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‘From Brexit to Clexit? Delaying Climate Action is the Right’s Next Big Political Culture War’
The manner in which the Conservatives’ anti-net zero campaign has been waged has resonant parallels with that which produced Brexit, writes Julian Petley
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Cancelling the Canceller: How ‘Martin Branning’ Made Dan Wootton a Timebomb
The GB News anchor has been suspended from his £600,000-a-year primetime show, and fired from his £250,000-a-year MailOnline column. Here we tell how his fall was inevitable, following Byline Times’ special investigation
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‘This is a Network Problem’: Dan Wootton Suspended from GB News
The war between GB News’ Laurence Fox and Dan Wootton led to the presenter being suspended following a day of drama at the news channel – after the broadcaster remained largely silent on allegations exposed by Byline Times’ special investigation
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Inside GB News’ Misinformation Factory
Max Colbert and Josiah Mortimer explore the extremist and conspiratorial rhetoric fostered on the go-to channel for the hard-right, and an outlet Conservative MPs still call home
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Editorial: The Populist Brand
Why do Russell Brand, Daniel Wootton and even Rupert Murdoch claim they are the victims of impersonal dark forces?
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Brand Unsafe: The TV Industry’s Problems are Bigger than One Man
People who complain of abuse and harassment in the often cosy, claustrophobic and interconnected world of British media face an uphill battle
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MPs Demand Answers From GB News on ‘Serious Accusations’ Against Dan Wootton
The Chair of Parliament’s Culture, Media and Sport Committee wrote to the Channel following the extensive allegations against Wootton, as reported by Byline Times.
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Dan Wootton’s Conflicting Accounts Over Phillip Schofield’s ‘Outing’
The GB News presenter has said he would ‘never out’ anybody – but our returning special three-year #MediaToo investigation examines his role in revealing men as gay through the pages of The Sun and News of the World
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Non-Disclosure Agreements at Media Outlets Like ITN Allow ‘Toxic Environments’ and Harassment to Fester, Senior MP Says
ITN – which runs the news operations of Channel 4 and ITV – has been accused of continuing to use Non-Disclosure Agreements to cover up complaints of harassment and discrimination, a claim the firm strongly denies.
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BBC Under Fire for Segment Suggesting Covid is ‘Less Harmful than the Flu’
“There are a small number of people who believe that Covid is no big deal anymore. That’s wrong,” Doctors in Unite Covid lead Dr Jonathan Fluxman tells Byline Times
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The Links Between the ULEZ Protests, Radical Anti-Vaxxers and the Far Right
The heavily-publicised protests were not quite the grassroots movement the right-wing press made them out to be
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‘The Right-Wing Outrage Over Sadiq Khan’s Supposed ‘Pay Per Mile’ Scheme Stretches the Limits of Hypocrisy’
Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson privately backed the same road-pricing schemes the Conservatives are now attacking the London mayor over.
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The Media Scandal the Media Didn’t Want to Touch: Byline Times Will Keep Exposing the ‘Dark Forces’ in the Shadows
This newspaper will continue its special investigation into TV presenter Dan Wootton and expose wrongdoing in the established media – without fear or favour
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Revealed: The Scandal of the Fake Newspapers Pushed by Conservatives in ‘Dirty Tricks’ Campaign
The elections watchdog has said the fake newspapers from local Conservative parties appear to be within the rules
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Conservatives Caught Publishing Fake Newspapers Again, as Party Mimics Defunct Local Outlet
This deception seems to be becoming part of a deliberate strategy by Conservative Party HQ.
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Cherry Picking and a Sleeping Watchdog: How The Times and Press Regulator IPSO Ignored the Facts on the Climate Crisis
The inside look at how a Times columnist with ties to coal mining, distorted climate data in The Times – while the press regulator turned a blind eye
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GB News’ Top Boss Faced ‘Sexual Harassment’ Allegation – as Channel Paid to Shut Down ‘Institutional Racism’ Claims
As the hedge fund-backed news channel continues to platform star presenter Dan Wootton, Byline Times reveals the ‘racism, sexism and misogyny’ risking the future of the broadcaster
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Dan Wootton’s Celebrity Targets Revealed
In the eighth part of its three-year special investigation into the private and professional conduct of GB News star Dan Wootton, Byline Times uncovers how the powerful journalist used the pretext of ‘underwear modelling’ to target young reality TV personalities. Here, for the first time, these people in the public eye speak out
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‘Tackling the Press’ Abuse of Women is a Long Overdue First Step to Changing how they are Publicly Perceived’
Sinead O’Connor’s passing has seen tabloid tributes about her talent and fearlessness – ignoring how the singer was demonised by the same newspapers when she was alive
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Dan Wootton and Martin Branning – The Proof
In the seventh part of its three-year special investigation, Byline Times can reveal the internet data leaks that tie the TV presenter to the online aliases he has not denied being connected to
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Truby’s Truth – How Murdoch Made Dan Wootton into a Monster
All Alex Truby wanted to find was the washing powder. Instead, he says, he found the key to a scandal now rocking the British media
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‘The Press Equivalent of the PPE “VIP” Channel’: Submission to COVID Inquiry On Newspaper ‘Bungs’ Calls for Answers on Use of Taxpayer Money
A government ad campaign poured cash into national newspapers during the pandemic. Byline Times is one of a number of signatories to a submission on the scheme to the COVID Inquiry
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‘Unacceptable’ Jewish Chronicle Puts Sham Press Watchdog IPSO on the Spot
A softly-softly approach to the newspaper’s reckless journalism has failed – now the ‘regulator’ has been challenged to make a landmark choice, writes Brian Cathcart
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MailOnline and The Sun Hid Serious Dan Wootton Claims – While Attacking Huw Edwards and the BBC
In the fifth part of our three-year special investigation into the private and professional conduct of GB News star Dan Wootton, Byline Times can reveal how The Sun and MailOnline have been protecting their star celebrity journalist
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Three Sensible, Non-Radical Things Labour Could Do to Reform our News Media
Nothing drastic is required if a new government is to tackle the obvious crisis in the way we get our news, while the benefits of change could be enormous
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Media Watchdog Ofcom ‘Ignores Complaints’ About Climate Science Denial on GB News and Right-Wing Outlets
An Extinction Rebellion spokesperson says their complaints about misleading climate reporting have been left gathering dust.
