Written by
Brian Cathcart
Brian Cathcart is Professor of Journalism at Kingston University London and the author of ‘The Case of Stephen Lawrence’
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‘Beergate’: It’s Time for Labour to Embrace Press Reform
The papers will attack Starmer and Rayner more viciously than Corbyn, writes Brian Cathcart. So they have nothing to lose and everything to gain by taking them on

Jeremy Clarkson, The Sunday Times and the Slave Trade: Some Basic Failures of Journalism
In his eagerness to whitewash British history, Clarkson didn’t do quite enough research to get his facts straight, says Brian Cathcart

EXCLUSIVE Government Refuses to Reveal Taxpayer Cost of Secret COVID Subsidy for Its Wealthy Press Friends
Just how much cash have ministers given Murdoch, the Mail and Co to help them through the pandemic? Brian Cathcart investigates

The Times Smears Black Lives Matter and Stonewall: Another Example of Bad, Unaccountable Journalism
The Murdoch newspaper’s allegations about the campaigning organisations were simply false. Brian Cathcart looks at the evidence

‘Settlement Equals Guilt,’ the Sun tells Prince Andrew. Where does that Leave the Sun?
Brian Cathcart on the flagrant hypocrisy of Sun outrage on the subject of ‘buying off’ victims

10 Favours the Government has done its Press Friends – At Our Expense
The corporate newspapers are playing their full part in the corruption of the UK and they are being handsomely rewarded, says Brian Cathcart

The Sham of Press Self-Regulation Shattered - by the Self-Regulator
IPSO has backed down from investigating the systemic journalistic failures at the Jewish Chronicle, revealing it was never fit for purpose – says Brian Cathcart
