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The Crisis in British Journalism

Byline Times investigates media monopolies, their proximity to politicians, and how the punditocracy doesn't hold power to account

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EXCLUSIVE Boris Johnson’s Telegraph Meetings Leave No Paper Trail

, 22 June 2022
No notes were recorded at two meetings between the Prime Minister and his ‘real boss’ at the outset of the pandemic, reports Sascha Lavin

Anatomy of a Cover-Up: How Number 10 Killed the Times Story About Boris and Carrie Johnson

, 20 June 2022
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

‘Carriegate’: How the Prime Minister and his Hacks Scratch Each Others’ Backs

, 20 June 2022
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

Carriegate: The Whittingdale Scandal and Press Cover-Up

, 20 June 2022
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

The Punditocracy and the Subversion of Progress

, 24 May 2022
How is the modern media environment emboldening people who want to destroy popular social justice campaigns for their own personal gain?

Cummings Exposes More Details of Boris Johnson’s Pact With Right-Wing Press Proprietors

, 18 May 2022
As the Prime Minister’s former chief aide reveals the direct line between Johnson and billionaire media moguls, Sam Bright explores how they may have shaped Government COVID policies

Boris Johnson Blocks Publishing Secret Lebedev Advice Due to ‘National Security' Concerns

, 12 May 2022
Boris Johnson has failed to release advice he received from UK security services about his friend Evgeny Lebedev, despite MPs voting for its release, reports Adam Bienkov

‘Bungs’ to Billionaires: Cummings Exposes Johnson’s Cash for Content Scandal

, 11 May 2022
New testimony from the Prime Minister’s former chief aide shows how the free press has been bought by the Government

‘Beergate’: It’s Time for Labour to Embrace Press Reform

, 11 May 2022
The papers will attack Starmer and Rayner more viciously than Corbyn, writes Brian Cathcart. So they have nothing to lose and everything to gain by taking them on

Piers Morgan Unwatched: The Limits of Opportunism

, 9 May 2022
Mic Wright looks at the meteoric fall in ratings of the former tabloid editor and CNN presenter in his new collaboration with Rupert Murdoch

How Boris Johnson has Spread and Benefitted From Deeply Sexist Attitudes in Politics

, 29 April 2022
The Prime Minister has pushed sexist tropes about women – while being given a free pass by those parts of the press which also trade in them, reports Adam Bienkov

Keir Starmer, the Daily Mail and Durham Police: How Boris Johnson Uses the Press to Smear his Political Opponents

, 28 April 2022
Durham Police has confirmed to Byline Times that reports of the force re-examining allegations against the Labour Leader are untrue – so what is the Mail’s real motive?

Britain’s Foreign Media Oligarchy

, 14 April 2022
Sir David Barclay (left) and his twin brother Sir Frederick after receiving their knighthoods from the Queen at Buckingham Palace in 2000. Photo: Michael Stephens/PA Wire/PA Images

The ‘Big Power Off’ and the Importance of Fact-Checking

, 14 April 2022
Katherine Denkinson explores the genesis of the protest against rising fuel costs and the media’s unwitting part in promoting untruths

Parts of the Media Are Waging Psychological Warfare Against the Public

, 13 April 2022
Sections of the newspaper industry, aided by broadcasters, are engaged in a 'hyperdistortion' effort to conceal the crimes of those in power, says Sam Bright

On Trial: Freedom of the Press

, 14 February 2022

Operation Rebrand: Munira Mirza

, 4 February 2022

The Old Hacks Renaissance

, 3 December 2021
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