse with the authorities. To get around the sensors, they adopted code word pictures and hono innocence, words that sound the same but spelt differently. 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