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Responsible for the internet disruptions. the state broadcaster is the main source of news for about 50% of the population, and that's why they keep trying to shut down the internet, because when people are exposed to alternative sources of news, they start questioning things. social media must be the most important element in these, in these demonstrations, isn't it? it's been instrumental. and the authorities have tried time and again to prevent people from accessing social media, but they can't stop everyone. there are ways around it. one of the reasons why these protests have lasted as lon...

Such as using state media to push their narrative. they talk about the damages caused by the protests. they're even accusing the protesters of being responsible for the internet disruptions. the state broadcaster is the main source of news for about 50% of the population, and that's why they keep trying to shut down the internet, because when people are exposed to alternative sources of news, they start questioning things. social media must be the most important element in these, in these demonstrations, isn't it? it's been instrumental. and the authorities have tried time and again to prevent...

Take part in these protests. but look, we have seen these demonstrations taking place up and down the country for the last few weeks now and they are appearing to pick up momentum. just over the weekend actually we did see what appeared to be the hacking of iran's state broadcaster on saturday interrupting its nightly news program at around 9:00 p.m. local time, momentarily bringing up the image of iran's supreme leader ayatollah with what appeared to be a target, superimposed on his face. what was poignant about that was the projection of four images of four women as you laid out there who ha...

The queue was largely a media event. the length of the queue, the concentration of the queue, i'm fairly sure would've been different if it had not been covered in the way it was by the media outlets. i guess we'll never know. you're sort of being told how to feel and what to think, and i think there's a really interesting question here. the queue became a thing in itself. people went to it and then everyone else was fascinated about the people who went to it. and what it did tell us about our country and all of that. did the bbc stray in that moment from being a public service to being more o...

The queue became a thing in itself. everyone else was fascinated about it. did the bbc stray in that moment from being a public service to being more of a state broadcaster? i think that's the thing that made me slightly uneasy. stefanie bolzen, what about in germany? were people interested in germany and how interested? we were certainly very, very interested on the day the queen died and then again this monday on september the 19th. four public broadcasters simultaneously showed