Impartiality and the BBC
Responsibility for adjudicating on complaints against the BBC has been taken out of its own hands. OFCOM will now ensure that BBC news conforms to the standards set out in its own editorial guidelines.
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Journalism
Commentary, debate and opinion about national and international journalism issues.
Who will set the General Election campaign agenda?
In the first of a new series Dr Stephen Cushion examines which parties will dominate General Election coverage and who sets the news the agenda.
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A more radical Channel 4 move really could break up Britain’s London-centric media
Although the capital represents 13% of the UK population, all of the country’s national English-language newspapers and broadcasters are based there.
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Croydon Assault and the Reporting of Asyulm
There are difficulties with asylum and immigration – but is what is needed is calm and measured debate without prejudice and untruths.
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The squeeze on good journalism
Responsible journalism is under pressure. The old business models are failing and as yet there is no clear new business model for serious news. Trusted information is the currency of healthy democracies – but today that currency is debased, and we are all paying the price.
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Media coverage of the Westminster attack
Accuracy in reporting must not be a victim of these atrocities.
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Toxic Twitter
Owen Jones, the noted left wing writer, critic and activist has announced via Facebook his decision to quit all social media including Twitter.
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Biting the hand that feeds them?
Since the financial crisis – when many ordinary people have found their lifestyles and discretionary incomes compromised – scrutiny of corporate affairs has intensified.
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Down the Rabbithole Part Two: Alice meets a White Knight, a Fancy Bear and the (Anti-)Red Queen
There is no doubt that what Greenwald describes as the easy prevalence of anti-Russian stereotyping and paranoia is a groove into which we in the West can easily slip.
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Why the fake news panic matters
Information is the currency of our world. Business, politics, social discourse, international relations and more rest on the assumption of shared, accurate information. But we learned in 2016 how that currency is being debased in an alarming number of ways.
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