How Western media chooses who they champion and vilify | The Listening Post

With Alexey Navalny’s death and Julian Assange’s extradition appeal happening within a week of each other, we look at the selective treatment of the two dissenters in the Western media. Lead contributors: Chip Gibbons - Policy Director, Defending Rights & Dissent Matt Kennard - Chief Investigator, Declassified UK Branko Marcetic - Writer, Jacobin Rebecca Vincent - Director of Campaigns, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) On our radar: Usually silent in the face of the suffering in Gaza, Israeli TV channels broadcast segments on the abuse of Palestinian captives - with a positive spin. Tariq Nafi reports. Namibia’s (mis)remembered genocide Germany’s genocide in Namibia early in the 20th century has long been a misremembered episode in colonial history. Despite efforts to correct that record, many are yet to hear the testimonies of the victimised communities: the Herero and Nama peoples. Featuring: Christina Haritos - Communications Scholar Suzie Ndaundika Shefeni - Researcher and Journalist Jephta Nguherimo - Herero Activist and Poet Subscribe to our channel Follow us on Twitter Find us on Facebook Check our website: Download AJE Mobile App: @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #news #julianassange #navalny #uspolitics #russia