Mili no mates – Mocking Labour leaders is a tried and tested tabloid tradition
This very bad week for Ed Milband, which has ended with resignation of Shadow attorney general Emily Thornbury over her ‘sneering’ tweet during
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Panorama and The Fake Sheikh – Trawling Tabloid Excesses
On Thursday night Panorama finally broadcast its exposé of Sun on Sunday journalist Mazher Mahmood, also known as the ‘Fake Sheikh’. The programme was
Read moreI don’t think, I comment – ‘Below the line’ in journalism.
Interviewed in the Observer, on the occasion of the publication of his collected journalism for the same paper, the comedian David
Read moreThe BBC Flexes its muscles as the Guardian cries ‘foul’.
The revelation that BBC Worldwide is to develop its profile in Australia by hiring local journalists and launching a dedicated news service on BBC.com
Read moreCameron’s collision and other stories – a week in the news.
A typically unpredictable week for David Cameron began with the media quick to decide that his collision in Leeds with
Read moreBen Bradlee: Courageous editor who brought us the Pentagon Papers and Watergate.
It’s fair bet that the name of Ben Bradlee, the former editor of the Washington Post who died on Tuesday
Read moreMade in Cardiff – The City’s local TV channel gets ready to launch
Posted by: Dr John Jewell On Wednesday, TV Company Made unveils Made In Cardiff, the Capital’s very own local television service. It promises
Read moreThe 5 familiar justifications for attack on IS in Iraq
Posted by: Dr John Jewell A few hours before the BBC reported the first air strikes by RAF jets on Islamic State targets in
Read moreISIL’s propaganda and the road to war
Posted by: Dr John Jewell The horrific murder (and let’s call it murder rather than execution with its connotations of justice)
Read moreScottish Independence: Murdoch enters the fray.
On the 6th September, the evening before the Sunday Times published the YouGuv opinion poll on Scottish independence in which the “Yes” campaign
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