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‘The BBC’s Surrender to Trump Is a Moment of Existential Weakness’
This latest attack will leave an already weakened BBC in a perilous fight for its future, argues journalist and presenter Matthew Gwyther
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The BBC’s Attempts to Appease the ‘Right-Wing Coup’ Against It Are Now Seeding Its Own Destruction
By attempting to appease those forces seeking to destroy them, the BBC has helped trigger a crisis that now threatens its very future, argues Adam Bienkov
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The Sun Newspaper Wages War Against Gambling Taxes – While Holding Huge Betting Stakes Itself
Rupert Murdoch’s paper recruits Nigel Farage, Conservative and Labour backbenchers for ‘Save Our Bets’ campaign – while holding lucrative betting partnerships worth millions
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‘No Faith’ in X and Meta to Tackle Abuse in Politics, Says Speaker’s Inquiry as It Suggests MPs Leave Platforms
Damning report finds social media giants are failing in legal duties to remove threats
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All the Big Government Reforms the Media Hasn’t Been Telling You About
You probably won’t have read much about these announcements over the past few weeks
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The Public Wants to Ban ‘Politician Presenters’ Like Nigel Farage But Ofcom Isn’t Listening
The broadcasting watchdog is refusing to act despite research suggesting a majority of viewers oppose politicians like the Reform leader being allowed to host current affairs shows
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The Real Energy Scandal The Media Won’t Tell You About
Fossil fuel interests are colluding with billionaire-owned media companies to block the UK’s transition towards a cheaper and greener future, argues Donnachadh McCarthy
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Celebs Go Dating Presenter Eden Blackman Accused of Violent Abuse
EXCLUSIVE: Late Channel Four star accused of being a ‘predator’ as co-presenter, and an alleged survivor, speak out
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‘America Must Save Britain’: MAGA-Mania and Conspiracy Theories Broadcast Nightly on GB News’ New US Show
A new daily GB News programme broadcast from Washington features climate denial, vaccine misinformation, and non-stop praise for Donald Trump – as its hosts tell the American audience that the UK needs to be ‘saved’
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Conservatives Accused of ‘Trumpian’ Tactics After Barring Second Byline Times Journalist From Conference
The National Union of Journalists described the bans as a threat to media freedom which “undermines the Conservative Party leader’s repeated pledge to fight for free speech”
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The Great X-Tinction: Why My Time’s Up On Twitter
Otto English explains why, after 15 years, he has left the social media platform now disseminating disinformation worldwide under the control of Elon Musk
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BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview
The new Green Party leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted a conference interview on the flagship BBC show
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How Western Media Whitewashed Israel’s Mass-Abduction of Activists
Over 450 members of the aid flotilla to Gaza are now being held by Israel in an “anti-terror” prison in the Negev desert
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TalkTV Presenter Accused of Assault After Dragging Climate Protester From UK Trump Dinner
EXCLUSIVE: André Walker incident facing police probe over allegations he attempted to punch and kick a protester at a Republicans Overseas event during Trump’s UK visit
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Elon Musk Should Face ‘Full Force of the Law’ Says Lib Dem Leader Ed Davey
The Liberal Democrat leader tells Byline Times that Musk and his platform are inciting violence and breaking laws designed to protect children online
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GB News Ramps Up Migrant ‘Invasion’ Rhetoric as Channel Veers Far Right
Exclusive: Analysis reveals surging use of rhetoric about migrants and refugees being of “fighting age”, “scavengers”, “dirty foreigners” and part of an “invasion”, as campaigners warn of channel’s radicalising effect
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Give Big Fines to Firms Like X Promoting Hate and Disinformation, Democracy Groups Urge PM
Without radical change, voters will “give their support to demagogues and extremists who crave power to further their own ends” the authors warn
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BBC Accused of Pro-Reform Bias as Lib Dems Launch Campaign to End ‘Wall to Wall’ Farage Coverage
They accuse the BBC of “following Farage around like a lost puppy” and have complained to Ofcom to demand fair coverage
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Undue Influence: The Reform-Supporting Online Network Using AI to Monetise Anti-Migrant Hate
A prominent social media campaign for Brexit and Boris Johnson has morphed into a large-scale network boosting Reform and pushing anti-migrant hate, reports Katherine Denkinson
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Ofcom Refuses to Investigate GB News Over Call to Shoot Disabled Benefit Claimants
The watchdog also refused to investigate a complaint about a presenter’s use of an anti-trans slur, saying the comments were “in line with audience expectations for this channel”
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‘BBC’s Language Around “Palestinian Journalists” Is an Egregious Double-Standard’
Usually reporters close to a story and source are celebrated for their insight — in Gaza, it is framed as ‘bias’, argues Karishma Patel
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The Media Distortion Warping Britain’s Views on Immigration
