President Joe Biden is calling for a ceasefire in Gaza as famine looms. On this week’s On the Media, hear how warring media narratives have jeopardized UNRWA, the largest humanitarian aid organization in the region. Plus, what the explosion in sports gambling means for the future of sports journalism. 
1. Mehul Srivastava [<a href="https://twitter.com/MehulAtLarge">@MehulAtLarge</a>], Financial Times correspondent, and Chris Van Hollen [<a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisVanHollen">@ChrisVanHollen</a>], US Senator from Maryland, on the warring media narratives around UNRWA. <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/how-gaza-biggest-aid-network-lost-funding-on-the-media">Listen.</a>
2. Lex Takkenberg [<a href="https://twitter.com/LTakkenberg">@LTakkenberg</a>], humanitarian law expert and a former Chief of Ethics for UNRWA, on the lessons to be learned from the agency's founding and its predecessor, the United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine. <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/warring-narratives-around-unrwa-on-the-media ">Listen.</a>
3. OTM producer Rebecca Clark-Callender [<a href="https://twitter.com/Rebecca_CC_">@Rebecca_CC_</a>] explores how sports media and the gambling industry's relationship keeps evolving, featuring: Brian Moritz [<a href="https://twitter.com/bpmoritz">@bpmoritz</a>], sports media scholar at St. Bonaventure University, Danny Funt [<a href="https://twitter.com/dannyfunt">@dannyfunt</a>], reporter and contributor to the Washington Post, and Albert Chen, author of Billion Dollar Fantasy: The High-Stakes Game Between FanDuel and DraftKings That Upended Sports in America. <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/sports-media-big-gamble-betting-industry-on-the-media ">Listen.</a>
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Warring Narratives Around UNRWA. Plus, Media Bets on Sports Gambling

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