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Adam Barnett
Website Adam Barnett is a journalist. Has written for Private Eye, Dissent, New Statesman, Prospect, and the Independent.
The Sun’s ‘wolf-whistle’ piece says women are oppressed – by feminists
The paper’s misogyny is matched by its condescension towards working class men
Daily Mail’s ‘Stalinist’ smear on Labour rides on nasty trend in public debate
Bombs, cockroaches, HIV, backstabbing – what country is this?
Miliband says no SNP deal and the Sun says ‘La-la-la can’t hear you’
Facts go into the Sun’s filter and come out very different. Here’s an example.
UN human rights chief likens Katie Hopkins ‘cockroaches’ piece to Nazi hate speech
Newspapers urged to curb ‘shameful’ racism and xenophobia about migrants
No talk of immigration? What planet is the Daily Mail living on?
Bizarre populist claims disguise the paper’s real concern – UKIP splitting the Tory vote.
Tory cynicism as press takes Salmond’s budget joke seriously
Salmond was joking and the press knows it. So why pretend otherwise?
One million foodbank visits, but not one story in the Tory press
More coverage for the royal foetus as the disgrace of foodbanks is dropped down the memory hole
Daily Mail spins BBC leaders’ interviews to toe the Tory line
The paper’s coverage of the two interviews throws good journalism to the wind
Rupert Murdoch ‘berated’ Sun staff for not bashing Miliband enough, reports Independent
The Sun said its coverage is informed by the parties’ approach to issues that matter to its readers