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Watch part two
On The Listening Post this week; the violence in Mexico and the journalists caught in the drug war crossfire – as well as Jon Stewart's CNBC smackdown.
This week on the News Divide: Mexico is ranked as one of the top five most dangerous countries in the world to report from according to media safety campaigners, The Rory Peck Trust. The drug war between powerful and violent drug cartels and a government tainted by corruption scandals has led to the deaths of 45 journalists since 2000, and few reporters are still willing to risk their lives for the story.
In part two, The Listening Post takes a look at the on-air battle between comedian Jon Stewart and CNBC's Jim Cramer. The late-night TV host took on America's biggest financial news network and hammered away at its coverage of the credit crunch – with millions of Americans, including some in the White House, watching the war of words between the two.
In this week's Newsbytes: Pakistan's information minister has resigned from her post in protest at the government's clampdown on the media; media watchdog Reporters Without Borders has named and shamed its '12 Enemies of the Internet'; Nicolas Sarkozy, France's president, is backing a 'three strikes' net-piracy law; a web-based cartoon claiming to mock terrorists has offended Muslim viewers around the world.
Finally, our internet video of the week shows what happens when an Israeli arms dealer who is vying for a contract in India decides to make a Bollywood song promoting its products. It makes for hilarious results.
This episode of The Listening Post aired from Friday, March 20, 2009.
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