EU politics
Good Journalism – BBC’s Andrew Neil challenges minister to defend Corbyn spy ‘smears
Yes, it still exists: Hard-hitting, persistent, methodic confrontation of politicians by journalists.
Fake News
Fake News
The Guardian: Jeremy Corbyn rejects spy ‘smears’ and takes on press critics
We shall have to get used to this. As the political parties enforcing neo-liberal policies increasingly lose their credibility, corporate media will try to save the day, resorting to disinformation. This is one of the […]
Fake News
James Cusick and Crina Boros: How a GM giant ‘bought control’ of what millions of Londoners read
Paid journalism. This problem is increasing. As media’s sole concern is profit, the product becomes irrelevant. Thus the demise of corporate media and their calls for state support Read here
Deregulation
Paul Mason – Neoliberalism has destroyed social mobility. Together we must rebuild it
Although neo-liberalsim ahs espoused meritocracy and social mobility, in reality these hardly exist. A new society and economy need to be built. Paul Mason is a writer and broadcaster on economics and social justice. Cross-posted […]
Climate Crisis
Michael Grubb – We’re climate researchers and our work was turned into fake news
rawpixel.com / shutterstock Michael Grubb, UCL Science is slow. It rests on painstaking research with accumulating evidence. This makes for an inherently uneasy relationship with the modern media age, especially once issues are politicised. The […]
Fake News
DeSmog UK – Will Mainstream Media Be Duped in 2018 by Climate Denial Spin Doctors?
Climate Change is not manmade That is the message of professional spin doctors and fake experts paid by the fossil fuel industry. While almost all experts and governments are of a different opinion, commercial media […]
Corruption
Aditya Chakrabortty: Haringey council taken over by Momentum? It’s just locals taking back control
Chakrabortty explains how the neo-liberal media is warming up to systematically denigrate its opponents, which in the UK are gaining political ground. Much of the mainstream media in Europe is not combatting Fake News, which they […]
Corruption
Norbert Häring – How Uber money dominates and distorts economic research on ride-hailing platforms
The academic community is discrediting itself, much like the political elite before it, as it prostitutes itself to big business. Norbert Häring is a financial journalist at the German daily business newspaper Handelsblatt, blogger and […]
Fake News
Tom Mills – The Legacy of Edward Herman
Ask a critical journalist what was one of the most influential books upon their thinking and they will answer Manufacturing Consent by Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky. Through the years it has remained a lodestar […]