{"id":36689,"date":"2012-03-31T22:47:23","date_gmt":"2012-03-31T22:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=36689"},"modified":"2012-04-01T11:44:18","modified_gmt":"2012-04-01T11:44:18","slug":"listening-post-media-battle-heats-up-in-sri-lanka-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/listening-post-media-battle-heats-up-in-sri-lanka-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Listening Post &#8211; Media Battle Heats Up In Sri Lanka, Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/listening-post-media-battle-heats-up-in-sri-lanka-again\/al-jazeera-arabic\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-36690\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-36690\" title=\"al jazeera arabic\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/al-jazeera-arabic.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/al-jazeera-arabic.jpg 358w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/al-jazeera-arabic-300x238.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><\/a>Listening Post looks at Sri Lanka where the civil war may be over but the battle against the media is heating up again, plus, an alternative news source for Egyptians, by Egyptians.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e1rIeJ_3oqI#!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":36690,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-video"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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