Unbalanced coverage of migration is twisting the public’s perspective, argues Christian Christensen
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Elon Musk Has Already Built an Interplanetary Colony: It’s Called X
Caroline Orr explains how Trump has enabled the algorithmic capture of social media platforms, resulting in stealth censorship
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Starmer and The Sun: An Appointment that Shows Everything that Is Wrong with Power and the Press in Britain
Keir Starmer has signalled the direction of his Government by appointing a former Editor of The Sun newspaper – who has a criminal conviction under the Sexual Offences Act – as a communications advisor, writes Emma Jones
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‘Why We Need a Coordinated Media Revolution’
Alternative media platforms cannot thrive in a vacuum and policy reforms will not succeed without grassroots pressure, argues Tom Hardy
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Lucy Connolly, Bob Vylan and the False Claims of a ‘Two Tier Justice System’
Attempts to claim that the treatment of Lucy Connolly and Bob Vylan in any way demonstrate a “two tier” justice system are completely wide of the mark, argues barrister Gareth Roberts
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BBC Admits ‘Regret’ After Again Failing to Disclose British Colonel’s Links to Israeli Defence Force
The broadcaster failed to inform listeners of Colonel Richard Kemp’s connections to the IDF, despite an earlier rebuke from the Charity Commission, following an investigation by Byline Times
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‘The Telegraph Headline That Exposes the Hollowness of Right-Wing Rage’
The coverage of Greta Thunberg’s Gaza flotilla tells you everything you need to know about the media’s failings, argues Mathilda Mallinson
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The BBC and Gaza: a Public Broadcaster Under Fire
“The BBC has an aversion to any language that describes Israel’s actions as war crimes – even when this language is being used judiciously by respected experts”
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BBC Scraps Pledge to Show Gaza Medics Documentary ‘As Soon as Possible’
The BBC has shelved plans to broadcast the harrowing ‘Gaza: Medics Under Fire’ documentary pending an “ongoing review” into its coverage of the conflict
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BBC Bosses Draw Up Plans to Win Over Reform Voters by Changing News and Drama Output
The Director General Tim Davie and other executives discussed altering BBC “story selection” in order to secure the “trust” of supporters of Nigel Farage’s party
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Nigel Farage’s ‘£7 Billion DEI Savings’ Don’t Actually Exist
The media is widely reporting Reform UK’s claims they could save billions by cutting equality schemes. The real figure appears to be around 250 times smaller, reports Josiah Mortimer
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‘Google’s Illegal Monopoly and How US Court Decision Comes at a Critical Time for UK and EU Policymakers’
A landmark antitrust decision against Google in the US will have profound iImplications for the digital economy in the UK and beyond, writes Stephen Kinsella and Tim Cowen
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The BBC Must Be Mutualised to End Its ‘Pro-Establishment Bias’ Warns Report
It finds that BBC reporting is overwhelmingly focused on the concerns of senior politicians and business people around Westminster, rather than the country at large
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How a ‘Populist’ Media Has Mainstreamed the Far Right
Right-wing daily papers in the UK do not represent ‘public opinion’ – they simply reflect the radical right views of those ‘who own and run them’, argues Julian Petley
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Power, Visas, and the Politics of Exclusion: How Borders Are Being Used to Silence Dissent
Borders are now being used not just to prevent the passage of people, but of ideas too, argues Iain Overton
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How the BBC’s Flawed Impartiality Scuppered a Podcast About a Heating System
Former BBC producer and reporter Patrick Howse explores the latest worrying sign of the BBC’s flawed interpretation of ‘impartiality’
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‘Peter Mandelson’s Fixing of Keir Starmer’s Visit to Spytech Firm Palantir Raises Serious Questions’
Palantir was represented by a lobbying firm founded by Mandelson, Iain Overton and Max Colbert report
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‘Total Information Collapse’ and the Tribunal of Truth
Peter Jukes, Co-Founder and Executive Editor of Byline Times, on the urgent need for media accuracy and why joining Impress, the independent press regulator, is the best way for us to uphold those values
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How the British Media Laundered a Far Right Conspiracist’s Reputation
Parts of the British media have expressed outrage after Renaud Camus, who originated the far-right ‘Great Replacement’ conspiracy theory was banned from entering the UK
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Dan Wootton Hit With £7,500 Costs Over Failed Court Bid to Name ‘Catfishing Victim’
The former GB News host failed to overturn a High Court order protecting the anonymity of a man he allegedly catfished into sharing sexual material online
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Moscow’s Ties to the Georgian Regime Ran Through Kensington and Chelsea
Leaked documents reveal how UK firm Hunnewell Partners, controlled by alleged enablers of Georgia’s ruling oligarch, facilitated a top Putin crony’s attempts to exploit the collapse of a more than $1.5bn corruption scheme in Uzbekistan
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GB News Accused of Spreading an ‘Antisemitic Conspiracy Theory’ Unchallenged – But Ofcom Says It Can’t Act
Claims that migration organisations are controlled by ‘Zionist-type people’ remain online despite growing complaints
