'What Happened': Hillary Clinton and the media

Clinton's memoir blames the media, among others, for her election loss. Plus, covering North Korea's nuclear threat.

'What happened': Clinton's memoir takes aim at the media

Hilary Clinton's new memoir, What Happened, blames, in part, the US news media for her defeat in the 2016 US presidential election. Her primary grievance with the coverage is the fixation on one story that, during her time as the secretary of state, she used her family's private email server for official communications.

She says that story overshadowed any substantive reporting of her policies, and that that helped put Donald Trump in the White House.

Secrets and hacks: Russia's role in the US election

A look at how reporting Russia's role in the US election has turned political; plus, the Indian PM's monthly radio show.

On The Listening Post this week: While the world awaits President Donald Trump's inauguration, reporting Russia's role in the US election has turned political. Plus, the Indian PM's monthly radio show.

Reporting Russia's role in the US election

Just over a month since the US elections, media there are seeking closure on the question of Russia's role in Donald Trump's victory. But with layers of secrecy between intelligence agencies and politicians, and between journalists and anonymous sources, how are US citizens able to get the full picture?

Talking us through the story are: Marcy Wheeler, Independent journalist; Greg Miller, Washington Post reporter; Ben Norton, journalist and writer; and Kevin Ryan, director, Defense and Intelligence Project, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.

Trumped: The abyss between reporters and the reported

Political journalism in the United States - its spectacular failure in the 2016 election and how it got to be this way.

This week on The Listening Post , we take an extended look at the news coverage of the US presidential election.

Starting with the on-again-off-again, love-hate relationship that Donald Trump had with the news media, analysing the media's over-reliance on the polls and looking at the abyss between the Washington press corps and the people to whom they were reporting.

We also ask how the news media will deal with a president who calls them corrupt.

In the second half, we dig deep into the history: the way the US corporate media were built, the regulations that went away and the legislation that paved the way for the creation of some of the biggest media companies the world has ever seen.

How will President Trump deal with ISIL, Syria, Iran? (Video)

How does the 45th president of the United States intend to deal with conflicts anInsided disputes in the Middle East?

 US Elections 2016, United States, Donald Trump, Middle East, Politics

Love him or hate him, Donald Trump is the president-elect of the United States.

The 70-year-old business tycoon won the presidency with at least 290 electoral votes in one of the most toxic and ill-tempered campaigns in history.

Trump's shock win sent the US into a spiral, with thousands taking to the streets to protest as political analysts began predicting the worst.

Ahead of the election, Trump had repeatedly given ambiguous and conflicting statements on foreign policy, particularly when it came to the Middle East.

But with just a few months left until the former reality TV star enters the White House, how does the 45th president of the United States plan to solve the war in Syria?

US election 2016: Immigration may decide the winner (video)

Donald Trump has called Mexicans "rapists" and "drug dealers" while Hillary Clinton has promised to reform immigration.

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump's plans for immigration couldn't be more different.

Trump has called for a wall to be built on the country's southern border with Mexico, while Clinton has talked about "open borders," making immigration a key issue in this year's US presidential election.

Latino voters, who have faced a series of disparaging remarks by Trump, are expected to turn out in record numbers on Tuesday with their numbers having spiked during early voting these past few weeks.

They normally vote democrat - and this year is no exception.

Polls suggest Trump is expected to get fewer Latino votes than any other Republican candidate in 35 years.

Michael Moore: Trump presidency a 'dangerous' risk

Moore explains why Clinton has his vote, and we debate the cause of Venezuela's financial turmoil.

Michael Moore: 'No choice' except Hillary Clinton

As the polls tighten and with days to go, can Hillary Clinton defeat Donald Trump and win a historic election in the US?

According to filmmaker Michael Moore, a former critic turned supporter of Clinton, her rival, Donald Trump, now has a real chance of winning.

"People should take [a Trump victory] seriously," says Moore, an Oscar-winning filmmaker and director of 'Michael Moore in Trumpland'.

"Trump is the embodiment of just about every bad trait you could come up with," says Moore.

Clinton v Trump: Does either have a plan to beat ISIL?

Both US presidential nominees agree that the group is a threat, but does either have a viable strategy to defeat it?

Both US presidential nominees agree that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) armed group poses a threat to America and the world, but disagree on how to beat it. 

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump blames his rival, Democrat Hillary Clinton, and President Barack Obama for the rise of ISIL. He's also criticised NATO for not doing enough to fight "terrorism".

So far, Trump has not outlined a detailed plan to fight ISIL.

But he has said that he's willing to work with Russia in Syria, rather than alienate it.

Clinton supports intensifying air strikes on the group's fighters, and going after its leaders.

She says fighting in Syria and Iraq has contributed to ISIL's spread, and insists that resolving those conflicts is key to beating the group.