The Media Show: Iran and the bigger story

媒体秀:伊朗与更大的故事

The Explanation

2026-03-05

22 分钟
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Events in Iran have led news bulletins, alongside ongoing wars in Ukraine and Sudan. As crises compete for attention, questions are being raised about whether reporting captures a wider shift in global power or centres on immediate developments. Christina Lamb, Chief International Correspondent at The Sunday Times, Aaron Bastani, co-founder of Novara Media, and Sir John Tusa, former Managing Director of the BBC World Service, discuss the media’s role in uncertain times. The Green Party’s victory in the Gorton and Denton by-election in the north of England, overturning a previously safe Labour seat, has prompted debate about political reporting in the UK. Rachel Cunliffe, Associate Editor at The New Statesman, explains her approach. At the age of 90, Sir John Tusa has launched a new interview podcast, The Best is Yet to Come, featuring conversations with public figures in their nineties. The series enters a crowded podcast market and raises questions about how older voices are represented in the media. Production credits Presenters: Katie Razzall Producer: Lisa Jenkinson Content Producer: Lucy Wai Researcher: Ruth Waites Technical Coordinator: Margot Campanaro Sound: Pat Sissons
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  • Welcome to The Explanation from the BBC World Service.

  • I'm Katie Razzle 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,

  • with the latest on the situation in the Middle East dominating the news,

  • we'll assess whether journalists might be missing the deeper shifts in global power.

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  • if newsrooms in an age of global conflict are set up to cover multiple wars at once without deprioritising some of them.

  • And in the UK, as the Green Party wins a parliamentary by-election,

  • we're talking to two journalists who've got the job of tracking the shifting sands of British politics.

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  • you'll know we marked the four-year anniversary of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine by talking to a Ukrainian journalist.