De Piero: High time Labour redefined its relationship with the press
Gloria de Piero has called for “a more realistic relationship” between Labour and the media, one in which newspapers’ influence “is kept in perspective”.
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Booker Prize winner “chilled” by the world of blogs
Howard Jacobson, winner of the 2010 Man Booker Prize and a columnist for the Indy, last night described the state of the British media “as a matter of great concern”.
Our summer of strife is a degenerated, cracked-mirror image of the Arab Spring
Without the legitimacy, purpose or desirability of the Arab Spring, our Summer of Strife – with its much deeper roots – will be even harder to put down.
Telegraph’s “£500,000 teachers’ pension pot” claim is wrong
The Daily Telegraph’s claim today that teachers have a “£500,000 pension pot” is misleading and their calculations wrong, Left Foot Forward can reveal.
Max Mosley: Tabloids have same attitude to the law “as a bunch of feral muggers”
Max Mosley writes exclusively for Left Foot Forward on the importance of privacy why the tabloid press need to be reined in, following his recent court case.
Is the London-centric media blogosphere stifling opportunity?
There is a fundamental problem at the heart of politics: inequality of opportunity, writes Sam Bacon, regions officer for the Young Fabians.
Radical ideas for a progressive majority: Making the media more accountable
Better regulation of the media – holding them to account like public servants are – was one of the ideas discussed at the Dragons Den session at the Fabian conference.
It’s the press who are the dinosaurs, not us, say unions
A survey has shown that 92 per cent of trade union members believe the British media is too cynical against them, writes Unions21 director Dan Whittle.
Media needs to improve its reporting of Iraq and Afghanistan
Forced to walk a path between support for the troops and reporting the evidence emanating from theatre, most outlets chose to portray the lack of resources in terms they understood and thought their audiences would too.
Sun ignores voters’ discontent over cuts
The latest YouGov poll, commissioned by The Sun newspaper, paints a mixed picture of how the cuts have been received by voters – however the poll data does not represent a conclusive endorsement of the Coalition Government’s, which The Sun would have you believe.