Approaching the Brexit cliff edge – journalists must now focus on policy not personalities
Political journalists should be wary about getting sucked into ongoing speculation and instead focus on the rapidly approaching cliff edge.
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Media Coverage
Shocking, not shocked.
Just about the only good thing to emerge from Raheem Sterling’s hideous experience is the debate and realisations it’s engendered
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Poverty that shames a nation
In a series of acts hinting at a chronic lack of self-awareness, various Conservative MP’s have visited Tesco food banks to show their support for those that volunteered their time.
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Angelina Jolie, Charlotte Church and the battle to be taken seriously
For Jolie and Church the added issue is their gender. As women of note, they are forever pilloried by a small (but vocal) minority who refuse to believe their talents or aptitude can extend beyond their primary fields of expertise.
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What would Richard Baker have thought of China’s new AI newsreader?
Who to trust? A new Ipsos Mori Veracity index reveals 62% of respondents replied ‘yes’ when asked if they trusted television newsreaders.
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Black Friday, black future?
Black Friday encourages profligate spending – the consequences are barely acknowledged in a culture of advertising and consumerism.
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“Relief and joy equally without parallel” How the press reported the end of World War 1
When the war did finally end the newspapers sought to communicate the relief and sheer joy of the British populace.
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Reporting on Poverty
According to Chancellor Philip Hammond austerity is ‘over’ and yet, puzzlingly, wages are not growing as labour market theories suggest they ought.
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Question Time: serious political debate or a popularity contest for needy egos?
For all its faults, we should be glad Question Time still exists
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Will Boris Johnson see No. 10?
His track record suggests that he operates with the casual certainty of a privileged man who knows that whatever he says won’t be held against him.
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