State of Play

Is Journalism Dead? Gaza’s Targeted Reporters and the Media’s Moral Collapse

In this hard-hitting State of Play, host Greg Stoker asks the fundamental question: Is journalism as a formal institution dead? With award-winning conflict journalist Tara Sutton, Stoker examines the targeted killing of Palestinian reporter Anas al-Sharif and his colleagues in Gaza, breaking down why this was no accident and how Western media enables such war crimes. The conversation ranges from Gaza to Iraq to the culture of Western newsrooms — exposing the colonial mindset, propaganda, and systemic silencing of voices from the Global South. They also discuss the U.S. National Guard’s deployment against unhoused people in Washington, D.C., the bipartisan consensus on war and repression, and how journalists on the ground in Gaza are reshaping the global conversation on Palestine. 🎥 Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/live/ogq23CjBJvM [https://www.youtube.com/live/ogq23CjBJvM] 📰 Read MintPress News for more independent coverage: https://www.mintpressnews.com Follow State of Play for more:  📺 YouTube – MintPress News [https://www.youtube.com/@MintPressNews] 📱 Twitter – @MintPressNews [https://twitter.com/MintPressNews] 📷 Instagram – @MintPressNews [https://instagram.com/MintPressNews] 📲 Follow MintPress News on social media: Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/MintPressNews [https://twitter.com/MintPressNews] Instagram: https://instagram.com/mintpressnews [https://instagram.com/mintpressnews] Facebook: https://facebook.com/MintpressNews [https://facebook.com/MintpressNews] Telegram: https://t.me/MintpressNews Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/MintPressNews 📩 Subscribe to our newsletter @ MintPress News [https://www.mintpressnews.com/] 🎙️ State of Play is a production of MintPress News. Hosted by Greg Stoker, a U.S. Special Operations veteran and intelligence expert, the show brings you unfiltered conversations that expose power and propaganda across borders.

The Final Solution? Trump’s Gaza Aid Is Just Biden’s Port 2.0

In this explosive episode of State of Play, Greg Stoker dissects Donald Trump’s bizarre Turnberry announcement, in which he promises “aid centers” in Gaza with “no fences, no boundaries.” But behind the humanitarian sheen lies a familiar blueprint—Biden’s failed Gaza aid port, reborn as a campaign spectacle. Greg exposes how both administrations have weaponized aid as propaganda while maintaining unwavering support for Israel’s ethnic cleansing campaign. He breaks down the contradictions in Trump’s statements on Hamas and Netanyahu, and revisits the grotesque history of U.S.-sponsored “help” in Gaza. Also in this episode:  – The CIA pushes new Epstein cover stories  – Trump pressures Putin on Ukraine  – American progressives go mute on Gaza 🔊 Nothing changes because the system demands this outcome. Welcome back to empire. 🔗 Links 🎥 Full Episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/live/hMgzw_taZ6Y [https://www.youtube.com/live/hMgzw_taZ6Y] 🌐 MintPress News: https://www.mintpressnews.com 📲 Follow MintPress News on social media: Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/MintPressNews [https://twitter.com/MintPressNews] Instagram: https://instagram.com/mintpressnews [https://instagram.com/mintpressnews] Facebook: https://facebook.com/MintpressNews [https://facebook.com/MintpressNews] Telegram: https://t.me/MintpressNews Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/MintPressNews 📩 Subscribe to our newsletter @ MintPress News [https://www.mintpressnews.com/] 🎙️ State of Play is a production of MintPress News. Hosted by Greg Stoker, a U.S. Special Operations veteran and intelligence expert, the show brings you unfiltered conversations that expose power and propaganda across borders.

