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The Transatlantic Triumph of Trumpism: Boris Johnson – A Plan Years in the Making
Though most people assume Steve Bannon-style populism arrived with Brexit in 2016, the planning, the people, and the project first came together three years earlier.
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I Knew I was Being Lied to by Newspaper Editors Over Phone Hacking, says Sir Brian Leveson
The judge who led the Public Inquiry into Press ethics has revealed he ‘knew’ some national newspaper editors were lying to him under oath about phone hacking, Byline Times can report today.
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JUSTICE FOR DAPHNE: “It is an Assassination” – Special Rapporteur Hits Back at Maltese Government’s Claims about Murdered Journalist
A new report by Pieter Omtzigt urges the Maltese Government to set up an independent public inquiry into Daphne Caruana Galizia’s death immediately.
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Journalists Under Threat: Defending Free Speech Needs Actions, Not Words
Why the work of a small group in London, Prisoners of Conscience, is sadly becoming more relevant than ever for persecuted journalists across the world.
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‘Scurrilous’ Evidence from Former News of the World Journalist in Pointless Court Case
High Court Judge describes court action as “futile” and characterises part of former tabloid journalist’s evidence as “irrelevant” and “scurrilous”.
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Times Editor’s Oligarch Friend Behind Controversial ‘Muslim Foster Parents’ Front Page, Tribunal Hears
Times editor John Witherow insisted that an award-winning journalist write a story about a “white Christian” girl’s placement with Muslim foster parents, in spite of his “significant misgivings”, because it had been handed to the editor by an oligarch friend, an employment tribunal has been told.
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Why the Breakdown of the BBC is a Microcosm of British Politics
Peter Jukes argues that the public broadcaster is easily gamed by bad actors and vested interests who can break the rules with impunity – just like so many other key British institutions.
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Christchurch Summit: Mainstream News Sites also ‘Perpetuating Hate’ and Violent Extremism
G7 leaders will gather to discuss calls for a ‘Christchurch Call’ to combat terrorism and violent extremism on social media – but what about the news sites of the traditional press?
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Europe Votes to Protect Whistle-blowers – but will the UK Play Ball Beyond Brexit?
MEPs have backed “Daphne’s Law” amid concerns over the treatment of citizens and journalists who expose corruption and malpractice in the public interest. But key exemptions remain in place.
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The BBC ‘Facilitates Fascism’ says Corporation’s Former Reporter
Patrick Howse spent decades reporting news for the BBC, risking life and limb. He believed in Auntie’s credo. But the former producer says the corporation’s unquestioning Brexit coverage has now crossed the line.
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UPDATED: Julian Assange appears in Court – what happens next?
Following confirmation that Julian Assange has been arrested – twice – today, Byline Times provides the background to his legal battles and asks which allegations will be prioritised.
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Lethal Victimhood: How the Far Right’s Tactic of ‘Reverse Terror’ is Spreading into Mainstream Media
After the targeting of a Byline Times writer to the death threats against the author of a parliamentary petition, it looks like right-wing publications are pandering to the incitement tactics of the extreme Far Right – fake claims of violence
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Dando Blagger Riddle: Police Failed to Get the Full Story out of The Daily Mirror
The Daily Mirror should have come clean about blagging and hacking to murder cops – and saved police time and money, says John Ford.
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Blagged to Death? How Scotland Yard Missed Crucial Clues in the Tabloid Targeting of Jill Dando
The Metropolitan Police suspected a Daily Mirror journalist of illegally ‘blagging’ the TV presenter three months before her murder, but didn’t see the phone hacking connection.
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Democracy in Danger: What Happened to our Data after the EU Referendum?
In the light of multiple investigations into Brexit online campaigns, Byline Times asks whether our election data is secure or could be misused in future votes.
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Correction of the Week – 25th February
While other newspapers hide their errors, we promise to make their corrections prominent – and ours.
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Phone Hacking: Time the Police Stepped In
Evidence against executives and editors is piling up in the civil courts, but newspapers are just buying their way out of trouble. The right place for this is the criminal courts, which means the Met must act
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The BBC on the Edge of the Abyss 2: THE ARGUMENT
The BBC has failed the license fee-payer in its core duty to inform when it comes to three of the biggest stories of recent years. Peter Jukes explores why should this concern each and every one of us.
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Mail on Sunday Phone Hacking – ‘Smoking Gun’ Emails Quoted Messages to Top Editor
THE MAIL on Sunday is today embroiled in a growing phone hacking crisis after explosive emails obtained by Byline Investigates show one of the paper’s top editors receiving transcripts of actor Sadie Frost’s voicemails.
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The BBC on the Edge of the Abyss 1: The Facts
2018 has been a troubling year for those who support public service broadcasting and the national broadcaster’s remit to inform, not just to entertain.
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Correction of the Week
While other newspapers hide their errors, we promise to make their corrections prominent – and ours.
