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Brian Cathcart

@briancathcart

Journalist/author. He/him. Ex-prof of journalism, Kingston Univ, and ex-director, Hacked Off. Write mainly about untrusted UK national press.

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Miqdaad Versi (@miqdaad) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The BBC finally acknowledges it misled viewers when it used a video showing fans from Israeli football club Maccabi Tel Aviv attacking people on the street, whilst implying Israeli fans were the victims in the video bbc.co.uk/helpandfeedbac…

The BBC finally acknowledges it misled viewers when it used a video showing fans from Israeli football club Maccabi Tel Aviv attacking people on the street, whilst implying Israeli fans were the victims in the video

bbc.co.uk/helpandfeedbac…
Henry Porter The Convention. (@henrycporter) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Time for British journalists to respond and make their disgust felt. The bus was targeted - that's an attack on all the journalists, not just Arab media workers covering the genocide in Gaza. alan rusbridger

Stop Funding Hate (@stopfundinghate) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Today's GB News advertisers include @Jet2Tweets #RetirementVillages @ragingbullsnack @ImagineCruising @City_Moves @Belgicaweb @Euronics_UK Retro Games Ltd @ThenestCSF Bullards Gin @AlIClearTravel Dormeo UK @WeAreBoxt Poland Travel @Selectspecs 5 Star Windows & Conservatories thenational.scot/news/24784172.…

Hacked Off (@hackinginquiry) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is a deep misrepresentation of the poll results from Mail Online which actually show majority (54%) believe PM will last 2 years or more. Sham press regulator IPSO (Independent Press Standards Organisation) - controlled by press execs + Tory politicians - likely to do nothing. Pollsters Deltapoll ought to

Peter Stefanovic (@peterstefanovi2) 's Twitter Profile Photo

One of France's most prominent newspapers, Le Monde, is abandoning Elon Musk's X, the paper's editor-in-chief announced today “The alliance between Donald Trump and social media platform bosses such as Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg represents a global threat to free access to

Byline Times (@bylinetimes) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨Statement on behalf of the Duke of Sussex and Lord Watson 22 January 2025 In a monumental victory today, News UK have admitted that The Sun, the flagship title for Rupert Murdoch’s UK media empire, has indeed engaged in illegal practices. This represents a vindication for the

Jo Maugham (@jolyonmaugham) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Daily Mail has for a long time been protecting a senior journalist who it knows to be a sexual predator. We are helping his victims get justice by suing the Daily Mail - and him. goodlaw.social/y0ck

Stop Funding Hate (@stopfundinghate) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Yesterday GB News aired this commentary belittling a black actress on the BBC as a "diversity hire". Is @MarksandSpencer really comfortable to be associated with this?

Miqdaad Versi (@miqdaad) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Yesterday, I showed how Policy Exchange yet again engaged in smears in its latest rant on Muslims Which outlet parrots the report, attacking Islamophobia - this time claiming it suppresses grooming gang reporting? Surprise, surprise. The Times. thetimes.com/uk/society/art…

Oliver Kamm (@oliverkamm) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I realise I’m a bore on this subject but this channel holds a UK broadcast licence and is thus legally obliged to observe “due accuracy” and “due impartiality”. It obviously doesn’t and can’t, as it’s a crude rightwing propaganda outlet. So Ofcom really must rescind its licence.

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🔴The British Press Has Been Given ‘Virtual Impunity’ for Bad Behaviour, Warns Media Regulator The next big media scandal is only a matter of time after successive governments refuse to further regulate the industry bylinetimes.com/2025/03/04/pre…

Brian Cathcart (@briancathcart) 's Twitter Profile Photo

If you are interested in the journalism of Andrew Norfolk of the Times, I suggest you read this. inforrm.org/2019/06/28/unm…