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Stiff Upper Lip: Who is Behind the Satirical “News” Website Being Promoted By Conservative Peer on GB News?
Byline Times digs into a new hard-right outfit boosted by Lord Bailey of Partygate
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Dan Wootton Paid Porn Stars with Sun’s Depp Money for Covert Catfish Sex Videos
In the fourth part of its three-year special investigation, Byline Times reveals how the GB News presenter and MailOnline columnist used News UK cash to pay male adult actors to secretly film themselves having sex with men he had targeted on Facebook
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Silence from Dan Wootton’s Employers MailOnline and GB News as Head of Commons’ DCMS Committee Demands Answers from his Former Boss The Sun Over Byline Times’ Investigation
Conservative MP Dame Caroline Dinenage has asked the tabloid’s editor Victoria Newton about this newspaper’s investigation into the influential TV presenter
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Banking Bias: The Glaring Hypocrisy of the Press Over Farage’s Account Closure
There is a stark contrast in the response to the closure of Nigel Farage’s Coutts account – and bank account closures of progressive organisations in 2015
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‘Martin Branning’ – His First Victim
In the third part of a three-year special investigation, Byline Times details the trauma of a man controlled for 10 years by Martin Branning – the pseudonym of TV presenter Dan Wootton
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Dan Wootton was a ‘Serial Bully’ at the Sun – But Bosses Promoted Him as Complaints were Silenced
In the second part of its three-year investigation, Byline Times examines the professional conduct of the TV presenter when he was a leading editor at Rupert Murdoch’s powerful British tabloid
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Dan Wootton Reveals ‘Regrets’ and Claims ‘Dark Forces’ Attacking GB News in Response to Byline Times’ Three-Year Investigation
The TV presenter did not address this newspaper’s detailed allegations of him using a fake persona to target men online
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GB News Star Dan Wootton Unmasked in Cash-for-Sexual Images Catfishing Scandal
In the first part of its three-year special investigation, Byline Times reveals the accounts of victims targeted by the powerful TV presenter
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‘The BBC Presenter Scandal: Every Editor and Reporter who Helped Promote the Sun’s Story Should Feel Shame’
How did they allow a threadbare tale from a totally discredited news source to swamp the airwaves and the news pages, asks Brian Cathcart
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‘A Deeply Concerning Precedent in a Democratic Society’: Council of Europe Shares Criticism Over Charging Journalists to Cover Party Conference
The move from the governing party has sparked concerns over press freedom
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Nigel Farage’s Bank Account, the Press and a Story ‘Too Good to Check’
The former Brexit Party Leader’s claims to have been politically persecuted by the banks have been taken at face value by publications that really should know better
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Sham Press Regulator Bows to Public Pressure and Condemns the Sun over Clarkson’s Attack on Meghan Markle
With complaints about the notorious column on the grounds of harassment, inaccuracy and racial discrimination dismissed by IPSO, this ruling will have no effect on the conduct of the press, writes Brian Cathcart
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Laundering the Lebedevs
How Boris Johnson ushered a ‘former’ KGB agent and his son into the British establishment – while most of the media looked the other way
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Johnson, Harry and the Press: ‘Exposing the Ethical Void’
With a mendacious former Prime Minister now returning to work for the press which enabled his rise, the moral bankruptcy of the media-political class is complete
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The ‘Boris Principle’: How Johnson and his Allies are Rewarded for their Failures
Boris Johnson’s new job at the Daily Mail is the perfect example of how failure is rewarded in British political and media life.
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Double Trouble for IPSO: The Sham Press Regulator is Contending with Two Crises at Once
The very limited authority of the UK press industry’s tame watchdog is under assault from its members, vividly exposing the contradictions in its make-up, writes Brian Cathcart
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Boris Johnson’s Rise and Fall Has Perfectly Exposed Britain’s Broken Political Culture
The disgraced former Prime Minister’s long career at the top of British politics should be a matter of national shame
