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An editor quits – sort of.

December 15, 2014December 15, 2014 John Jewell Alan Rusbridger, BBC, Daily Mail, Glenn Greenwald, journalism, The Guardian

At 16.38 on December 10th 2014, the casual viewer of BBC news 24 may have been forgiven for thinking that

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Mili no mates – Mocking Labour leaders is a tried and tested tabloid tradition

November 21, 2014January 13, 2015 John Jewell BBC, Daily Mail, Ed Miliband, journalism, Rupert Murdoch, The Labour Party, The Sun

This very bad week for Ed Milband, which has ended with resignation of Shadow attorney general Emily Thornbury over her ‘sneering’ tweet during

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The BBC Flexes its muscles as the Guardian cries ‘foul’.

November 3, 2014 John Jewell BBC, The Guardian

The revelation that BBC Worldwide is to develop its profile in Australia by hiring local journalists and launching a dedicated news service on BBC.com

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The BBC, the press and the raid on Cliff Richard’s home

August 19, 2014September 9, 2014 John Jewell BBC, Daily Mail, journalism, News International, Rupert Murdoch

Posted by: Dr John Jewell When police investigating allegations of historic sex abuse searched the Berkshire home of Cliff Richard last

Cultural Studies Media

Reflections on ‘The Web of Fear’ (1968): Where now for ‘Classic’ Doctor Who?

February 26, 2014 Ross Garner BBC, brand, Classic, Doctor Who, DVD, merchandising, Patrick Troughton, release, Television, The Enemy of the World, The Web of Fear, TV Series, UK

Posted by: Dr Ross Garner Despite having been made available for digital download via iTunes since October of last year,

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Have 24-hour TV news channels had their day?

February 6, 2014 Richard Sambrook 24-hour news, agenda, Al-Jazeera, Baghdad, BBC, breaking news, Broadcast news, Citizen Journalism, CNN, global news channels, live, rolling news, TV Channel

Posted By: Richard Sambrook and Sean McGuire It’s January 1991. Peter Arnett is reporting from the Al-Rashid hotel in Baghdad

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Marking and Mediating the Centenary

January 30, 2014January 31, 2014 Jenny Kidd anniversaries, BBC, Britain, Centenary, coverage, First World War, great war, history, media, Museum, press

Posted by: Dr Jenny Kidd The First World War Centenary media coverage will soon be coming thick and fast, with

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Me and Mrs T

January 20, 2014January 21, 2014 Richard Thomas BBC, Galloway, legacy, Margaret Thatcher, media, opinion, PhD research, public service broadcaster, representation, state funeral, thatcherism

Posted By: Richard Thomas I am currently engaged in ongoing research with Dr Stephen Cushion looking at television news coverage

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Snowden, the Media and Surveillance: Looking back at the Leak of the Year

December 18, 2013January 16, 2014 Arne Hintz BBC, Edward Snowden, Facebook, Glenn Greenwald, Investigative Journalism, Laura Poitras, NSA, Prism and Tempora, Spy programmes, surveillance scandal, The Guardian, The Independent, Washington Post, Watchdog, Whistleblower, Wikileaks

Posted by: Dr Arne Hintz Since early June 2013, the revelations by whistleblower Edward Snowden have changed our understanding of

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BBC executive payoffs have saved millions

September 10, 2013September 18, 2013 Richard Sambrook BBC, BBC Trust, byford, ofcom, parliament, patten, payoffs, public accounts committee, regulation, thompson

Posted by Professor Richard Sambrook “Unedifying” was the label the chairman of the Public Accounts Committee gave to the spectacle