Is it Katherine Viner for the hot seat at the Guardian?
For a terrible moment last week, it seemed that the biggest talking point in the world of newspapers was going
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Lies, slurs and dodgy experts: welcome to the nightly US news
It’s not a good time to be a newscaster in the US. The latest controversy to hit the headlines concerns
Read moreAdvertising and the General Election: worth the money?
The extraordinary resignation of its chief political editor, Peter Oborne, from the Daily Telegraph last week gave us cause to think about
Read moreJohn Cantlie and Islamic State Propaganda
On February 9th Islamic State propagandists uploaded the latest video to feature captured British journalist John Cantlie. Titled ‘From Inside Halab (Aleppo)’ an
Read moreQuestion Time for a change?
Last night’s episode of BBC1’s long running political panel show, Question Time was a comparatively sedate affair. Coming as it
Read moreThe Sun and Page 3 – Now you don’t see them, now you do.
There were newspapers articles, there were radio debates, there were thousands of tweets, there was (understandable) joyful triumphalism from those
Read moreThe Sunday Times and Quality Journalism
2014 was evidently a traumatic year for many journalists who worked for the Sun and the News of the World during the
Read moreAn editor quits – sort of.
At 16.38 on December 10th 2014, the casual viewer of BBC news 24 may have been forgiven for thinking that
Read moreRussell Brand and the Sun – Opening up the Debate
Well, we’ve been here before. On Wednesday, the comedian, author and activist Russell Brand threatened to sue The Sun after the newspaper
Read moreThe Cosby affair and the limits of mainstream journalism
In the awful narrative around the allegations of sexual assault and rape made against iconic American entertainer, Bill Cosby, a major
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