The Listening Post - The Vatican vs. the global media

2012-05-29 1

This week, The Listening Post follows the media's trial of the Catholic Church and its role in uncovering one of the biggest scandals to hit the Vatican in years. Plus, the double bombing on the Moscow metro on March 29 was the worst attack to hit Moscow in five years, but for up to two hours after the explosions, Russia's three main TV channels hardly broke into their daytime programming of dance and cookery shows. The Listening Post asks if this is a sign of how much control is exerted over TV news in Russia and how sensitive the issue of terrorism is for the Kremlin.