The Media Show: Wrestling with Trump — The Explanation

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Munya Chawawa found viral fame during the lockdown for his satirical videos on social media. Now he has a new Channel 4 documentary, Wrestling with Trump, which looks at the links between professional wrestling and the MAGA movement.

Restrictions on prisoners in the UK speaking to journalists are in focus after The Guardian was told Jeremy Bamber can no longer exchange letters or phone calls with journalists. Bamber was convicted in 1986 of murdering his adoptive family and is serving life in prison. Simon Hattenstone, feature writer at The Guardian, and Emily Bolton, defence lawyer and founder of Objection, set out the issues.

The top parenting influencers, often dubbed as “momfluencers”, can earn millions. The phenomena is the subject of a new book, Like, Follow, Subscribe: Influencer Kids and the Cost of a Childhood Online. Author, Fortesa Latifi, and Jasmine McInnes, family and travel influencer, discuss the world of “sharenting”.

Presenter: Katie Razzall and Ros Atkins Producer: Lisa Jenkinson Content producer: Lucy Wai Sound engineer: Syd Dundon