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Byline Times investigates media monopolies, their proximity to politicians, and how the punditocracy doesn’t hold power to account
Transport chiefs have rejected misleading claims of a massive hike in bus fares in England, amid confusion and spin
Starmer’s Government has an opportunity to reverse years of Conservative attacks on impartiality and independence – our democracy requires it to act beyond narrow party interests, former BBC producer and journalist Patrick Howse writes
Why is the BBC giving so much coverage to a complete non-story about Labour and the Democrats, just because the Republican candidate would like them to?
Six-month battle sees Telegraph forced to correct an inaccurate article about the impact of climate change on rail delays
When it became apparent that natural immunity would not prevent a second wave, right-wing media backed calls to remove measures and allow immunity to build up via infections
Talent agencies funded by right-wing American fossil fuel billionaires are helping to funnel hard right views onto our TV screens
Campaigners blast media giant for ‘supporting’ right-wing channel accused of fuelling racist riots, despite Sky’s claims of backing diversity
‘No such deal was done with Starmer. It simply did not happen’, one of a number of sources told Byline Times
Parts of Britain’s media are still parroting dangerous tropes when talking about sexual violence, according to a new guide
‘Cherry-picking attendance harms the breadth of diversity reporting on events – we urge a rethink of the policy, ensuring all journalists can attend future party conferences’
11 MPs have been paid over £500,000 by the channel over the past year, with £200,000 going to just two Reform Party MPs
Reform UK’s leader claims to be fighting for free speech, but his party has banned a series of critical outlets from their events
“News is something somebody doesn’t want printed; all else is advertising.” Byline Times exposes a practice used by Rupert Murdoch’s daily tabloid to suppress negative celebrity stories
Labour says press regulation must be effective and independent. As never before, the press industry’s tame complaints body stands exposed as neither. For all our sakes, the government must call time, argues Brian Cathcart.
A series of columnists have resigned from the paper over fabrications in articles by former IDF soldier Elon Perry. Now victims of the publication’s false claims are speaking up
A new much publicised report that claims the BBC is “heavily biased against Israel” flies in the face of other specialist and academic studies
Cutting ties with the controversial columnist and the magazine’s Associate Editor would be bad for business – and it is hard not to conclude that it must agree with him, writes Brian Cathcart
Cuts to the UN aid agency’s budget in the aftermath of the reports were estimated to have cost it half a billion dollars in crucial emergency funds
A spokesperson said the party took the decision to drop its commitment to complete the official inquiry into press corruption, “in the interests of the country”
How a Conservative campaign line became the weaponised mantra of the Daily Mail – and infected the entire general election campaign
Columnist Gerard Baker glossed over the Murdoch press’ criminality in a recent comment piece – and the accusations against his own Editor. Why?
In the US, reporters on The Washington Post are investigating their own bosses – and their stories get published. It is hard to even contemplate such fearless reporting happening in the UK, writes Brian Cathcart
Cardiff University’s School of Journalism, Media and Culture can reveal some troubling insights into the flagship political debate programme
Private eye at heart of phone-hacking scandal claims he was wrongly convicted twice for same crime as he launches “vindicating” book
Having a figure such as Kuenssberg in such a prominent position during the upheavals of the past 14 years helped the BBC appease its implacable Conservative enemies, writes former BBC producer and journalist Patrick Howse
Ofcom’s attempt at addressing concerns has resulted in ‘no substantive changes’ – but it now says it is considering sanctions against GB News for breaking impartiality rules
With news that senior Murdoch executives now face a civil trial, Peter Jukes looks back on a decade of deceit
Days after four more current national newspaper editors were accused of having acted unlawfully, the party’s media spokesperson rules out future action on press accountability
Frances Coppola looks at the rise of Global and reveals that much of the UK’s radio network is controlled by an opaque offshore entity
New evidence suggests that Murdoch’s company targeted politicians of every rank, including the Attorney General and Chancellor
The poll comes as broadcasting regulators give the green light to Nigel Farage and other senior politicians to keep presenting on news channels during the general election
The Government went to bat for Conservative media titans to quickly block the Telegraph takeover bid – yet more pressing reforms often take years to progress
Julian Petley and the Good Law Project informed the broadcast regulator that it would apply for judicial review of its approach to the controversial channel unless it made clear the same rules apply to it
A recent Byline Times investigation uncovered evidence that led to the Metropolitan Police announcing that it is re-examining its decision to charge the TV star with assault
Film producer and former peer David Puttnam speaks up against taxpayer support for the controversial channel
A Team GB spokesperson told Nathan Jones-Sparkes that the British Olympic Association was very clear with the press that its new kit design would always feature the Union Jack
Lawyer Stephen Kinsella examines the exploitative use of legal threats, and offers advice on how not to play the game
An amended claim by Prince Harry in the High Court puts both the interviewer and newspaper mogul in the spotlight
A former Editor of The Independent provides an inside look at just how much influence the owners of British newspapers – including Rupert Murdoch – have on what gets written
Julian Petley and the Good Law Project argue that the channel is being held to different standards on impartiality from those governing public service broadcasters