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Media Integrity

New revelations but no front pages

Emma Burnell
16 April, 2021 (3 days ago)

The papers are preoccupied with the funeral arrangements for Prince Phillip. But Tory cronyism stories will run and run.

EXCL: BBC says host’s controversial comments on Low Traffic Neighbourhoods ‘could have been better worded’

Josiah Mortimer
14 April, 2021 (5 days ago)

Robinson’s comments were described as a ‘falsehood’ by one MP.

Tory BBC boss axes satire show over criticism of the government

Joe Lo
12 March, 2021

The BBC Director-General is a former Tory council candidate.

Telegraph cartoonist pushes covid conspiracies

Sophia Dourou
8 March, 2021

Bob Moran has become the darling of the covid deniers and anti-vaxxers, argues Sophia Dourou

How the Home Office politicised a ‘migrant camp’ fire to satisfy right-wing media tastes

Raoul Walawalker
2 February, 2021

Priti Patel wasted no time putting out populist distortions following a fire at the weekend.

EXCLUSIVE: Public opposed to ex-Daily Mail editor being lined up for broadcasting regulator role

Sophia Dourou Josiah Mortimer
1 February, 2021

An overwhelming 71% of the public believe it is more important for the chair to be politically neutral rather than influential in UK media and culture.

Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – 20th January 2021

Josiah Mortimer
20 January, 2021

Left Foot Forward’s roundup of the progressive news you might have missed this week…

Sun ‘clarifies’ calling pregnant police officers “fat blue line”

Emma Burnell
26 October, 2020

The Sun newspaper has issued an apology (or clarification as they call it) for a story published on 29th August claiming that 10,000 UK police officers had been put on ‘light duties’ for being physically unfit. It turns out thattest

Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried

Josiah Mortimer
14 October, 2020

Left Foot Forward’s roundup of the progressive news you might have missed this week.

Radical Roundup: 10 stories that got buried

Josiah Mortimer
7 October, 2020

Left Foot Forward’s roundup of the progressive news you might have missed this week.

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