The Listening Post

Serbia’s new political leadership has yet to form a government but the country’s media institutions are already being purged of propagandists who gave former president, Aleksandar Vučić, years of favourable coverage.

@TariqNafi reports.

One of Russia’s most important newspapers has been shut down by the Kremlin.

@meenakshirv reports on the closure of Novaya Gazeta and the intimidation, violence and assassinations that led up to it.

In the wake of the Republicans’ discombobulation in the US midterms, Trump’s potential successors are seizing the opportunity to stake their claim on the party, including his own vice president.

@meenakshirv spoke with @rgizbert1 about how JD Vance’s reaction and the deepening split on the right over Iran.

Watch the full discussion ▶️ youtu.be/yWSfhFMASDE

On the show this week:

• The biggest Democratic win in 50 years and the war on Iran that Trump couldn’t spin his way out of

• Serbia’s state broadcasters scramble to atone for years of pro-Vučić coverage

• Equator: a magazine for a post-American world

Watch now ▶️ youtu.be/yWSfhFMASDE

The Democratic Republic of Congo is battling the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record and efforts to contain it have been complicated by widespread misinformation.

@nic_muirhead reports.