Murdoch’s bid to take over Sky just hit another wall
Culture secretary Karen Bradley has referred the 21st Century Fox bid to buy Sky to the Competition and Markets Authority.
Media Integrity
Rupert Murdoch must not be allowed to take over Sky
The media tycoon is one of the UK’s least trusted individuals. We cannot let him tighten his grip on our news.
Norman Tebbit calls Left ‘fascists’ then has pop at Dianne Abbot, Sadiq Khan and the LGBT movement
The Conservative life peer and former Thatcher minister said ‘real fascism comes from the Left’ in a pitiful article for the Telegraph yesterday.
8 offensive Prince Phillip quotes the press excuse as “gaffes”
At risk of being unpopular, it’s probably worth calling out some of the least statesmanlike comments our Head of State’s husband has made over 70 years.
Nursing bursaries are being scrapped today but might a Tory backlash may be around the corner?
A Times op-ed called the move a ‘toxic political mix… driven more by ideology than logic’ and called for the policy to be scrapped.
Anti-semitic Sunday Times column raises institutional questions
How did Kevin Myers’ comments get past editors and sub-editors and why was he, a well-known bigot, writing for them in the first place?
Daily Mail accused of ‘weaponising abuse’ to undermine the left
Bullying is unacceptable, regardless of the perpetrator’s politics
In one day, the Mail tells women three times that working is bad for them
‘This relentless barrage instills a state of mild panic that our nervous systems aren’t designed to handle’
Is Labour’s digital dominance starting to counter the Tories’ advantage in the print media?
Labour’s digital campaign was vastly more effective
Did Rupert Murdoch ask Theresa May to put Michael Gove back in the cabinet?
Tom Watson has written to the prime minister to enquire