Displacement Is the Policy: Gaza, ICE, and the Militarization of Control

This episode of State of Play connects the dots between Gaza’s deepening crisis and the militarization of immigration enforcement in the U.S.  Host Greg Stoker is joined by Murad Awawdeh, head of the New York Immigration Coalition, who offers a powerful firsthand account of ICE raids and surveillance tactics in immigrant communities.  From Israeli-designed predictive policing to famine being recast as "humanitarian success," this episode breaks down how displacement has become a global strategy of state repression.  🔗 Watch the full video episode on YouTube: 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REPLACE_WITH_ACTUAL_LINK [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REPLACE_WITH_ACTUAL_LINK] 📲 Follow MintPress News on social media: Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/MintPressNews [https://twitter.com/MintPressNews] Instagram: https://instagram.com/mintpressnews [https://instagram.com/mintpressnews] Facebook: https://facebook.com/MintpressNews [https://facebook.com/MintpressNews] Telegram: https://t.me/MintpressNews Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/MintPressNews 📩 Subscribe to our newsletter @ MintPress News [https://www.mintpressnews.com/] 🎙️ State of Play is a production of MintPress News. Hosted by Greg Stoker, a U.S. Special Operations veteran and intelligence expert, the show brings you unfiltered conversations that expose power and propaganda across borders.

Why Does the World Suck So Bad Right Now?

In this powerful episode, host Greg Stoker dives deep into the pitfalls of “balanced debate,” especially around dangerous ideologies like fascism.  Drawing on examples like Jubilee’s “1 vs 100” format, Greg dismantles the illusion that giving fringe, extremist views equal airtime promotes fairness.  Instead, he argues that it normalizes harmful rhetoric and misleads audiences.  Packed with engaging analysis and a call to ethical media practices, this episode challenges listeners to rethink how we engage in public dialogue.  📲 Follow MintPress News on social media: Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/MintPressNews [https://twitter.com/MintPressNews] Instagram: https://instagram.com/mintpressnews [https://instagram.com/mintpressnews] Facebook: https://facebook.com/MintpressNews [https://facebook.com/MintpressNews] Telegram: https://t.me/MintpressNews Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/MintPressNews 📩 Subscribe to our newsletter @ MintPress News [https://www.mintpressnews.com/] 🎙️ State of Play is a production of MintPress News. Hosted by Greg Stoker, a U.S. Special Operations veteran and intelligence expert, the show brings you unfiltered conversations that expose power and propaganda across borders.

Crisis Theater: How Israel and the US Are Orchestrating Syria’s Collapse

In this episode of State of Play on MintPress News, host Greg Stoker is joined by Ahmad of Propaganda & Co and Robert Inlakesh, journalist at MintPress News, to unpack the latest round of violence in southern Syria—and the foreign agendas driving it. What started as clashes between Druze and Bedouin communities in Suwayda quickly escalated into a regional standoff. The Syrian government’s move to restore order with tanks was met by Israeli airstrikes in Damascus. Israel claimed it was protecting Druze civilians, but U.S. intelligence confirms Syria had given prior notice—and there’s no evidence linking Damascus to atrocities. So what’s really going on? Ahmad explains how this fits Israel’s decades-old “Doctrine of the Periphery,” a strategy to divide and weaken Arab unity by backing minority groups and non-Arab states. Inlakesh exposes how that strategy now dovetails with U.S. economic warfare, including IMF loan schemes and Gulf-led reconstruction efforts that are reshaping Syria into a client state. > “This isn’t stabilization—it’s recolonization,” Ahmad argues. From Tripoli’s port to Gaza’s fallout, the episode reveals how foreign powers use military pressure, economic debt, and manufactured crises to block any future Syrian sovereignty. 🎧 Tune in for a grounded, unfiltered breakdown of the imperial geopolitics behind the headlines. 📌 Support MintPress News on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mintpressnews [https://www.patreon.com/mintpressnews] 📌 Learn more about Propaganda & Co: https://www.instagram.com/propaganda_and_co/ [https://www.instagram.com/propaganda_and_co/] 📲 Follow MintPress News on social media: Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/MintPressNews [https://twitter.com/MintPressNews] Instagram: https://instagram.com/mintpressnews [https://instagram.com/mintpressnews] Facebook: https://facebook.com/MintpressNews [https://facebook.com/MintpressNews] Telegram: https://t.me/MintpressNews Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/MintPressNews 📩 Subscribe to our newsletter @ MintPress News [https://www.mintpressnews.com/] 🎙️ State of Play is a production of MintPress News. Hosted by Greg Stoker, a U.S. Special Operations veteran and intelligence expert, the show brings you unfiltered conversations that expose power and propaganda across borders.