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Drone exposé: The journalism that forced the Pentagon’s mea culpa | The Listening Post

Al Jazeera, 25 Sep 2021
United States drone warfare is finally being exposed. But why did it take American news outlets so long to get to such a big story?

Contributors:
Emran Feroz, Founder, Drone Memorial
Christine Fair, Security Studies Program, Georgetown University
Spencer Ackerman, Author, Reign of Terror
Vanessa Gezari, National Security Editor, The Intercept

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Producer Tariq Nafi and host Richard Gizbert discuss a voting app that was developed by Russian opposition activists to fight Vladimir Putin in the recent elections - but was censored by Big Tech.

100 Years Too Late: Canada’s Residential School Reckoning
Months after the story of mass graves at so-called residential schools in Cananda broke, the nation is still reckoning with the trauma of mass graves.

Contributors:
Cheryl McKenzie, Director of News and Current Affairs, Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN)
Cindy Blackstock, Executive Director, First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada
Connie Walker, Host, Stolen: The Search for Jermain
Wab Kinew, Leader, Manitoba New Democratic Party
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