The Peabody Award-winning On the Media podcast is your guide to examining how the media sausage is made. Host Brooke Gladstone examines threats to free speech and government transparency, cast a skeptical eye on media coverage of the week’s big stories and unravel hidden political narratives in everything we read, watch and hear.
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Livestreaming Truth and Reconciliation
Its been two years since the brutal and bloody 22-year reign of Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh ended and the country is now embroiled in a uniquely transparent truth and reconciliation process. Officials are interviewing killers and victims about the deaths and disappearances of hundreds of people and its all being livestreamed via a feed that sends testimony through youtube, facebook and traditional media.
Bob spoke to New York Times correspondent Julie Turkewitz who wrote about how the process has become must-see-tv in Gambia.