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‘The Sharp End of the Stick: Latest BBC Scandal Shows how Hard it will be for the Corporation to Recover’
To survive, the broadcaster’s governance needs to be completely overhauled, writes former BBC producer and journalist Patrick Howse
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Britain Needs Wide-Ranging Media Reform – Now
It’s not just Harry and Meghan, we are all paying the price for a dysfunctional, corrupted established media – opposition politicians must take action, writes Brian Cathcart
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Senior Minister Accused of Trying to Dictate Which Reporter is Allowed to Interview Him as Press Freedom Groups Warn of Backsliding
David TC Davies refused to be interviewed by a journalist who’d dug into allegations of climate change denialism and his equal rights stance
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‘Daily Mail Tried to Shame Us for Backing Strikers – But Gave Us Free Publicity Instead’
As union laws become more draconian, activists are getting innovative. It’s giving right-wingers the jitters
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Clarkson, Misogyny and the Sun: ‘End the Farce of the Sham IPSO Press Regulator’
Complaining to the fake standards body is worse than a waste of time; it plays into the hands of a cynical and immoral industry, writes Brian Cathcart
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Red Tory to Blue Labour – How Spiked and Unherd are Keeping National Populism Alive
Jon Bloomfield and David Edgar look at the reach and influence of an unlikely coalition of ex-Trotskyites, traditionalist Tories and communitarian Labourites
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Are Recommendations for ‘Top Shares To Buy’ Worth the Paper They are Written On?
Iain Overton looks at how buying shares recommended in the mainstream press’s financial pages may not be the money-maker one would hope for
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‘The Pariah State that Allows Lawfare’
The UK has an opportunity to lead the way with a national anti-SLAPP law, or risk falling behind the European Union, a coalition of activists, lawyers and journalists warn
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How Britain’s Soft Power is Being Slowly Eroded and We’re All The Poorer For It
Iain Overton reflects on how Brexit and austerity, as well as Conservative ideology, have weakened Britain on the world stage
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Nadine Dorries at War with Channel 4
The former Culture Secretary’s plans for privatisation of the self-funding public service broadcaster have already cost £2m, but they appear to be based on a mountain of misunderstandings
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‘They Know Who I Am, They Know What I’m Doing’: Arrested Journalists Speak Out over New Policing Act
Josiah Mortimer talks to Tom Bowles and Rich Felgate who were locked up for covering an environmental protest, and reports on more repressive legislation to come.
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Chris Mason’s Johnson Gaffe Risks Trashing the BBC’s Reputation
Patrick Howse reveals how a false BBC News alert that 100 Conservative MPs were backing Boris Johnson’s new leadership bid spread quickly around the world
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Reform or Ruin: Could Labour Win the Next Election but Lose the Future?
AV Deggar considers the structural changes needed from Labour, if it knocks the Conservatives out of power at the next election
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BBC Panorama and the Labour Antisemitism Crisis
Richard Sanders, a producer of the Al Jazeera Labour Files, asks why serious allegations by the national public broadcaster about the leader of the opposition were not properly scrutinised
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The End of the Mail’s Useful Legend? Doreen Lawrence Accuses Newspaper of Spying on Her
The case may shatter the Mail’s claims about its role in achieving justice for Stephen Lawrence, writes Brian Cathcart
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Daily Mail Group Allowing Sanctioned Russian Data Collection Company to Access Sites
Sites including the Daily Mail and Metro maintain the presence of RU Target, a data specialist advertising company owned by sanctioned Russian state-controlled bank, Sberbank
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Government Refuses to Release Correspondence Sent to The Times Over Axed Carrie Johnson Story
Under pressure from Downing Street, the newspaper withdrew a story about Carrie Johnson being offered a lucrative role by her future husband when he was Foreign Secretary
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How Rwanda’s Stifling of the Press Prevents Proper Accountability for Asylum Scheme
When Iain Overton was denied a journalist visa to report on violence against refugees in Rwanda, he and the Byline Intelligence Team investigated press repression in the country
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‘It’s Targeted, It’s Deliberate’: The Demonisation of Some Women In Power
As Downing Street welcomes its third female Prime Minister, Rachel Morris reflects on social and media expectations of certain women leaders
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‘Emily Maitlis is Right – the BBC should be Telling the Public the Truth when the Government is Lying’
The Corporation does not know how to respond to the dangerous populism we find ourselves in, writes former BBC journalist Patrick Howse
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Boris Johnson is Trying to ‘Silence’ Questions About Evgeny Lebedev
A Labour MP says the Prime Minister and his friend tried to stop him from asking questions about lavish parties held at the newspaper proprietor’s Italian villa, reports Adam Bienkov
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On the Frontline of Exposing the Truth About Russia and Brexit
Four years ago, Tom Mutch thought he had the ‘scoop of the century’ blowing open Russia’s involvement in Brexit. Now, after the UK has left the European Union and Putin wages genocidal war in Ukraine, he wonders whether we are any closer to knowing the truth
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‘Boris Johnson Completely Obliterated the Line Between Journalism and Politics’
Julian Petley explores how the outgoing Prime Minister embodies the triumph of the Conservative political-media nexus
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Where is Owami Davies? The Missing Nurse who has been Left Off the Headlines
When women of colour are missing, so is media coverage. Sian Norris reports
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How the Tabloid Press Misleads on Migration
The Byline Intelligence Team take a look at how media reporting on immigration and asylum can spread misinformation about the weaponised issue
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Why Rwanda’s Refusal to Let Me Report on its Treatment of Refugees Should be a Warning Call to the UK
Twelve refugees were killed by Rwandan police in 2018 and the country is attempting to shield itself from scrutiny – this should concern us all, writes Iain Overton
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Rwandan Government Fails to Give Press Accreditation to Byline Times Journalist to Report on Human Rights Abuses Against Refugees
Iain Overton travelled to Rwanda to investigate the ability of the Rwandan Government to uphold its refugees’ human rights. Why has he been stopped in his tracks?
