
About this episode
In days gone by, the organisers of a military coup would be after the radio towers and the TV stations. But when Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of the Wagner Group, rebelled against the Russian government last week, it was the messaging app Telegram that he turned to for publicity. Who controls the media ecosystem in Russia and how is Putin now spinning his own narrative on the coup that wasn't?
Also in the programme, as a new Radio 4 podcast investigates the origins of Covid, what did journalists get right and wrong during the early days of the pandemic?
Guests: John Sudworth, BBC North America Correspondent and presenter of Fever, Natasha Loder, Health Editor of The Economist, Clare Wilson, Medical Reporter at The New Scientist, and Francis Scarr, Journalist with BBC Monitoring
Presenter: Ros Atkins
Get every episode summarized
Each time The Media Show publishes, we email you a written briefing from the transcript — the topics, who appeared, and any specific claims, with the ad reads skipped.
Email me new episodesFree for 3 shows. No card needed.
Hosts & guests
No transcript yet
This episode has not been transcribed. Request it and it moves to the front of the queue.
More episodes
More from The Media Show

70 Up the final instalment of 7 Up, Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy on the BBC & ho...
The Media Show

Reporting the Taliban, AI's "meat proxies" and The Grand Tour returns
The Media Show

YouTube and the battle for television’s future
The Media Show

Jason Arday: examining the media coverage after his death
The Media Show