Election 2024: It’s the Sun wot lost it!
As Britain goes to the polls, what role has the media played in shaping the way that nation votes? Traditionally, the tabloid media, mainly Murdoch’s Sun, had a significant role in influencing the pub...
4 Juli 202447min
Julian Assange: A landmark moment in press freedom?
After 12 years without freedom—first after seeking refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy in London and then as a prisoner in high-security Belmarsh—Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, is free and is ...
27 Juni 202454min
Farage’s Reform: the media’s wife—or its mistress?
Is the UK general election all over even before the first vote is cast? Polls suggest that Labour has an unassailable lead, and so with two weeks of campaigning to go, is there any chance that media c...
20 Juni 202449min
The Washington Post: the chaos continues
This week Alan and Lionel follow the latest twists and turns at the Washington Post. The noisy departure of Sally Buzbee, the paper’s former executive editor, continues to reverberate around the media...
13 Juni 202444min
The British are coming! How editors from the UK are conquering the American media
Media circles across the pond are abuzz with the news that Robert Winnett is heading to the USA to take up the job as editor at The Washington Post, but not until after the US election. He’s the lates...
6 Juni 202450min
Kara Swisher: How big tech squashed the media
Kara Swisher—maverick, rock star and tech guru—has interviewed some of the highest profile and biggest personalities on the planet, from Mark Zuckerberg to Barack Obama, Rupert Murdoch and Kim Kardash...
29 Maj 202445min
The Tory TV Channel
GB News has repeatedly breached broadcasting regulations, been accused of political bias and featured anti-vax stories—but it got away with such misdemeanors until Prime Minister Rishi Sunak appeared ...
23 Maj 202448min
‘Reporting from a horror movie’: Motaz Azaiza and Youmna El Sayed
No foreign journalists are allowed into Gaza, so the rest of the world relies on those living in area to relay what is happening on the ground—dedicated and determined reporters who have made sure tha...
16 Maj 202447min
