Killing with impunity: the death of Amal Khalil in Lebanon
In this week’s Media Confidential, Alan and Lionel talk to Yara Hawari, co-director of Al-Shabaka, the Palestinian policy network, about the dangers journalists face in the Middle East.Amal Khalil, a ...
4 Maj 33min
Trump: AI accusations and assassination attempts
In this episode Alan and Lionel discuss the White House correspondents’ dinner and the alarm at how a lone shooter was able to break through levels of security.They also talk about Donald Trump’s inte...
30 Apr 28min
Press Gazette and the end of ‘Barbara Santini’
On today’s Media Confidential, Alan and Lionel are joined by Press Gazette editor Dominic Ponsford to discuss the magazine’s investigative work into the floods of fake experts being quoted in the medi...
27 Apr 31min
Mandygate: The megaton bomb that shook Westminster
This week on Media Confidential, Alan and Lionel discuss the top story of the week—Peter Mandelson’s failed security vetting before he was appointed as ambassador to the United States.As Keir Starmer ...
23 Apr 28min
Sidney Blumenthal: ‘There’s about to be a real, severe change in American politics’
This week on Media Confidential, Alan and Lionel are joined by Sidney Blumenthal, journalist and former adviser to the Clintons.As a judge throws out a $10bn claim from the president against the Wall ...
20 Apr 35min
How the media brought down Viktor Orbán
In this episode of Media Confidential, Alan and Lionel reflect on the results of election in Hungary, and how the media coverage of Viktor Orbán’s foreign dealings and corruption allegations may have ...
16 Apr 23min
Democracy at risk: The big banks censoring free speech
In this week’s episode of Media Confidential, Alan and Lionel are joined by Rainey Reitman, writer and civil liberties advocate. She is the co-founder and president of the board of Freedom of the Pres...
13 Apr 26min
The madness of King Trump (continued)
In this episode of Media Confidential, Alan and Lionel discuss the reporting on the “madness of ‘King Trump’”, the war in Iran and the developments since the last episode, in which journalist Susan Gl...
9 Apr 27min
