The Beirut blast probe: A tale of distrust and disinformation | The Listening Post
Accountability for the blast that destroyed Beirut’s port proves elusive in Lebanon and journalists are not helping. Contributors: Lara Bitar – Editor-in-Chief, The Public Source Alia Ibrahim – Co-founder and CEO, Daraj Jad Shahrour – Journalist and writer; Communications Officer, Samir Kassir Foundation On our radar: Obituaries of former United States Secretary of State Colin Powell have been too kind. 'Foreign agents' and 'undesirables': Kremlin's media labels Authorities in Russia have been systematically clamping down on journalism with the help of so-called “patriotic” activists. Contributors: Vitaly Borodin – Federal Security & Anti-Corruption Project Roman Badanin – Founder & Former Editor-in-Chief, Proekt; John S. Knight Senior International Fellow, Stanford University Lilia Yapparova – Special Correspondent, Meduza 00:00 Intro 02:11 The Beirut blast probe turns violent 11:09 The death of Colin Powell 13:58 Russia's media labels 24:30 End note
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