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The Old Hacks Renaissance
Mic Wright considers why established journalists – who have spent significant periods of their successful careers at well-known newspapers and broadcasters – just can’t step aside
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Advertising Watchdog Looking Into Evening Standard’s Relationship with Saudi Arabia
Following a special investigation by Byline Times, the Advertising Standards Authority is reviewing material published by the London newspaper around the COP26 UN climate change summit
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Newspapers Accepted Money to Publish Positive Environmental Stories About Saudi Arabia Around COP26 Climate Change Summit
A special investigation by Byline Times raises concerning questions about editorial independence and transparency at the Independent and Evening Standard newspapers
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‘The Toughest Regulator in the World?’ – IPSO Stares Failure in the Face
As the Independent Press Standards Organisation prepares to discuss the standards crisis at the Jewish Chronicle next month, Brian Cathcart explores how early indications of the outcome do not bode well
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All Change at the Mail: Political Machinations or Publishing Priorities?
Mic Wright looks at the replacement of Geordie Greig as editor of the Daily Mail, and whether the shadow of Paul Dacre has blighted his successor
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Attack Journalism Is Old News
As Prince Harry calls out the British press for its cultures of attack, Dr Bethany Usher explores the history of journalism targeting specific individuals and how we might spot and counter it
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The Media’s Selective Policing of ‘Sleaze’
Mic Wright explores the erratic approach of certain outlets to stories of corruption and wrongdoing
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Modi Criminalises Coverage of his Party’s Rising Communal Violence
CJ Werleman responds to the criminal charges against him and other journalists under India’s draconian British colonial-era laws
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The Today Programme and the War on the National Trust: An Episode in Shameful Journalism
A discussion about wokeness, colonialism and the National Trust on the BBC’s flagship radio show came across like a public school reunion dinner, says Brian Cathcart
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Meta Access: The Media and Mr Zuckerberg
With his probing eye for conflicts of interest in the British press, Mic Wright turns his scrutiny to tech journalists and their coverage of Facebook
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Mirror Ball Journalism and the Revolving Disco Dance Floor of British Politics
Mic Wright argues that the private cosiness between political reporters and politicians doesn’t serve the interests of the public
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The IPSO Jewish Chronicle Car Crash Just Gets Worse
The sham ‘regulator’ operated by the corporate press has blundered into one of its worst crises, says Brian Cathcart
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Murdoch and Morgan: The Reunion From Hell
Mic Wright unpicks the announcement of a new right-wing, Rupert Murdoch television station in the UK – and how it may have spotted a gap in the market following events at a certain beleaguered anti-woke news channel
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The Cunning Deceit of Press and Politics in ‘the Prime Minister’s Plan’
Mic Wright unpicks the modern shift towards personality politics and the media’s collusion in advancing this increasingly unaccountable mode of government
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Poll Position: Survey on GB News Bias Reveals Bias
As Andrew Neil officially quits the right-wing television channel, Brian Cathcart reveals the spin on a recent opinion poll
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Peter Oborne’s Diary August 2021: Channel 4 Privatisation, the Clermont Set and Craig Murray
Exclusive to print for a month, Peter Oborne shares his observations of the political media class. For the latest diary subscribe to the September Digital Edition
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The BBC has Blacklisted Peter Stefanovic and his ‘Johnson Lies’ Video. Why?
It’s accurate, it sheds light on a vital question, and it has been viewed tens of millions of times – but our national broadcaster is pretending it isn’t there. Brian Cathcart wants an explanation
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Coded Language: How the UK Newspaper Industry Enables Institutional Racism
The UK’s press is governed by an editors’ code that permits discrimination against groups of people – it’s time we demand better says Richard Wilson
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Discrimination and Ethics: Gypsies and Travellers Should Be Able to Expect Fair Play from the Media
Katharine Quarmby explores why members of the minority communities are so dismayed by an Ofcom ruling clearing a controversial Channel 4 Dispatches documentary about Traveller crime
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The Independence of Britain’s Media has been in Jeopardy for a Long Time
With attacks on journalist Jess Brammar’s credentials to be appointed to a BBC role continuing by the right-wing press, Maheen Behrana explores how editorial independence has been eroded in Britain over a number of years
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The ‘Crackdown’ on Middle-Class Drug Use is the Government’s Seasonal Shock-and-Scare Story
Does Boris Johnson’s administration really want to introduce a policy which would see its friends in the dock or dinner parties raided?
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Behind the Headlines on the Afghanistan War Lay a Misplaced Jingoistic Complacency
Twenty years ago, large swathes of the media and political establishment defended the invasion of Afghanistan – now, as the Taliban recaptures the country, the confidence feels horribly ill-judged
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GB News Presenter Nigel Farage Emerges in Unredacted FBI Files
Zamaan Qureshi explores new revelations from the Mueller probe into the leaking of emails hacked by Russian intelligence services to Wikileaks during the 2016 US Presidential election
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Will the Independent Press Standards Organisation Ever Uphold Any Standards?
