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Byline Times investigates media monopolies, their proximity to politicians, and how the punditocracy doesn’t hold power to account
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Labour Backs Leveson-Style Press Reforms in Commons Vote
The party’s decision signals continuing, if low-key, commitment to press reform, writes Brian Cathcart
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Keir Starmer and the Labour Party – Press and Pundits Running Out of Dirty Tricks
Veteran media observer Tim Fenton watches as the right wing press paints itself into a pre-election corner
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Time for Truth: Calls Grow for Police Probe into Piers Morgan and Mirror Editors
A prominent lawyer, hacking victim and an ex-police officer are joining Prince Harry in demanding police action into Mirror Group crimes and alleged lies to the Leveson Inquiry
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‘Media Bill Votes Will Show Us the Real Keir Starmer’
How far will Labour go to appease the billionaire press ahead of the general election? We are about to find out, writes Brian Cathcart
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Culture Secretary Hits Out at Supposed BBC Bias – But Claims Ofcom-Hit GB News is ‘Balanced’
The comments come despite GB News being subject to a swathe of Ofcom complaints about its broadcasts and Conservative MPs interviewing other Conservative MPs on the channel
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‘Morals More Akin to the Mafia’: Former Minister on Illegality at the Murdoch Empire
From politicised phone hacking to aiding and abetting insurrection, the lawless threat of Murdoch’s organisations to democracy is only now becoming clear
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TalkTV Boss Told Staff to ‘Make a Fuss’ About Channel Migrant Deaths and ‘Get Angry’
A News UK insider described the apparent attempts by the struggling channel to rile up viewers as ‘irresponsible’
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‘Starmer’s Refusal to Confront the Press Isn’t Just a Mistake – It’s Irresponsible’
If the Labour Leader does not embrace media reform now, he never will – and the entire country will be far worse off as a result, writes Brian Cathcart
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Rishi Sunak Meets Murdochs More than NHS Figures in Latest Lobbying Revelations
Sunak had eight meetings with senior media executives over the Summer – compared to just one meeting with health professionals.
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Plurality and the Press: The Telegraph Takeover
The role of broadcasting and communications regulator Ofcom in scrutinising the proposed newspaper deal has not received the scrutiny it deserves, writes Julian Petley
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Piers Morgan’s Statement on the Prince Harry Phone Hacking Case – Annotated
Dr Evan Harris, former Director of Hacked Off and now a legal analyst to the successful claimants against Mirror Group Newspapers over phone hacking and other unlawful information gathering, deconstructs former Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan’s statement on the damning judgement against the firm last week.
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Piers Morgan: ‘A Pretty Despicable Human Being’
Following the landmark judgment against the Mirror Group in the High Court, Byline Times is reprinting Paddy French’s June 2015 Press Gang article about Piers Morgan and unlawful information gathering
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Respected Health Professionals Feel ‘Duped’ into Appearing in Michelle Mone PPE Documentary
A film about the PPE scandal did not declare to some contributors it was being funded by a company that won £203 million in Government PPE contracts
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Ministers Accused of Waging ‘Culture War’ on BBC Amid Licence Review and More Cuts
The BBC will have to make £90m of cuts on top of its current £400m annual funding gap – while its entire funding model could be ripped up.
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‘Reckless to the Point of Madness’: How the Murdoch Empire Hacked British Politics
Journalist Nick Davies talks to Alan Rusbridger and Lionel Barber in Prospect magazine’s ‘Media Confidential’ podcast about the new revelations from the settlement by News Group Newspapers
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‘News Corp Was Out to Get Me’: Chris Huhne Condemns Murdoch Empire after Settlement for Phone-Hacking and Intrusion
The media company has now paid to settle a claim that alleges the involvement in, or at least the knowledge of, illegal activities by senior executives
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‘The BBC’s Claim About COP28 Secret Oil Deals Is Deeply Flawed’
The job of journalism is not to reinforce a pre-existing bias, writes Nafeez Ahmed
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‘The BBC’s Evisceration of Newsnight is a Craven Admission of Defeat’
Former BBC producer and reporter Patrick Howse explores why the cuts announced to the corporation’s flagship news programme are another damning, but unsurprising, blow to its reputation
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Did Boris Johnson’s Circle Try to ‘Fix’ Who Became Head of Ofcom?
A potential cover-up I unearthed in the weeds of Nadine Dorries’s book remains a mystery. It has damaged the BBC, the broadcast regulator, and the process of public appointments
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The Media, Johnson and Covid: ‘An Orgy of Narcissism’ that Killed Thousands
As the Covid Inquiry has revealed, Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings are morbid symptoms of a sick system. At the heart of that sickness is the media
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Boris Johnson’s Covid Catastrophe Has Exposed the Tragic Deference and Negligence of British Politics
Damning evidence from the Covid Inquiry reveals how the former PM was enabled by a system determined to look the other way, reports Adam Bienkov
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Israel’s Complaints Against the BBC are Being Cynically Exploited in a Domestic Culture War
The attack on the BBC by the Israeli President Isaac Herzog is now being weaponised by political enemies who have long wanted to destroy the public service broadcaster
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Tim Davie and the Tory Backbenchers: ‘There’s No Longer Any Pretence BBC’s Reputation for Impartiality Matters to the Corporation’s Leadership’
Former BBC reporter and producer Patrick Howse explores the damage done to the broadcaster in its attempts to appease enemies that want it destroyed
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Exploding ‘Megxit’: How Dan Wootton and a Cash-for-Leaks Scandal Split the Monarchy
The first retail edition of Byline Times’ monthly newspaper reveals the world exclusive story about why Prince Harry and Meghan really left the Royal Family
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‘Disappearing Dan Wootton Articles Show a Serious Need for S40 Alternative’
Major publishers removed articles about a Met Police investigation into the presenter after receiving legal threats, following Byline Times’ special investigation. The CEO of press regulator Impress sets out what could be done to prevent such a situation
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No Surprise as Ipso Brushes Off Latest Challenge over Serial Failures at Jewish Chronicle
The sham ‘regulator’ admits there are standards problems at Sir Robbie Gibb’s newspaper but insists – against all the evidence – that it has the matter under control, writes Brian Cathcart
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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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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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Press Watchdog Writes to Conservatives and Party Chairs Over ‘Misleading’ Fake Newspapers
The party is “misleading voters into believing what they are reading is the work of local journalists from independent publications”
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Fake Newspapers Sent by Political Parties Should be Banned, Voters Say
Two thirds of Conservative voters also want the tactic currently being pushed by Rishi Sunak’s party to be outlawed
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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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Local Mega-Publisher National World Sees Staff ‘Pushed to Brink’ Amid Cuts and ‘Right-Wing Shift’ – While Journalists Could Be Replaced by ChatGPT
A quarter of staff have been slashed in a year at National World, which owns a raft of city ‘World’ titles and renowned local papers.
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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.
