New revelations but no front pages
The papers are preoccupied with the funeral arrangements for Prince Phillip. But Tory cronyism stories will run and run.
Media Integrity
EXCL: BBC says host’s controversial comments on Low Traffic Neighbourhoods ‘could have been better worded’
Robinson’s comments were described as a ‘falsehood’ by one MP.
Tory BBC boss axes satire show over criticism of the government
The BBC Director-General is a former Tory council candidate.
Telegraph cartoonist pushes covid conspiracies
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
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
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
Left Foot Forward’s roundup of the progressive news you might have missed this week…
Sun ‘clarifies’ calling pregnant police officers “fat blue line”
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
Left Foot Forward’s roundup of the progressive news you might have missed this week.
Radical Roundup: 10 stories that got buried
Left Foot Forward’s roundup of the progressive news you might have missed this week.
