{"podcast":{"title":"Media Confidential","slug":"media-confidential-6620203","podcast_index_feed_id":6620203,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/650ac5ba0434d000118468a9","website_url":"https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/cover/1695204572199-dbd559804b4d1ed9f96adfdf41e2e083.jpeg","author":"Prospect Magazine","episode_count":235,"summary":"Alan Rusbridger and Lionel Barber—two of the world’s greatest editors—dive into the hugely important world of media. What—and who—drives it? What do they get right... And what do they get wrong? Lionel, former editor of the Financial Times , and Alan, editor of Prospect and former editor of the Guardian, will bring you revealing, high profile interviews and in-depth discussion. Media Confidential is produced by Prospect Magazine. Subscribe to Prospect and enjoy our rigorously fact-checked, truly independent analysis and perspectives. Get one free issue of Prospect when you sign up today: https://subscription.prospectmagazine.co.uk/OCT1MFBG/prospect-magazine/OCT1MFG Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T12:17:31.419442+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/media-confidential-6620203"},"episode":{"title":"Political censorship: How governments are using national security laws to silence journalists","slug":"political-censorship-how-governments-are-using-national-security-laws-to-silence-journalists","published_at":"2026-07-20T01:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/media-confidential-6620203/political-censorship-how-governments-are-using-national-security-laws-to-silence-journalists","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/media-confidential-6620203","url":"https://shows.acast.com/media-confidential/episodes/political-censorship-how-governments-are-using-national-secu","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/650ac5ba0434d000118468a9/e/6a5d418ca87bf583f49a761b/media.mp3","summary":"In this episode of Media Confidential , Clothilde Redfern and Martin Bright join Alan Rusbridger and Lionel Barber to discuss how national security laws are increasingly being used to restrict journalism around the world. Clothilde is the director of the UK branch of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and Martin Bright is a journalist and contributing editor of a new report by the charity which shows a growing pattern of governments expanding the meaning of “national security” to justify secrecy, surveillance, and sustained pressure on reporters.  The four discuss cases like that of Julian Assange and how legal action can have worrying impacts on journalists. They also talk about the line between legitimate security concerns and unnecessary suppression of reporting. To read the RSF report ‘National security as a weapon against journalism’, click here: https://rsf.org/en/new-rsf-report-national-security-weapon-against-journalism Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"In this episode of Media Confidential , Clothilde Redfern and Martin Bright join Alan Rusbridger and Lionel Barber to discuss how national security l…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2441,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/media-confidential-6620203/episodes/political-censorship-how-governments-are-using-national-security-laws-to-silence-journalists/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/media-confidential-6620203/political-censorship-how-governments-are-using-national-security-laws-to-silence-journalists.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}