After 28 breaches and four libel cases, the Jewish Chronicle is accused of a collapse in journalistic standards. But will the regulator IPSO do anything about it? Brian Cathcart reviews the evidence
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‘Deeply Troubling’: Investigative Journalism Finds Itself Heading Towards ‘Authoritarian Police State’
Proposed changes to the Official Secrets Act by the Home Office would see investigative journalists threatened with up to 14 years in prison for ‘unauthorised disclosures’
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Spectating Or Doing?: The Challenge for the UK’s Ruling Clique
After the magazine backed off a threatened attack on England footballer Marcus Rashford, Geoff Mulgan looks at the Spectator’s grip on the Conservative Party – its weakness over wokeness and over-reliance on wordsmiths
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The National Trust and the Culture War: A Dissection of Dishonest Journalism as a Tool of the ‘War on Woke’
Again and again, newspapers hounding the heritage body refuse to let facts get in their way, reports Brian Cathcart
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Qatari Officials, Tabloid Supremos and Conservative Donors: Ministers’ Meetings Revealed
Sam Bright delves into the new records showing who has had the ear of Government ministers
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The Character Assassination of Meghan Markle
As the tabloids speculate that a newly-announced autobiography of Prince Harry will really have been written by his wife, Richard Sanders sheds light on a 21st century tale of racism, class and misogyny
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‘A Manhunt Against Journalists’: Far-Right Attacks on Tbilisi Pride Leaves 53 Reporters Injured
A Pride march was forced into cancelling for a second time as far-right protestors, with support of the Orthodox Church, descended on the Georgian capital and attacked journalists, reports Sian Norris
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England v Germany: A Short History of Losing It
As the two countries meet in the knockout stages of Euro 2020, Otto English explains why – when it comes to jingoism and disgrace – one side is always the loser
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Selective Free Speech: Academics Discussing Race Face the Real Cancel Culture
Black, Asian and ethnic minority academics and university staff increasingly encounter a ‘cancel culture’ when discussing race – as the usual free speech advocates stay silent, Sian Norris reports
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Can Philanthropy Save Public Interest Journalism?
Rodney Benson assesses the pros and cons of the funding model of American non-profit news organisations and considers whether it could help stop the relentless redundancies happening in UK journalism
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The Pursuit of Truth – Or Not: Boris Johnson, COVID and the Media
Broadcast journalists’ refusal to call-out the lies of the Prime Minister, his Cabinet members and the Government as a whole during the Coronavirus pandemic reveals the extent of the crisis engulfing the very fabric of truth in our society, observes Dorothy Byrne
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Free Speech: A Beginner’s Guide for Oliver Dowden
The Culture Secretary says he won’t allow Stop Funding Hate to undermine freedom of expression but sadly he just does not understand the concept, says Brian Cathcart
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Untold Stories: The Daniel Morgan Murder
Journalism is not about the fictions people want to hear, but the inconvenient facts that they may want to ignore or may be hard to tell
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The Daniel Morgan Report: Press Criminality? Nothing to See Here…
Brian Cathcart explains why the Daniel Morgan Independent Panel report confirms law-breaking and wrongdoing by the press – and how, once again, this will be ignored by the mainstream media
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When Truth Matters More: The Case for Scrutinising GB News
We cannot simply ignore the new network, contends Sam Bright
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The Daniel Morgan Murder: Jacqui Hames ‘I Underestimated the Power of Corruption’
Former detective and BBC Crimewatch presenter Jacqui Hames explains how she became entangled in a story of press, police corruption and politics when her then-husband started investigating the Daniel Morgan murder
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‘What We’re Doing is Illegal’ – The Private Investigator, the Daily Express Editor and the Daniel Morgan Report
Gary Jones once worked for the News of the World and the Daily Mirror. Today he edits the Daily Express. Will he figure in the report of the Daniel Morgan Independent Panel, out next week? Brian Cathcart considers the evidence
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GB News is Andrew Neil’s Latest Vehicle for Market Populism
The new ‘anti-woke’ platform is merely a new incarnation of a years-long campaign, explains Julian Petley
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Saving Lives – Max Mosley: 13 April 1940 – 23 May 2021
Brian Cathcart pays tribute to the Formula One boss who faced up to the sound and fury of Britain’s feral tabloid press
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A Fixer’s War: Inside the Life of the Unsung Hero of Foreign Reporting
Iain Overton gives an insight into the local agents who act as a lynchpin of conflict journalism
