2026-01-29
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If journalism is the first draft of history, what happens if that draft is flawed?
In 1999, four Russian apartment buildings were bombed, hundreds killed,
but even now we still don't know for sure who did it.
It's a mystery that sparked chilling theories.
I'm Helena Merriman and in a new BBC series,
I'm talking to the reporters who first covered this story.
What did they miss the first time?
The History Bureau, Putin and the apartment bombs.
Listen on bbc.com or wherever you get your podcasts.
Welcome to The Explanation from the BBC World Service.
I'm Ross Atkins, and this is The Media Show.
We're here to explain the trends behind the fast-changing media landscape.
This week on The Media Show,
we're getting a perspective on reporting events in Minneapolis from a journalist who's there.
We'll also talk about algorithms as Elon Musk opens sources the secret source that powers X,
and we'll unpick Netflix's strategy behind last week's extraordinary Skyscraper Live event.
We're going to begin in Minneapolis.
As I'm sure you've seen in the news, on January the 24th,
a 37-year-old intensive care nurse called Alex Pretty was shot and killed by federal agents.