Rarely mentioned in the news media since it began, Boris Johnson’s Government has been quietly paying a special Coronavirus subsidy to the big newspaper groups for nearly two years. Details are scarce, but the bulk of this taxpayers’ money appears to have gone to organisations that (a) were wealthy enough to survive the crisis without special help and (b) generally support the Government through their partisan journalism. Continue reading
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As a kid growing up in a close-knit north London Jewish family, I was part of a Friday night ritual that was replicated in thousands of Jewish homes across the country. We would go to my grandmother’s for supper (featuring the best chicken soup this side of the Atlantic), would listen to a couple of perfunctory prayers over wine and bread, disagree violently over the chopped liver about the political controversy of the day, and then settle down to discuss that day’s required reading: the newly delivered Jewish Chronicle. Continue reading
Only a few days ago, when I was mulling over writing a post on the Supreme Court’s judgement in the Bloomberg case, I was thinking how nice it was that, for the first time in almost two years, I would not have to contemplate writing something about the pandemic. However, as I write this post on 28 February 2022, the world has once again been turned on its head, and life as we know it is under threat. Continue reading
We all see the favours the corporate newspapers do for the Conservatives because they are written in large type every day – distractions, distortions, plain lies and cynical omissions. While pumping out propaganda in print and online, they can be seen to be routinely shielding chosen ministers from criticism. Continue reading
The headline at the top of the front page of the London Times read: ‘Teachers Told to Avoid the ‘Biased’ Views of BLM and Stonewall’. And the report beneath began with the sentence: “Teachers must avoid using material from campaigning organisations such as Black Lives Matter (BLM) and Stonewall that may have ‘partisan political views’, Government guidance on impartiality states.” Continue reading
Two months ago the branch of the Murdoch empire that publishes the Sun paid substantial damages to Sienna Miller after she sued the newspaper for hacking her phone and other forms of illegal intrusion. Continue reading
Mainstream news media outlets have, in recent years, begun to create advertisements that look like news articles on their websites and on social media. My research raises questions about whether this modern form of advertising might influence those outlets’ real journalism. Continue reading
If there was anyone left who believed that the British press was capable of regulating its own conduct, that faith has now been conclusively destroyed. Continue reading
The owners of the Mail on Sunday have finally capitulated in the privacy and breach of copyright case brought by the Duchess of Sussex, abandoning any idea of a further appeal and agreeing to pay an undisclosed sum in settlement. Continue reading
When Sienna Miller appeared outside the high court last week – after her hacking claim against The Sun was settled – she bravely described the ordeal she had suffered and the damage caused by the newspaper’s discovery of her pregnancy in 2005. Continue reading
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