Media coverage of Middle East conflict, Green Party’s by-election victory chances "missed" by journalists? Nonagenarian podcast
From The Media Show by BBC Radio 4
March 4, 2026 · 43 min
About this episode
The episode discusses media coverage of the Middle East conflict and the Green Party's by-election victory, featuring insights from various journalists and broadcasters.
Katie Razzall hears how the conflict in the Middle East is being covered across the region with staff from the BBC Monitoring Unit. Christina Lamb, Chief Foreign Correspondent at the Sunday Times, Aaron Bastani from Novara Media and broadcaster Sir John Tusa discuss whether day to day crisis reporting is crowding out the deeper story of geopolitical realignment. We also discuss whether the were media blind spots behind the Green Party’s shock win in Gorton and Denton. And Sir John Tusa returns to talk about his new podcast The Best Is Yet to Come - why he’s interviewing the over 90s, and what a lifetime in broadcasting has taught him about how the media should evolve. Producer: Lisa Jenkinson Content Producer: Lucy Wai
People in this episode
Host: Katie Razzall
Guests: Christina Lamb, Aaron Bastani, Sir John Tusa
Topics covered
- Middle East conflict
- media coverage
- geopolitical realignment
- Green Party
- by-election
- broadcasting
- interviews with nonagenarians
Keywords
- Middle East
- media coverage
- Green Party
- by-election
- geopolitical
- broadcasting
- interviews
- nonagenarians
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: BBC Monitoring Unit, Sunday Times, Novara Media, The Best Is Yet to Come
Places: Gorton, Denton
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