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Debunking Asylum Disinformation: The Mail on Sunday and Albanian Migrants
The Byline Intelligence Team dig behind the shocking stats to find the truth about who is crossing the Channel and why. Sascha Lavin and Sian Norris report
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Behind the Scenes of British Media’s Climate Denial
Eliz Mizon talks to journalists from across the spectrum to discover why the UK media still peddles climate denying misinformation – even during an unprecedented heatwave
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Boris Johnson’s Golden Goodbyes
Byline Times and The Citizens explore the Conservative Party’s accelerated attempts to exploit the House of Lords
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Dorries’ Dinner with Lord Evgeny Lebedev
The Culture Secretary enjoyed the hospitality of the British-Russian newspaper proprietor weeks before Putin’s invasion of Ukraine
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How Boris Johnson Caused the Death of his Own Government
The Prime Minister’s complete lack of shame ultimately led his Government to destruction, reports Adam Bienkov
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The Chris Pincher Scandal is Really About Power – And how Boris Johnson Used his to Protect an Abuser
For all the lies coming out of Downing Street, the real story of this scandal is about how the PM gave a green light to sexual abuse in Westminster, reports Adam Bienkov
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Lord Evgeny Lebedev Joins Enterprise Run by Saudi Ruler Accused of Approving Killing of Journalist Khashoggi
The owner of the Evening Standard and Independent has reinforced his ties to the authoritarian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, reveals Sam Bright
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The Impact of Brexit in Six Charts: From Trade Slumps to a Weaker Pound
TJ Coles reviews the ways in which leaving the EU has made Britain poorer
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Born in the USA: The Americanisation of Reactionary Politics in the UK
From dark money think tanks to health privatisation, the influence of the American right on British politics is greater than we think, says Rachel Morris
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Behind Closed Doors: The Murdoch Soirée the Public Isn’t Party To
Under Boris Johnson, the press baron is back in town like hacking never happened, says Mic Wright
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Boris Johnson’s Telegraph Meetings Leave No Paper Trail
No notes were recorded at two meetings between the Prime Minister and his ‘real boss’ at the outset of the pandemic, reports Sascha Lavin
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Anatomy of a Cover-Up: How Number 10 Killed the Times Story About Boris and Carrie Johnson
The Prime Minister succeeded in making the Times remove their story, without a single legal threat, or even an on-the-record denial, reports Adam Bienkov
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Mainstreaming the Extreme: the British Media and Far Right Islamophobia
Whether through propagating theories about ‘Eurabia’ or the Great Replacement, mainstream publications have helped radicalise public opinion, says Julian Petley
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‘Carriegate’: How the Prime Minister and his Hacks Scratch Each Others’ Backs
The mystery of a disappearing story about Boris Johnson’s wife once again confirms the merger between the political and media classes distorting British democracy, says Hardeep Matharu
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The Whittingdale Scandal and Cover Up by the Press
Six years ago James Cusick revealed how four newspaper groups had spiked a scandal involving the then Culture Minister, John Whittingdale. His special advisor dealing with the press is now at the centre of another scandal
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Banks v Cadwalladr: Shining a Torch in the Darkness
Peter Jukes looks at the precarious persistence of investigative journalism in Britain – especially when it comes to Russia, Trump and Brexit – and the importance of the public interest defence
