Last week, a failed assassination attempt gave rise to an iconic image of former President Donald Trump. The clenched fist was a masterclass in how to seize a dangerous moment and turn it into political gain.
Could Trump's image, resilient to an assassin's bullet, get him to the White House?
Contributors:
Shana Gadarian – Professor of Political Science, Syracuse University
Natasha Lennard – Columnist, The Intercept
Nathan J Robinson – News Editor
Ramón Antonio Vargas – Editor and reporter, Guardian US
On our radar:
As Israel seeks to extend the ban on Al Jazeera's operations in the country, this week Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi made an explosive (and false) accusation against the network. Tariq Nafi has been following the story.
Open source journalism in Israel's war on Gaza
The bombing of Al Ahli Hospital in Gaza City – just ten days after the Hamas attacks of 7 October – was a harbinger of the horrors to come, as well as the denial, deflection and disinformation that would surround them.
The reports that followed seemed to point in different directions: some corroborating the Israeli version that a Hamas-fired rocket was to blame, while others proved that theory false. The Listening Post examined what happened in Al-Ahli and what it tells us about the strengths and shortcomings of open-source journalism.
Presents:
Idrees Ahmad – Head of Journalism, University of Essex
Jake Godin – Senior Researcher, Bellingcat
Alexa Koenig – Director, Human Rights Research Lab, University of California, Berkeley
