So GBNews - backed by multi-millionaires - is now suing OfCom for threatening them with a feather duster. The latest episode of Media Confidential with Stewart Purvis predicted this. A compelling listen

Victoria Derbyshire quizzes Conservative Party Chairman Richard Holden over his party's previous pledges on migration

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A new Deltapoll survey for Prospect finds that Rishi Sunak starts his general election campaign in a worse position than Jeremy Corbyn in 2019 - and Keir Starmer in a stronger position than Boris Johnson was in that election. prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/elect…

I wonder if Ofcom and the Electoral Commission have got their heads around the role GBNews, an avowedly right wing broadcaster, will have over the election. Stewart Purvis discusses where the row over impartiality is going with Lionel Barber mediaconfidential.lnk.to/podcastAh

Now the general election is set for 4th July, what will Ofcom do about the Tory news channel GB News? And why has Ofcom been so wishy-washy to date? alan rusbridger and I talk to veteran newsman (and ex Ofcom executive) Stewart Purvis A must listen! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/med…

If only there was a £2m media briefing room at Downing Street with a roof and everything...

As snap election rumours swirl, read Tom Clark on how Labour could get unstuck if/when it wins the election (which may or may not be v soon...!) >> prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/labou…

I'd always thought that the PCC - the old press so-called 'regulator' - was somewhat tawdry. I had not realised just how tawdry it was. Nick Davies reports prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/ph…

‘True culpability has been obscured’ in the infected blood scandal. By @cjmmcgoogan prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/uk/66…

Julian Assange wins high court victory in case against extradition to US theguardian.com/media/article/…

Ofcom is really quite cross with GB News and is seriously thinking about beginning to consider what to do about it theguardian.com/media/article/…

Inside the Norwegian welfare state, I saw officials being drilled in how to actually help claimants

While I was there the British chancellor announced a shin-kicking stunt against the unemployed—his own figures showed it would actually cost public money prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/economic…

'It’s hard to explain this level of trauma, but in a way it’s simple. Put the people you love most in the situation & you will know too.” For Prospect I spoke to Sharone Lifschitz, whose father is captive in Gaza, about the hostage families' plight
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Bearing witness to what's been happening in Gaza is hellish and terrifying. Listen to two brave journalists, MoTaz and Youmna ElSayed talking to me and Lionel Barber on the latest Media Confidential mediaconfidential.lnk.to/podcast

Julian Assange is back in court tomorrow. Why I think it matters edition.cnn.com/2024/05/19/opi…

Why are we banned from reading the New Yorker article on Lucy Letby? | Alan Rusbridger (alan rusbridger)

#LucyLetby

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In the UK we’re not allowed to read the The New Yorker piece about Lucy Letby. But we can celebrate those who never stop asking questions, My column prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/6630…

They thought their shocking words and images from Gaza would stop the war. That didn’t happen, but how did they change public opinion? On this week’s @MediaConfPod we talk to MoTaz and Youmna ElSayed with  Lionel Barber mediaconfidential.lnk.to/podcastAh